diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 187359e..d39324e 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     <zip destfile="${target.dir}/scala-${scala.version}/gitbucket_${scala.version}-${gitbucket.version}.war"
          basedir="${target.dir}/scala-${scala.version}/classes"
          update = "true"
-         includes="JettyLauncher.class"/>
+         includes="JettyLauncher.class,SslConnector.class"/>
   </target>
 
   <target name="rename" depends="embed">
diff --git a/contrib/redhat/gitbucket.conf b/contrib/redhat/gitbucket.conf
index fb14ebe..26e4201 100644
--- a/contrib/redhat/gitbucket.conf
+++ b/contrib/redhat/gitbucket.conf
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # Server port
 #GITBUCKET_PORT=8080
 
+# Force HTTPS scheme
+#GITBUCKET_HTTPS=false
+
 # Data directory (GITBUCKET_HOME/gitbucket)
 #GITBUCKET_HOME=/var/lib/gitbucket
 
diff --git a/contrib/redhat/gitbucket.init b/contrib/redhat/gitbucket.init
index 6ab01f8..390318c 100644
--- a/contrib/redhat/gitbucket.init
+++ b/contrib/redhat/gitbucket.init
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@
 	if [ $GITBUCKET_PREFIX ]; then
 		START_OPTS="${START_OPTS} --prefix ${GITBUCKET_PREFIX}"
 	fi
+	if [ $GITBUCKET_HTTPS ]; then
+		START_OPTS="${START_OPTS} --https=true"
+	fi
 
 	# Run the Java process
 	GITBUCKET_HOME="${GITBUCKET_HOME}" java $GITBUCKET_JVM_OPTS -jar $GITBUCKET_WAR_FILE $START_OPTS >>$LOG_FILE 2>&1 &
diff --git a/src/main/java/JettyLauncher.java b/src/main/java/JettyLauncher.java
index 356da21..c56398b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/JettyLauncher.java
+++ b/src/main/java/JettyLauncher.java
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
+import org.eclipse.jetty.io.EndPoint;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.server.Request;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.server.nio.SelectChannelConnector;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.security.ProtectionDomain;
 
@@ -10,17 +13,20 @@
         String host = null;
         int port = 8080;
         String contextPath = "/";
+        boolean httpsScheme = false;
 
-        for(String arg: args){
-            if(arg.startsWith("--") && arg.contains("=")){
+        for(String arg: args) {
+            if(arg.startsWith("--") && arg.contains("=")) {
                 String[] dim = arg.split("=");
-                if(dim.length >= 2){
-                    if(dim[0].equals("--host")){
+                if(dim.length >= 2) {
+                    if(dim[0].equals("--host")) {
                         host = dim[1];
-                    } else if(dim[0].equals("--port")){
+                    } else if(dim[0].equals("--port")) {
                         port = Integer.parseInt(dim[1]);
-                    } else if(dim[0].equals("--prefix")){
+                    } else if(dim[0].equals("--prefix")) {
                         contextPath = dim[1];
+                    } else if(dim[0].equals("--https") && (dim[1].equals("1") || dim[1].equals("true"))) {
+                        httpsScheme = true;
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -28,8 +34,8 @@
 
         Server server = new Server();
 
-        SelectChannelConnector connector = new SelectChannelConnector();
-        if(host != null){
+        SslConnector connector = new SslConnector(httpsScheme);
+        if(host != null) {
             connector.setHost(host);
         }
         connector.setMaxIdleTime(1000 * 60 * 60);
@@ -51,3 +57,19 @@
         server.join();
     }
 }
+
+class SslConnector extends SelectChannelConnector {
+    boolean myHttpsScheme;
+
+    public SslConnector(boolean httpsScheme) {
+        myHttpsScheme = httpsScheme;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void customize(final EndPoint endpoint, final Request request) throws IOException {
+        if (myHttpsScheme) {
+            request.setScheme("https");
+            super.customize(endpoint, request);
+        }
+    }
+}