diff --git a/meta-raspberrypi/recipes-bsp/bootfiles/rpi-config_git.bb b/meta-raspberrypi/recipes-bsp/bootfiles/rpi-config_git.bb
index 96453ef..f78c6d7 100644
--- a/meta-raspberrypi/recipes-bsp/bootfiles/rpi-config_git.bb
+++ b/meta-raspberrypi/recipes-bsp/bootfiles/rpi-config_git.bb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 COMPATIBLE_MACHINE = "^rpi$"
 
 SRCREV = "648ffc470824c43eb0d16c485f4c24816b32cd6f"
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/Evilpaul/RPi-config.git;protocol=git;branch=master \
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/Evilpaul/RPi-config.git;protocol=https;branch=master \
           "
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 
 CAN_OSCILLATOR ?= "16000000"
 
+ENABLE_UART ??= ""
+
 WM8960="${@bb.utils.contains("MACHINE_FEATURES", "wm8960", "1", "0", d)}"
 
 inherit deploy nopackages
@@ -174,9 +176,11 @@
     fi
 
     # UART support
-    if [ "${ENABLE_UART}" = "1" ]; then
+    if [ "${ENABLE_UART}" = "1" ] || [ "${ENABLE_UART}" = "0" ] ; then
         echo "# Enable UART" >>$CONFIG
-        echo "enable_uart=1" >>$CONFIG
+        echo "enable_uart=${ENABLE_UART}" >>$CONFIG
+    elif [ -n "${ENABLE_UART}" ]; then
+        bbfatal "Invalid value for ENABLE_UART [${ENABLE_UART}]. The value for ENABLE_UART can be 0 or 1."
     fi
 
     # Infrared support