diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 042d5f3471..db2ec854f4 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-02-11  Tim-Philipp Müller  <tim at centricular dot net>
+
+	* ext/gnomevfs/gstgnomevfssrc.c: (gst_gnome_vfs_src_check_get_range):
+	* ext/gnomevfs/gstgnomevfsuri.c: (gst_gnomevfs_get_supported_uris):
+	  Add support for https protocol. Fixes #510229.
+
 2008-02-11  Julien Moutte  <julien@fluendo.com>
 	
 	Patch by: Alan Peevers <peeves@pacbell.net>
diff --git a/ext/gnomevfs/gstgnomevfssrc.c b/ext/gnomevfs/gstgnomevfssrc.c
index ac2b0cf7a0..21a7200a24 100644
--- a/ext/gnomevfs/gstgnomevfssrc.c
+++ b/ext/gnomevfs/gstgnomevfssrc.c
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ gst_gnome_vfs_src_check_get_range (GstBaseSrc * basesrc)
   if (protocol == NULL)
     goto undecided;
 
-  if (strcmp (protocol, "http") == 0) {
+  if (strcmp (protocol, "http") == 0 || strcmp (protocol, "https") == 0) {
     GST_LOG_OBJECT (src, "blacklisted protocol '%s', no random access possible"
         " (URI=%s)", protocol, GST_STR_NULL (src->uri_name));
     return FALSE;
diff --git a/ext/gnomevfs/gstgnomevfsuri.c b/ext/gnomevfs/gstgnomevfsuri.c
index 1ee59d7b19..91f268f8ba 100644
--- a/ext/gnomevfs/gstgnomevfsuri.c
+++ b/ext/gnomevfs/gstgnomevfsuri.c
@@ -35,9 +35,10 @@
 gchar **
 gst_gnomevfs_get_supported_uris (void)
 {
-  GnomeVFSURI *uri;
+  /* no dav/davs in the list, because they don't appear to be reliable enough */
   const gchar *uris[] = {
     "http://localhost/bla",
+    "https://localhost/bla",
     "file:///bla",
     "smb://localhost/bla",
     "ftp://localhost/bla",
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ gst_gnomevfs_get_supported_uris (void)
     "ssh://localhost/bla",
     "burn://"
   };
+  GnomeVFSURI *uri;
   gchar **result;
   gint n, r = 0;