diff --git a/py/selenium/webdriver/remote/remote_connection.py b/py/selenium/webdriver/remote/remote_connection.py
index 8d6e5cf311e3a..1ccdcbe0cd4f6 100644
--- a/py/selenium/webdriver/remote/remote_connection.py
+++ b/py/selenium/webdriver/remote/remote_connection.py
@@ -142,8 +142,11 @@ def __init__(self, remote_server_addr, keep_alive=False):
         addr = ""
         if parsed_url.hostname:
             try:
-                netloc = socket.gethostbyname(parsed_url.hostname)
-                addr = netloc
+                if parsed_url.scheme == "https":
+                    addr = netloc = parsed_url.hostname
+                else:
+                    netloc = socket.gethostbyname(parsed_url.hostname)
+                    addr = netloc
                 if parsed_url.port:
                     netloc += ':%d' % parsed_url.port
                 if parsed_url.username: