diff --git a/git-svnimport.perl b/git-svnimport.perl
index 26dc454..9a69369 100755
--- a/git-svnimport.perl
+++ b/git-svnimport.perl
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ if($opt_d or $opt_D) {
 	} else {
 		$svn_dir = "";
 	}
-	if ($svn_url->scheme eq "http") {
+	if ($svn_url->scheme eq "http" or $svn_url->scheme eq "https") {
 		use LWP::UserAgent;
 		$lwp_ua = LWP::UserAgent->new(keep_alive => 1, requests_redirectable => []);
 	} else {