diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-extended/libnss-nis/libnss-nis.bb b/poky/meta/recipes-extended/libnss-nis/libnss-nis.bb
index 3410342..478e9e2 100644
--- a/poky/meta/recipes-extended/libnss-nis/libnss-nis.bb
+++ b/poky/meta/recipes-extended/libnss-nis/libnss-nis.bb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 SRCREV = "062f31999b35393abf7595cb89dfc9590d5a42ad"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/thkukuk/libnss_nis \
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/thkukuk/libnss_nis;branch=master;protocol=https \
           "
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"