diff --git a/src/client/client_config.ml b/src/client/client_config.ml
index 5e4ef8504..4c63d4b6f 100644
--- a/src/client/client_config.ml
+++ b/src/client/client_config.ml
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ let incoming_port = in_both_groups @@
   new int_cp [ "port" ] ~short_name:"P" 8732
     "The TCP port at which the node's RPC server can be reached."
 
+let tls = in_both_groups @@
+  new bool_cp [ "tls" ] false
+    "Use TLS to connect to node."
+
 (* Version specific options *)
 
 let contextual_options : (unit -> unit) ref Protocol_hash_table.t =
@@ -191,6 +195,11 @@ let preparse_args argv cctxt : Node_rpc_services.Blocks.block Lwt.t =
         "Error: can't read the configuration file: %s\n%!" msg
     else Lwt.return ()
   end >>= fun () ->
+  begin
+    match preparse "-tls" argv with
+    | None -> ()
+    | Some _ -> tls#set true
+  end ;
   begin
     match preparse "-addr" argv with
     | None -> ()
diff --git a/src/client/client_node_rpcs.ml b/src/client/client_node_rpcs.ml
index ddeeeccab..bc30389e1 100644
--- a/src/client/client_node_rpcs.ml
+++ b/src/client/client_node_rpcs.ml
@@ -24,10 +24,12 @@ let cpt = ref 0
 let make_request cctxt service json =
   incr cpt ;
   let cpt = !cpt in
-  let serv = "http://" ^ Client_config.incoming_addr#get
-             ^ ":" ^ string_of_int Client_config.incoming_port#get in
-  let string_uri = String.concat "/" (serv :: service) in
-  let uri = Uri.of_string string_uri in
+  let scheme = if Client_config.tls#get then "https" else "http" in
+  let host = Client_config.incoming_addr#get in
+  let port = Client_config.incoming_port#get in
+  let path = String.concat "/" service in
+  let uri = Uri.make ~scheme ~host ~port ~path () in
+  let string_uri = Uri.to_string uri in
   let reqbody = Data_encoding_ezjsonm.to_string json in
   let tzero = Unix.gettimeofday () in
   catch