1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/cpp/src/Glacier2Lib/SessionHelper.cpp b/cpp/src/Glacier2Lib/SessionHelper.cpp
index 623e0a2a869..7ce2d2c3eb9 100644
--- a/cpp/src/Glacier2Lib/SessionHelper.cpp
+++ b/cpp/src/Glacier2Lib/SessionHelper.cpp
@@ -1162,7 +1162,17 @@ string
 Glacier2::SessionFactoryHelper::createProxyStr(const Ice::Identity& ident)
 {
     ostringstream os;
-    os << "\"" << Ice::identityToString(ident) << "\":" << _protocol << " -p " << getPortInternal() << " -h \"" << _routerHost << "\"";
+    os << "\"";
+    //
+    // TODO replace with identityToString, we cannot use the Communicator::identityToString
+    // current implementation because we need to do that before the communicator has been
+    // initialized.
+    //
+    if(!ident.category.empty())
+    {
+        os << ident.category << "/";
+    }
+    os << ident.name << "\":" << _protocol << " -p " << getPortInternal() << " -h \"" << _routerHost << "\"";
     if(_timeout > 0)
     {
         os << " -t " << _timeout;