diff --git a/plugins/http/http_load_ b/plugins/http/http_load_
index 39677ca8..6e09e046 100755
--- a/plugins/http/http_load_
+++ b/plugins/http/http_load_
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ if($ARGV[0] and $ARGV[0] eq "autoconf") {
 				$verbose && print "  Processing: " . $$link[0] . " " . $$link[1] . " " . $$link[2] . "\n";
 
 				# Extract the hostname and add it to the hash
-				if($$link[2] =~ m/http\:\/\/([^\/]+).*/){
+				if($$link[2] =~ m/https?\:\/\/([^\/]+).*/){
 					$host=$1;
 					$output{"elements_" . $host}+=1;
 				}