diff --git a/container/spi/src/main/java/org/jboss/arquillian/container/spi/client/protocol/metadata/HTTPContext.java b/container/spi/src/main/java/org/jboss/arquillian/container/spi/client/protocol/metadata/HTTPContext.java
index 916b0575c..a80202f44 100644
--- a/container/spi/src/main/java/org/jboss/arquillian/container/spi/client/protocol/metadata/HTTPContext.java
+++ b/container/spi/src/main/java/org/jboss/arquillian/container/spi/client/protocol/metadata/HTTPContext.java
@@ -31,14 +31,32 @@
 public class HTTPContext extends NamedContext {
     private final String host;
     private final int port;
+    private final boolean secure;
 
     private final Set<Servlet> servlets;
 
     public HTTPContext(String host, int port) {
-        this("no-named", host, port);
+        this("no-named", host, port, false);
+    }
+
+    public HTTPContext(String host, int port, boolean secure) {
+        this("no-named", host, port, secure);
     }
 
     public HTTPContext(String name, String host, int port) {
+        this(name, host, port, false);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new HTTP context.
+     *
+     * @param name   the name for the context
+     * @param host   the host for the context
+     * @param port   the port for the context
+     * @param secure whether this is a secure context. {@code true} will result in a https protocol, otherwise http will
+     *               be used for the protocol
+     */
+    public HTTPContext(String name, String host, int port, boolean secure) {
         super(name);
 
         if (host == null) {
@@ -46,6 +64,7 @@ public HTTPContext(String name, String host, int port) {
         }
         this.host = host;
         this.port = port;
+        this.secure = secure;
         this.servlets = new HashSet<Servlet>();
     }
 
@@ -85,9 +104,18 @@ public Servlet getServletByName(String name) {
         return null;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Indicates whether this is a secure HTTP connection (https).
+     *
+     * @return {@code true} if this should be a secure connection, otherwise {@code false}
+     */
+    public boolean isSecure() {
+        return secure;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public String toString() {
-        return "HTTPContext [host=" + host + ", port=" + port + ", servlets=" + toString(servlets) + "]";
+        return "HTTPContext [host=" + host + ", port=" + port + ", secure=" + secure + ", servlets=" + toString(servlets) + "]";
     }
 
     private String toString(Set<Servlet> servlets) {
diff --git a/container/spi/src/main/java/org/jboss/arquillian/container/spi/client/protocol/metadata/Servlet.java b/container/spi/src/main/java/org/jboss/arquillian/container/spi/client/protocol/metadata/Servlet.java
index 022516e0f..fc1732ad9 100644
--- a/container/spi/src/main/java/org/jboss/arquillian/container/spi/client/protocol/metadata/Servlet.java
+++ b/container/spi/src/main/java/org/jboss/arquillian/container/spi/client/protocol/metadata/Servlet.java
@@ -28,12 +28,14 @@
  */
 public class Servlet {
     static final String HTTP_SCHEME = "http://";
+    static final String HTTPS_SCHEME = "https://";
     static final String ROOT_CONTEXT = "/";
 
     private final String name;
 
     private final String contextRoot;
 
+    private String scheme;
     private String host;
 
     private int port;
@@ -68,6 +70,7 @@ void setParent(HTTPContext context) {
         if (context.getHost() == null) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException(context.getClass().getSimpleName() + " host must not be null");
         }
+        this.scheme = context.isSecure() ? HTTPS_SCHEME : HTTP_SCHEME;
         this.host = context.getHost();
         this.port = context.getPort();
     }
@@ -105,7 +108,7 @@ public URI getFullURI() {
     }
 
     private String getBaseURIAsString() {
-        return HTTP_SCHEME + host + ":" + port + contextRoot + "/";
+        return scheme + host + ":" + port + contextRoot + "/";
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/container/test-impl-base/src/main/java/org/jboss/arquillian/container/test/impl/enricher/resource/URLResourceProvider.java b/container/test-impl-base/src/main/java/org/jboss/arquillian/container/test/impl/enricher/resource/URLResourceProvider.java
index 29307647c..6116c5d0a 100644
--- a/container/test-impl-base/src/main/java/org/jboss/arquillian/container/test/impl/enricher/resource/URLResourceProvider.java
+++ b/container/test-impl-base/src/main/java/org/jboss/arquillian/container/test/impl/enricher/resource/URLResourceProvider.java
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ private URL toURL(Servlet servlet) {
 
     private URL toURL(HTTPContext context) {
         try {
-            return new URI("http", null, context.getHost(), context.getPort(), null, null, null).toURL();
+            return new URI(context.isSecure() ? "https" : "http", null, context.getHost(), context.getPort(), null, null, null).toURL();
         } catch (Exception e) {
             throw new RuntimeException("Could not convert HTTPContext to URL, " + context, e);
         }
diff --git a/container/test-impl-base/src/test/java/org/jboss/arquillian/container/test/impl/enricher/resource/URLResourceProviderTestCase.java b/container/test-impl-base/src/test/java/org/jboss/arquillian/container/test/impl/enricher/resource/URLResourceProviderTestCase.java
index d0f6b46f6..d4a22fde9 100644
--- a/container/test-impl-base/src/test/java/org/jboss/arquillian/container/test/impl/enricher/resource/URLResourceProviderTestCase.java
+++ b/container/test-impl-base/src/test/java/org/jboss/arquillian/container/test/impl/enricher/resource/URLResourceProviderTestCase.java
@@ -54,6 +54,17 @@ public void shouldBeAbleToInjectBaseContextURL() throws Exception {
         Assert.assertEquals("http://TEST:8080", test.url.toExternalForm());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void shouldBeAbleToInjectBaseContextURLSecure() throws Exception {
+        URLBaseContextClass test = execute(
+            URLBaseContextClass.class,
+            ProtocolMetaData.class,
+            new ProtocolMetaData()
+                .addContext(new HTTPContext("TEST", 8080, true)));
+
+        Assert.assertEquals("https://TEST:8080", test.url.toExternalForm());
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void shouldBeAbleToInjectBaseContextURLQualified() throws Exception {
         URLBaseContextClassQualified test = execute(
@@ -79,6 +90,18 @@ public void shouldBeAbleToInjectServletContextURL() throws Exception {
         Assert.assertEquals("http://TEST:8080/test/", test.url.toExternalForm());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void shouldBeAbleToInjectServletContextURLSecure() throws Exception {
+        URLServletContextClass test = execute(
+            URLServletContextClass.class,
+            ProtocolMetaData.class,
+            new ProtocolMetaData()
+                .addContext(new HTTPContext("TEST", 8080, true)
+                    .add(new Servlet(URLServletContextClass.class.getSimpleName(), "/test"))));
+
+        Assert.assertEquals("https://TEST:8080/test/", test.url.toExternalForm());
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void shouldBeAbleToInjectServletContextURLQualified() throws Exception {
         URLServletContextClassQualified test = execute(