diff --git a/Lib/urllib/request.py b/Lib/urllib/request.py
index a2b439cb6e0a..6c4b5f7cae56 100644
--- a/Lib/urllib/request.py
+++ b/Lib/urllib/request.py
@@ -2279,7 +2279,7 @@ def getproxies_registry():
                         proxies['http'] = proxyServer
                     else:
                         proxies['http'] = 'http://%s' % proxyServer
-                        proxies['https'] = 'http://%s' % proxyServer
+                        proxies['https'] = 'https://%s' % proxyServer
                         proxies['ftp'] = 'ftp://%s' % proxyServer
             internetSettings.Close()
         except (WindowsError, ValueError, TypeError):