diff --git a/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/video/uart-render-controller_git.bb b/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/video/uart-render-controller_git.bb
index d3ad3c0..3b53b8d 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/video/uart-render-controller_git.bb
+++ b/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/video/uart-render-controller_git.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 HOMEPAGE = "https://github.com/jk-ozlabs/uart-render-controller"
 LICENSE = "GPLv2+"
 
-SRC_URI += "git://github.com/jk-ozlabs/uart-render-controller;branch=master"
+SRC_URI += "git://github.com/jk-ozlabs/uart-render-controller;branch=master;protocol=https"
 SRC_URI += "file://uart-render-controller.service"
 
 PR = "r1"