diff --git a/include/download.mk b/include/download.mk
index 9dd26a744..cf14cde1d 100644
--- a/include/download.mk
+++ b/include/download.mk
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ DOWNLOAD_RDEP=$(STAMP_PREPARED) $(HOST_STAMP_PREPARED)
 define dl_method
 $(strip \
   $(if $(2),$(2), \
-    $(if $(filter @GNOME/% @GNU/% @KERNEL/% @SF/% ftp://% http://% file://%,$(1)),default, \
+    $(if $(filter @GNOME/% @GNU/% @KERNEL/% @SF/% ftp://% http://% https://% file://%,$(1)),default, \
       $(if $(filter git://%,$(1)),git, \
         $(if $(filter svn://%,$(1)),svn, \
           $(if $(filter cvs://%,$(1)),cvs, \
diff --git a/scripts/download.pl b/scripts/download.pl
index fe27df5e8..633a4f6f7 100755
--- a/scripts/download.pl
+++ b/scripts/download.pl
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ sub download
 		system("cp -vf $cache/$filename $target/$filename.dl") == 0 or return;
 		system("$md5cmd $target/$filename.dl > \"$target/$filename.md5sum\" ") == 0 or return;
 	} else {
-		open WGET, "wget -t5 --timeout=20 $options -O- \"$mirror/$filename\" |" or die "Cannot launch wget.\n";
+		open WGET, "wget -t5 --timeout=20 --no-check-certificate $options -O- \"$mirror/$filename\" |" or die "Cannot launch wget.\n";
 		open MD5SUM, "| $md5cmd > \"$target/$filename.md5sum\"" or die "Cannot launch md5sum.\n";
 		open OUTPUT, "> $target/$filename.dl" or die "Cannot create file $target/$filename.dl: $!\n";
 		my $buffer;