diff --git a/commands/http/client.go b/commands/http/client.go
index 7a35c1a26..35aa59ca3 100644
--- a/commands/http/client.go
+++ b/commands/http/client.go
@@ -49,8 +49,15 @@ func Send(req cmds.Request) (cmds.Response, error) {
 	}
 
 	args := req.Arguments()
+	argDefs := req.Command().Arguments
+	var argDef cmds.Argument
+
 	for i, arg := range args {
-		if req.Command().Arguments[i].Type == cmds.ArgString {
+		if i < len(argDefs) {
+			argDef = argDefs[i]
+		}
+
+		if argDef.Type == cmds.ArgString {
 			query += "&arg=" + arg.(string)
 
 		} else {
diff --git a/commands/http/parse.go b/commands/http/parse.go
index d55fffdd8..b30ef0bfd 100644
--- a/commands/http/parse.go
+++ b/commands/http/parse.go
@@ -36,17 +36,18 @@ func Parse(r *http.Request, root *cmds.Command) (cmds.Request, error) {
 
 	// Note that the argument handling here is dumb, it does not do any error-checking.
 	// (Arguments are further processed when the request is passed to the command to run)
-	args := make([]interface{}, len(cmd.Arguments))
-	for i, arg := range cmd.Arguments {
+	args := make([]interface{}, 0)
+
+	for _, arg := range cmd.Arguments {
 		if arg.Type == cmds.ArgString {
-			if len(stringArgs) > 0 {
-				args[i] = stringArgs[0]
+			for j := 0; len(stringArgs) > 0 && arg.Variadic || j == 0; j++ {
+				args = append(args, stringArgs[0])
 				stringArgs = stringArgs[1:]
 			}
 
 		} else {
 			// TODO: create multipart streams for file args
-			args[i] = r.Body
+			args = append(args, r.Body)
 		}
 	}