diff --git a/meta-openpower/recipes-bsp/ffs/ffs_git.bb b/meta-openpower/recipes-bsp/ffs/ffs_git.bb
index 2340121..0b40db0 100644
--- a/meta-openpower/recipes-bsp/ffs/ffs_git.bb
+++ b/meta-openpower/recipes-bsp/ffs/ffs_git.bb
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 PV = "v0.1.0+git${SRCPV}"
 
 SRCREV = "3ec70fbc458e32eef0d0b1de79688b4dc48cbd57"
-SRC_URI += "git://github.com/open-power/ffs.git"
+SRC_URI += "git://github.com/open-power/ffs.git;branch=master;protocol=https"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"