diff --git a/framework/src/play/mvc/Router.java b/framework/src/play/mvc/Router.java
index 5171c99f42..9e57f60be2 100755
--- a/framework/src/play/mvc/Router.java
+++ b/framework/src/play/mvc/Router.java
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ public static String reverse(VirtualFile file, boolean absolute) {
                     }
                     if (absolute) {
                         if (!StringUtils.isEmpty(route.host)) {
-                            to = "http://" + route.host + to;
+                            to = (Http.Request.current().secure ? "https://" : "http://") + route.host + to;
                         } else {
                             to = Http.Request.current().getBase() + to;
                         }
@@ -502,10 +502,12 @@ public String toString() {
         }
 
         public void absolute() {
-            if (StringUtils.isEmpty(host)) {
-                url = Http.Request.current().getBase() + url;
-            } else {
-                url = "http://" + host + url;
+            if (!url.startsWith("http")) {
+                if (StringUtils.isEmpty(host)) {
+                    url = Http.Request.current().getBase() + url;
+                } else {
+                    url = (Http.Request.current().secure ? "https://" : "http://") + host + url;
+                }
             }
         }
 
@@ -571,7 +573,7 @@ public void compute() {
                     String p = this.path;
                     this.path = p.substring(p.indexOf("/"));
                     this.host = p.substring(0, p.indexOf("/"));
-                    String pattern = host.replaceAll("\\.","\\\\.").replaceFirst("\\{.*\\}", "(.*)");
+                    String pattern = host.replaceAll("\\.", "\\\\.").replaceFirst("\\{.*\\}", "(.*)");
                     Logger.trace("pattern [" + pattern + "]");
                     Logger.trace("host [" + host + "]");
 
@@ -580,7 +582,7 @@ public void compute() {
 
                     if (m.matches()) {
                         if (this.host.contains("{")) {
-                            String name = m.group(1).replace("{", "").replace("}","");
+                            String name = m.group(1).replace("{", "").replace("}", "");
                             hostArg = new Arg();
                             hostArg.name = name;
                             Logger.trace("hostArg name [" + name + "]");
diff --git a/framework/src/play/server/PlayHandler.java b/framework/src/play/server/PlayHandler.java
index 16f5e0d444..99e976e257 100644
--- a/framework/src/play/server/PlayHandler.java
+++ b/framework/src/play/server/PlayHandler.java
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ public class PlayHandler extends SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler {
 
     private final static String signature = "Play! Framework;" + Play.version + ";" + Play.mode.name().toLowerCase();
 
+    public Request processRequest(Request request) {
+        return request;
+    }
+
+
     @Override
     public void messageReceived(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, MessageEvent e) throws Exception {
         Logger.trace("messageReceived: begin");
@@ -57,7 +62,9 @@ public void messageReceived(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, MessageEvent e) throws Ex
         if (msg instanceof HttpRequest) {
             final HttpRequest nettyRequest = (HttpRequest) msg;
             try {
-                final Request request = parseRequest(ctx, nettyRequest);
+                Request request = parseRequest(ctx, nettyRequest);
+                request = processRequest(request);
+
                 final Response response = new Response();
 
                 Http.Response.current.set(response);
@@ -81,6 +88,7 @@ public void messageReceived(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, MessageEvent e) throws Ex
         }
         Logger.trace("messageReceived: end");
     }
+
     private static Map<String, RenderStatic> staticPathsCache = new HashMap<String, RenderStatic>();
 
     public class NettyInvocation extends Invoker.Invocation {
diff --git a/framework/src/play/server/ssl/SslPlayHandler.java b/framework/src/play/server/ssl/SslPlayHandler.java
index cbada8aef9..c22ec421a8 100644
--- a/framework/src/play/server/ssl/SslPlayHandler.java
+++ b/framework/src/play/server/ssl/SslPlayHandler.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import org.jboss.netty.handler.codec.http.*;
 import org.jboss.netty.handler.ssl.SslHandler;
 import play.Logger;
+import play.mvc.Http;
 import play.server.PlayHandler;
 import play.server.Server;
 
@@ -17,16 +18,23 @@ public class SslPlayHandler extends PlayHandler {
     public SslPlayHandler() {
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public Http.Request processRequest(Http.Request request) {
+        request.secure = true;
+        return request;
+    }
+
+
     @Override
     public void channelConnected(
             ChannelHandlerContext ctx, ChannelStateEvent e) throws Exception {
-            ctx.setAttachment(e.getValue());
-            // Get the SslHandler in the current pipeline.
-            final SslHandler sslHandler = ctx.getPipeline().get(SslHandler.class);
-            sslHandler.setEnableRenegotiation(false);
-            // Get notified when SSL handshake is done.
-            ChannelFuture handshakeFuture = sslHandler.handshake();
-            handshakeFuture.addListener(new SslListener());
+        ctx.setAttachment(e.getValue());
+        // Get the SslHandler in the current pipeline.
+        final SslHandler sslHandler = ctx.getPipeline().get(SslHandler.class);
+        sslHandler.setEnableRenegotiation(false);
+        // Get notified when SSL handshake is done.
+        ChannelFuture handshakeFuture = sslHandler.handshake();
+        handshakeFuture.addListener(new SslListener());
     }
 
     private static final class SslListener implements ChannelFutureListener {