diff --git a/cmd/godoc/regtest_test.go b/cmd/godoc/regtest_test.go
index 7e76017069..f7c7219a4d 100644
--- a/cmd/godoc/regtest_test.go
+++ b/cmd/godoc/regtest_test.go
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ func TestLiveServer(t *testing.T) {
 		Regexp      string
 		NoAnalytics bool // expect the response to not contain GA.
 		PostBody    string
+		StatusCode  int // if 0, expect 2xx status code.
 	}{
 		{
 			Path:      "/doc/faq",
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ func TestLiveServer(t *testing.T) {
 			Substring:   "bdb10cf",
 			Message:     "no change redirect - hg to git mapping not registered?",
 			NoAnalytics: true,
+			StatusCode:  302,
 		},
 		{
 			Path:      "/dl/",
@@ -81,6 +83,7 @@ func TestLiveServer(t *testing.T) {
 			Path:        "/s/go2design",
 			Regexp:      "proposal.*Found",
 			NoAnalytics: true,
+			StatusCode:  302,
 		},
 		{
 			Message:   "incorrect search result - broken index?",
@@ -105,6 +108,12 @@ func TestLiveServer(t *testing.T) {
 			Regexp:      `^{"Errors":"","Events":\[{"Message":"A","Kind":"stdout","Delay":0},{"Message":"B","Kind":"stdout","Delay":1000000000}\]}$`,
 			NoAnalytics: true,
 		},
+		{
+			Path:        "/share",
+			PostBody:    "package main",
+			Substring:   "", // just check it is a 2xx.
+			NoAnalytics: true,
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range substringTests {
@@ -126,6 +135,13 @@ func TestLiveServer(t *testing.T) {
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Fatalf("RoundTrip: %v", err)
 			}
+			if tc.StatusCode == 0 {
+				if resp.StatusCode > 299 {
+					t.Errorf("Non-OK status code: %v", resp.StatusCode)
+				}
+			} else if tc.StatusCode != resp.StatusCode {
+				t.Errorf("StatusCode; got %v, want %v", resp.StatusCode, tc.StatusCode)
+			}
 			body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Fatalf("ReadAll: %v", err)
diff --git a/godoc/proxy/proxy.go b/godoc/proxy/proxy.go
index 1c1798f0fe..bb0e81c3c4 100644
--- a/godoc/proxy/proxy.go
+++ b/godoc/proxy/proxy.go
@@ -11,11 +11,10 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
-	"net/http/httputil"
-	"net/url"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -24,13 +23,6 @@ import (
 
 const playgroundURL = "https://play.golang.org"
 
-var proxy *httputil.ReverseProxy
-
-func init() {
-	target, _ := url.Parse(playgroundURL)
-	proxy = httputil.NewSingleHostReverseProxy(target)
-}
-
 type Request struct {
 	Body string
 }
@@ -136,7 +128,28 @@ func share(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		http.Error(w, http.StatusText(http.StatusForbidden), http.StatusForbidden)
 		return
 	}
-	proxy.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+
+	// HACK(cbro): use a simple proxy rather than httputil.ReverseProxy because of Issue #28168.
+	// TODO: investigate using ReverseProxy with a Director, unsetting whatever's necessary to make that work.
+	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", playgroundURL+"/share", r.Body)
+	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", r.Header.Get("Content-Type"))
+	req = req.WithContext(r.Context())
+	resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("ERROR share error: %v", err)
+		http.Error(w, "Internal Server Error", http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		return
+	}
+	copyHeader := func(k string) {
+		if v := resp.Header.Get(k); v != "" {
+			w.Header().Set(k, v)
+		}
+	}
+	copyHeader("Content-Type")
+	copyHeader("Content-Length")
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+	w.WriteHeader(resp.StatusCode)
+	io.Copy(w, resp.Body)
 }
 
 func googleCN(r *http.Request) bool {