diff --git a/docs/packagist b/docs/packagist
index 44c17b01a..094ad912d 100644
--- a/docs/packagist
+++ b/docs/packagist
@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@ Install Notes
       - The token which you can find on the Packagist profile page
       Optional steps:
       - Enter the username who the API token belongs to (defaults to the repository owner)
-      - Enter the host of your Packagist installation (defaults to http://packagist.org), the protocol-prefix is optional and defaults to "http://".
+      - Enter the host of your Packagist installation (defaults to https://packagist.org), the protocol-prefix is optional and defaults to "http://".
 
   3.  Check the "Active" checkbox and click "Update Settings".
 
-For more details about Packagist, visit http://packagist.org/
-
+For more details about Packagist, visit https://packagist.org/
diff --git a/lib/services/packagist.rb b/lib/services/packagist.rb
index 9652fbc0f..9e85e9291 100644
--- a/lib/services/packagist.rb
+++ b/lib/services/packagist.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ class Service::Packagist < Service
   white_list :domain, :user
 
   def receive_push
-    http.ssl[:verify] = false
     http_post packagist_url, :payload => generate_json(payload), :username => user, :apiToken => token
   end
 
@@ -37,14 +36,13 @@ def domain
 
   def full_domain
     if data['domain'].to_s == ''
-      'http://packagist.org'
+      'https://packagist.org'
     else
       data['domain']
-    end.lstrip.sub(/[\/\s]+$/,'')
+    end.lstrip.sub(/[\/\s]+\z/,'').sub(/\Ahttp:\/\/packagist.org/, 'https://packagist.org')
   end
 
   def domain_parts
     @domain_parts ||= full_domain.split('://')
   end
 end
-
diff --git a/test/packagist_test.rb b/test/packagist_test.rb
index 3d5a9aa22..d0fb779be 100644
--- a/test/packagist_test.rb
+++ b/test/packagist_test.rb
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def test_handles_blank_strings_without_errors
     assert_equal 'mojombo', svc.user
     assert_equal '5gieo7lwcd8gww800scs', svc.token
     assert_equal 'packagist.org', svc.domain
-    assert_equal 'http', svc.scheme
+    assert_equal 'https', svc.scheme
   end
 
   def test_detects_http_url
@@ -117,6 +117,15 @@ def test_defaults_to_packagist_domain
     assert_equal "packagist.org", svc.domain
   end
 
+  def test_packagist_forced_to_tls
+    data = {
+      'domain' => 'http://packagist.org'
+    }
+    svc = service(data, payload)
+    assert_equal 'packagist.org', svc.domain
+    assert_equal 'https', svc.scheme
+  end
+
   def service(*args)
     super Service::Packagist, *args
   end
@@ -182,4 +191,3 @@ def payload2
     }
   end
 end
-