diff --git a/src/network/ssl/ssl.c b/src/network/ssl/ssl.c
index 2725964e..f141df50 100644
--- a/src/network/ssl/ssl.c
+++ b/src/network/ssl/ssl.c
@@ -248,6 +248,10 @@ static union option_info gnutls_options[] = {
 		N_("Verify the peer's SSL certificate.  If you enable "
 		"this, set also \"Trusted CA file\".")),
 
+	INIT_OPT_BOOL("connection.ssl", N_("Use HTTPS by default"),
+		"https_by_default", 0, 0,
+		N_("Use HTTPS when a URL scheme is not provided.")),
+
 	/* The default value of the following option points to a file
 	 * generated by the ca-certificates Debian package.  Don't use
 	 * CONFDIR here: if someone installs ELinks in $HOME and wants