diff --git a/bin/brew b/bin/brew
index 2834719269..e9016704ae 100755
--- a/bin/brew
+++ b/bin/brew
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ begin
         else
           puts `ls #{HOMEBREW_CELLAR} | wc -l`.strip+" kegs, "+HOMEBREW_CELLAR.abv
         end
-      elsif ARGV[0][0..6] == 'http://'
+      elsif ARGV[0][0..6] == 'http://' or ARGV[0][0..7] == 'https://' or ARGV[0][0..5] == 'ftp://'
         path = Pathname.new(ARGV.shift)
         /(.*?)[-_.]?#{path.version}/.match path.basename
         unless $1.to_s.empty?