diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 9e263462b864..b41827f5e4d9 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -124,3 +124,6 @@
 [submodule "src/support/url/rust-url"]
 	path = src/support/url/rust-url
 	url = https://github.com/servo/rust-url.git
+[submodule "src/support/ssl/rust-openssl"]
+	path = src/support/ssl/rust-openssl
+	url = https://github.com/servo/rust-openssl.git
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index df75966170d4..624661ce5d2c 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -530,6 +530,7 @@ CFG_SUBMODULES="\
     support/skia/skia \
     support/spidermonkey/mozjs \
     support/spidermonkey/rust-mozjs \
+    support/ssl/rust-openssl \
     support/stb-image/rust-stb-image \
     support/png/libpng \
     support/png/rust-png \
@@ -739,6 +740,9 @@ do
         support/phf/rust-phf)
             ENABLE_DEBUG=""
             ;;
+        support/ssl/rust-openssl)
+            ENABLE_DEBUG=""
+            ;;
         support/encoding/rust-encoding)
             CONFIGURE_SCRIPT="${CFG_SRC_DIR}src/support/encoding/configure"
             ;;
diff --git a/mk/sub.mk b/mk/sub.mk
index 60f998e88a1b..f0752a006b29 100644
--- a/mk/sub.mk
+++ b/mk/sub.mk
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ DEPS_rust-url += \
 DEPS_rust-http += \
 	rust-encoding \
 	rust-url \
+	rust-openssl \
 	$(NULL)
 
 DEPS_string-cache += \
diff --git a/src/components/net/http_loader.rs b/src/components/net/http_loader.rs
index 372ff279d527..c7cb56d4231c 100644
--- a/src/components/net/http_loader.rs
+++ b/src/components/net/http_loader.rs
@@ -50,10 +50,13 @@ fn load(load_data: LoadData, start_chan: Sender<LoadResponse>) {
 
         redirected_to.insert(url.clone());
 
-        if "http" != url.scheme.as_slice() {
-            let s = format!("{:s} request, but we don't support that scheme", url.scheme);
-            send_error(url, s, start_chan);
-            return;
+        match url.scheme.as_slice() {
+            "http" | "https" => {}
+            _ => {
+                let s = format!("{:s} request, but we don't support that scheme", url.scheme);
+                send_error(url, s, start_chan);
+                return;
+            }
         }
 
         info!("requesting {:s}", url.serialize());
diff --git a/src/components/net/resource_task.rs b/src/components/net/resource_task.rs
index ae474223be6f..bdc1c3f23397 100644
--- a/src/components/net/resource_task.rs
+++ b/src/components/net/resource_task.rs
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ impl ResourceManager {
     fn load(&self, mut load_data: LoadData, start_chan: Sender<LoadResponse>) {
         let loader = match load_data.url.scheme.as_slice() {
             "file" => file_loader::factory(),
-            "http" => http_loader::factory(),
+            "http" | "https" => http_loader::factory(),
             "data" => data_loader::factory(),
             "about" => {
                 match load_data.url.non_relative_scheme_data().unwrap() {
diff --git a/src/support/http/rust-http b/src/support/http/rust-http
index 5c2bf7ad9e08..d0d2cbe0506b 160000
--- a/src/support/http/rust-http
+++ b/src/support/http/rust-http
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 5c2bf7ad9e0893755800ae0ee25b196a43df529b
+Subproject commit d0d2cbe0506b45941cb560d6fdab13e4c0d63d5d
diff --git a/src/support/ssl/rust-openssl b/src/support/ssl/rust-openssl
new file mode 160000
index 000000000000..05bc3cbc68bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/support/ssl/rust-openssl
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 05bc3cbc68bf097debbf109cf36374e313b15f94