diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs.inc b/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs.inc
index f41a5d0..d345b91 100644
--- a/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs.inc
+++ b/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs.inc
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 SECTION = "base"
 DEPENDS = "util-linux attr autoconf-archive"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/ext2/e2fsprogs.git;branch=master"
+SRC_URI = "git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/ext2/e2fsprogs.git;branch=master;protocol=https"
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
 inherit autotools gettext texinfo pkgconfig multilib_header update-alternatives ptest