diff --git a/apollo-router/src/plugins/rhai/engine.rs b/apollo-router/src/plugins/rhai/engine.rs
index 062143711f..32732bb435 100644
--- a/apollo-router/src/plugins/rhai/engine.rs
+++ b/apollo-router/src/plugins/rhai/engine.rs
@@ -1147,6 +1147,22 @@ mod router_plugin {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    // Uri.port
+    #[rhai_fn(get = "port", pure, return_raw)]
+    pub(crate) fn uri_port_get(x: &mut Uri) -> Result<Dynamic, Box<EvalAltResult>> {
+        to_dynamic(x.port_u16().map(|port| port.to_string()))
+    }
+
+    #[rhai_fn(set = "port", pure, return_raw)]
+    pub(crate) fn uri_port_set(x: &mut Uri, value: &str) -> Result<(), Box<EvalAltResult>> {
+        let mut parts: Parts = x.clone().into_parts();
+        let host = x.host().unwrap_or_default();
+        parts.authority =
+            Some(Authority::from_str(&format!("{host}:{value}")).map_err(|e| e.to_string())?);
+        *x = Uri::from_parts(parts).map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     // Response.label
     #[rhai_fn(get = "label", pure)]
     pub(crate) fn response_label_get(x: &mut Response) -> Dynamic {
diff --git a/apollo-router/src/plugins/rhai/tests.rs b/apollo-router/src/plugins/rhai/tests.rs
index 11c4f3a03a..226349b1d7 100644
--- a/apollo-router/src/plugins/rhai/tests.rs
+++ b/apollo-router/src/plugins/rhai/tests.rs
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ async fn it_can_process_string_subgraph_forbidden() {
     if let Err(error) = call_rhai_function("process_subgraph_response_string").await {
         let processed_error = process_error(error);
         assert_eq!(processed_error.status, StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
-        assert_eq!(processed_error.message, Some("rhai execution error: 'Runtime error: I have raised an error (line 223, position 5)'".to_string()));
+        assert_eq!(processed_error.message, Some("rhai execution error: 'Runtime error: I have raised an error (line 226, position 5)'".to_string()));
     } else {
         // Test failed
         panic!("error processed incorrectly");
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ async fn it_cannot_process_om_subgraph_missing_message_and_body() {
         assert_eq!(
             processed_error.message,
             Some(
-                "rhai execution error: 'Runtime error: #{\"status\": 400} (line 234, position 5)'"
+                "rhai execution error: 'Runtime error: #{\"status\": 400} (line 237, position 5)'"
                     .to_string()
             )
         );
diff --git a/apollo-router/tests/fixtures/request_response_test.rhai b/apollo-router/tests/fixtures/request_response_test.rhai
index 4dc88d42ad..c904fcfd8b 100644
--- a/apollo-router/tests/fixtures/request_response_test.rhai
+++ b/apollo-router/tests/fixtures/request_response_test.rhai
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ fn process_common_request(check_context_method_and_id, request) {
     if request.uri.path != "/" {
         throw(`query: expected: "/", actual: ${request.uri.path}`);
     }
+    if request.uri.port != () {
+        throw(`query: expected: (), actual: ${request.uri.host}`);
+    }
 }
 
 fn process_supergraph_request(request) {