diff --git a/config/dev-client-dir/config b/config/dev-client-dir/config
index 3efe0c7ec..3bdcac03c 100644
--- a/config/dev-client-dir/config
+++ b/config/dev-client-dir/config
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "blobServer": "http://localhost:3179/bs",
+  "blobServer": "http://localhost:3179/",
 
   "auth": ["_env", "${CAMLI_AUTH}" ],
   "selfPubKeyDir": ["_env", "${CAMLI_DEV_KEYBLOBS}" ],
diff --git a/dev-camput b/dev-camput
index 283a99a59..dec3172e8 100755
--- a/dev-camput
+++ b/dev-camput
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ $ENV{"CAMLI_SECRET_RING"} = "$Bin/pkg/jsonsign/testdata/test-secring.gpg";
 $ENV{"CAMLI_KEYID"} = "26F5ABDA";
 $ENV{"CAMLI_DEV_KEYBLOBS"} = "$Bin/config/dev-client-dir/keyblobs";
 $ENV{"CAMLI_AUTH"} = "userpass:camlistore:pass3179";
-my $blobserver = "http://localhost:3179/bs";
+my $blobserver = "http://localhost:3179/";
 if ($opt_tls) {
 	$blobserver =~ s/^http/https/;
 }
diff --git a/pkg/client/client.go b/pkg/client/client.go
index 7b1d9de75..391e2678c 100644
--- a/pkg/client/client.go
+++ b/pkg/client/client.go
@@ -17,17 +17,32 @@ limitations under the License.
 package client
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
 	"os"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
 	"camlistore.org/pkg/auth"
 )
 
 type Client struct {
-	server   string // URL prefix before "/camli/"
+	// server is the input from user, pre-discovery.
+	// For example "http://foo.com" or "foo.com:1234".
+	// It is the responsibility of initPrefix to parse
+	// server and set prefix, including doing discovery
+	// to figure out what the proper server-declared
+	// prefix is.
+	server string
+
+	prefixOnce sync.Once
+	prefixv    string // URL prefix before "/camli/"
+	prefixErr  error
+
 	authMode auth.AuthMode
 
 	httpClient *http.Client
@@ -82,6 +97,64 @@ func (c *Client) Stats() Stats {
 	return c.stats // copy
 }
 
+func (c *Client) prefix() (string, error) {
+	c.prefixOnce.Do(func() { c.initPrefix() })
+	if c.prefixErr != nil {
+		return "", c.prefixErr
+	}
+	return c.prefixv, nil
+}
+
+func (c *Client) initPrefix() {
+	s := c.server
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(s, "http") {
+		s = "http://" + s
+	}
+	u, err := url.Parse(s)
+	if err != nil {
+		c.prefixErr = err
+		return
+	}
+	if len(u.Path) > 1 {
+		c.prefixv = strings.TrimRight(s, "/")
+		return
+	}
+	// If the path is just "" or "/", do discovery against
+	// the URL to see which path we should actually use.
+	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", u.String(), nil)
+	req.Header.Set("Accept", "text/x-camli-configuration")
+	res, err := c.httpClient.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		c.prefixErr = err
+		return
+	}
+	defer res.Body.Close()
+	if res.StatusCode != 200 {
+		c.prefixErr = fmt.Errorf("Got status %q from blobserver during configuration discovery", res.Status)
+		return
+	}
+	// TODO(bradfitz): little weird in retrospect that we request
+	// text/x-camli-configuration and expect to get back
+	// text/javascript.  Make them consistent.
+	if ct := res.Header.Get("Content-Type"); ct != "text/javascript" {
+		c.prefixErr = fmt.Errorf("Blobserver returned unexpected type %q from discovery", ct)
+		return
+	}
+	m := make(map[string]interface{})
+	if err := json.NewDecoder(res.Body).Decode(&m); err != nil {
+		c.prefixErr = err
+		return
+	}
+	blobRoot, ok := m["blobRoot"].(string)
+	if !ok {
+		c.prefixErr = fmt.Errorf("No blobRoot in config discovery response")
+		return
+	}
+	u.Path = blobRoot
+	c.prefixv = strings.TrimRight(u.String(), "/")
+	log.Printf("set prefix to %q", c.prefixv)
+}
+
 func (c *Client) newRequest(method, url string) *http.Request {
 	req, err := http.NewRequest(method, url, nil)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/client/enumerate.go b/pkg/client/enumerate.go
index 2cc41eaa6..63872ee12 100644
--- a/pkg/client/enumerate.go
+++ b/pkg/client/enumerate.go
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ func (c *Client) EnumerateBlobsOpts(ch chan<- blobref.SizedBlobRef, opts Enumera
 	if opts.After != "" && opts.MaxWait != 0 {
 		return errors.New("client error: it's invalid to use enumerate After and MaxWaitSec together")
 	}
+	pfx, err := c.prefix()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 
 	error := func(msg string, e error) error {
 		err := errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("client enumerate error: %s: %v", msg, e))
@@ -65,7 +69,7 @@ func (c *Client) EnumerateBlobsOpts(ch chan<- blobref.SizedBlobRef, opts Enumera
 			}
 		}
 		url_ := fmt.Sprintf("%s/camli/enumerate-blobs?after=%s&limit=%d&maxwaitsec=%d",
-			c.server, url.QueryEscape(after), enumerateBatchSize, waitSec)
+			pfx, url.QueryEscape(after), enumerateBatchSize, waitSec)
 		req := c.newRequest("GET", url_)
 		resp, err := c.httpClient.Do(req)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/client/get.go b/pkg/client/get.go
index 44c456025..a2f0b8bca 100644
--- a/pkg/client/get.go
+++ b/pkg/client/get.go
@@ -34,7 +34,11 @@ func (c *Client) FetchStreaming(b *blobref.BlobRef) (io.ReadCloser, int64, error
 }
 
 func (c *Client) FetchVia(b *blobref.BlobRef, v []*blobref.BlobRef) (io.ReadCloser, int64, error) {
-	url := fmt.Sprintf("%s/camli/%s", c.server, b)
+	pfx, err := c.prefix()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, 0, err
+	}
+	url := fmt.Sprintf("%s/camli/%s", pfx, b)
 
 	if len(v) > 0 {
 		buf := bytes.NewBufferString(url)
diff --git a/pkg/client/remove.go b/pkg/client/remove.go
index 0b9154d9a..44132778d 100644
--- a/pkg/client/remove.go
+++ b/pkg/client/remove.go
@@ -36,7 +36,11 @@ type removeResponse struct {
 // Remove the list of blobs. An error is returned if the server failed to
 // remove a blob. Removing a non-existent blob isn't an error.
 func (c *Client) RemoveBlobs(blobs []*blobref.BlobRef) error {
-	url_ := fmt.Sprintf("%s/camli/remove", c.server)
+	pfx, err := c.prefix()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	url_ := fmt.Sprintf("%s/camli/remove", pfx)
 	params := make(url.Values)           // "blobN" -> BlobRefStr
 	needsDelete := make(map[string]bool) // BlobRefStr -> true
 	for n, b := range blobs {
diff --git a/pkg/client/upload.go b/pkg/client/upload.go
index d62e1a6f4..a47cb24d6 100644
--- a/pkg/client/upload.go
+++ b/pkg/client/upload.go
@@ -196,7 +196,11 @@ func (c *Client) StatBlobs(dest chan<- blobref.SizedBlobRef, blobs []*blobref.Bl
 		fmt.Fprintf(&buf, "&maxwaitsec=%d", secs)
 	}
 
-	req := c.newRequest("POST", fmt.Sprintf("%s/camli/stat", c.server))
+	pfx, err := c.prefix()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	req := c.newRequest("POST", fmt.Sprintf("%s/camli/stat", pfx))
 	bodyStr := buf.String()
 	req.Body = ioutil.NopCloser(strings.NewReader(bodyStr))
 	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded")
@@ -259,9 +263,13 @@ func (c *Client) Upload(h *UploadHandle) (*PutResult, error) {
 
 	blobrefStr := h.BlobRef.String()
 
-	// Pre-upload.  Check whether the blob already exists on the
+	// Pre-upload. Check whether the blob already exists on the
 	// server and if not, the URL to upload it to.
-	url_ := fmt.Sprintf("%s/camli/stat", c.server)
+	pfx, err := c.prefix()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	url_ := fmt.Sprintf("%s/camli/stat", pfx)
 	requestBody := "camliversion=1&blob1=" + blobrefStr
 	req := c.newRequest("POST", url_)
 	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded")