diff --git a/meta-hpe/meta-gxp/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-obmc.inc b/meta-hpe/meta-gxp/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-obmc.inc
index dfa9e80..3459a4f 100644
--- a/meta-hpe/meta-gxp/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-obmc.inc
+++ b/meta-hpe/meta-gxp/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-obmc.inc
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 KCONFIG_MODE="--alldefconfig"
 
-KSRC ?= "git://github.com/HewlettPackard/gxp-linux.git;branch=${KBRANCH}"
+KSRC ?= "git://github.com/HewlettPackard/gxp-linux.git;branch=${KBRANCH};protocol=https"
 SRC_URI = "${KSRC}"
 SRC_URI += " file://defconfig"