diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb b/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb
index e8306c839b..c2219216cc 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ def detect_download_strategy url
   when %r[^svn\+http://] then SubversionDownloadStrategy
   when %r[^fossil://] then FossilDownloadStrategy
     # Some well-known source hosts
-  when %r[^http://github\.com/.+\.git$] then GitDownloadStrategy
+  when %r[^https?://github\.com/.+\.git$] then GitDownloadStrategy
   when %r[^https?://(.+?\.)?googlecode\.com/hg] then MercurialDownloadStrategy
   when %r[^https?://(.+?\.)?googlecode\.com/svn] then SubversionDownloadStrategy
   when %r[^https?://(.+?\.)?sourceforge\.net/svnroot/] then SubversionDownloadStrategy