diff --git a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/fs/cp b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/fs/cp
index 5e6fac36fa..ba5ffcbfb5 100755
--- a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/fs/cp
+++ b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/fs/cp
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ COPY_COMMAND="$UTILS_PATH/downloader.sh $HASHES $SRC $DST"
 # ------------ Copy the image to the repository -------------
 
 case $SRC in
-http://*)
+http://*|https://*)
     log "Downloading $SRC to the image repository"
 
     exec_and_log "$COPY_COMMAND" "Error downloading $SRC"
diff --git a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/iscsi/cp b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/iscsi/cp
index 44119c73b7..995b796582 100755
--- a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/iscsi/cp
+++ b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/iscsi/cp
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ fi
 COPY_COMMAND="$UTILS_PATH/downloader.sh $HASHES $SRC -"
 
 case $SRC in
-http://*)
+http://*|https://*)
     log "Downloading $SRC to the image repository"
 
     DUMP="$COPY_COMMAND"
diff --git a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/libfs.sh b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/libfs.sh
index 6b7f5c57bd..0f625ee90d 100644
--- a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/libfs.sh
+++ b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/libfs.sh
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ EOF
 function fs_size {
 
 	case $1 in
-	http://*)
-		SIZE=`wget -S --spider $1 2>&1 | grep Content-Length  | cut -d':' -f2`
+	http://*|https://*)
+		SIZE=`wget -S --spider --no-check-certificate $1 2>&1 | grep Content-Length  | cut -d':' -f2`
 		error=$?
 	    ;;
 	*)
diff --git a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/lvm/cp b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/lvm/cp
index e003b71b79..17e8124e81 100755
--- a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/lvm/cp
+++ b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/lvm/cp
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ fi
 COPY_COMMAND="$UTILS_PATH/downloader.sh $HASHES $SRC -"
 
 case $SRC in
-http://*)
+http://*|https://*)
     log "Downloading $SRC to the image repository"
 
     DUMP="$COPY_COMMAND"
diff --git a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/vmware/cp b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/vmware/cp
index 6fb6f0e148..5a39db5061 100755
--- a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/vmware/cp
+++ b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/vmware/cp
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ COPY_COMMAND="$UTILS_PATH/downloader.sh $HASHES $SRC $DST"
 # ------------ Copy the image to the repository -------------
 
 case $SRC in
-http://*)
+http://*|https://* )
     log "Downloading $SRC to the image repository"
 
     exec_and_log "$COPY_COMMAND" "Error downloading $SRC"