diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 85665678e..ab7203eb2 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [submodule "shFlags"]
 	path = shFlags
-	url = git://github.com/nvie/shFlags.git
+	url = https://github.com/nvie/shFlags.git