diff --git a/meta-openpower/recipes-bsp/skiboot/skiboot.inc b/meta-openpower/recipes-bsp/skiboot/skiboot.inc
index 4f37912..9f7bbff 100644
--- a/meta-openpower/recipes-bsp/skiboot/skiboot.inc
+++ b/meta-openpower/recipes-bsp/skiboot/skiboot.inc
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 HOMEPAGE = "https://github.com/open-power"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
 
-SRC_URI += "git://github.com/open-power/skiboot.git;branch=skiboot-6.5.x"
+SRC_URI += "git://github.com/open-power/skiboot.git;branch=skiboot-6.5.x;protocol=https"
 
 FILESEXTRAPATHS:prepend := "${THISDIR}/skiboot:"