diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 8b7003ca..4755fbb2 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 Catch exceptions and return as 500 errors
-approot
 int patterns (#name)
diff --git a/Web/Restful/Request.hs b/Web/Restful/Request.hs
index 37ea98bd..46446b89 100644
--- a/Web/Restful/Request.hs
+++ b/Web/Restful/Request.hs
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ module Web.Restful.Request
     , acceptedLanguages
     , requestPath
     , parseEnv
+    , approot
       -- * Building actual request
     , Request (..)
     , Hack.RequestMethod (..)
@@ -188,6 +189,21 @@ maybeIdentifier = do
 parseEnv :: MonadRequestReader m => m Hack.Env
 parseEnv = rawEnv `fmap` askRawRequest
 
+-- | The URL to the application root (ie, the URL with pathInfo /).
+approot :: MonadRequestReader m => m String
+approot = do
+    env <- parseEnv
+    let (scheme, defPort) =
+            case Hack.hackUrlScheme env of
+                Hack.HTTP -> ("http://", 80)
+                Hack.HTTPS -> ("https://", 443)
+    let sn = Hack.serverName env
+    let portSuffix =
+            if Hack.serverPort env == defPort
+                then ""
+                else ':' : show (Hack.serverPort env)
+    return $! scheme ++ sn ++ portSuffix ++ "/"
+
 -- | Determine the ordered list of language preferences.
 --
 -- FIXME: Future versions should account for some cookie.