diff --git libpkg/fetch.c libpkg/fetch.c
index 4804ad0..16ab9c7 100644
--- libpkg/fetch.c
+++ libpkg/fetch.c
@@ -549,8 +549,12 @@ pkg_fetch_file_to_fd(struct pkg_repo *repo, const char *url, int dest,
 				srv_current = repo->srv;
 			} else if (repo != NULL && repo->mirror_type == HTTP &&
 			           strncmp(u->scheme, "http", 4) == 0) {
-				if (u->port == 0)
-					u->port = 80;
+				if (u->port == 0) {
+					if (stcmp(u->scheme, "https") == 0)
+						u->port = 443;
+					else
+						u->port = 80;
+				}
 				snprintf(zone, sizeof(zone),
 				    "%s://%s:%d", u->scheme, u->host, u->port);
 				if (repo->http == NULL)