diff --git a/test/test_httplib2.py b/test/test_httplib2.py
index b1969d5..9fa91d1 100644
--- a/test/test_httplib2.py
+++ b/test/test_httplib2.py
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ def test_http_other_port():
         assert content == b'WSGI intercept successful!\n'
         assert app.success()
 
+        environ = app.get_internals()
+        assert environ['wsgi.url_scheme'] == 'http'
+
 
 def test_bogus_domain():
     with InstalledApp(wsgi_app.simple_app, host=HOST, port=80):
@@ -57,6 +60,9 @@ def test_https_default_port():
         resp, content = http.request('https://some_hopefully_nonexistant_domain/')
         assert app.success()
 
+        environ = app.get_internals()
+        assert environ['wsgi.url_scheme'] == 'https'
+
 
 def test_app_error():
     with InstalledApp(wsgi_app.raises_app, host=HOST, port=80):
diff --git a/test/test_requests.py b/test/test_requests.py
index 675e700..304d178 100644
--- a/test/test_requests.py
+++ b/test/test_requests.py
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ def test_http_other_port():
         resp = requests.get('http://some_hopefully_nonexistant_domain:8080/')
         assert resp.content == b'WSGI intercept successful!\n'
         assert app.success()
+        environ = app.get_internals()
+        assert environ['wsgi.url_scheme'] == 'http'
 
 
 def test_bogus_domain():
@@ -50,6 +52,8 @@ def test_https_default_port():
         resp = requests.get('https://some_hopefully_nonexistant_domain/')
         assert resp.content == b'WSGI intercept successful!\n'
         assert app.success()
+        environ = app.get_internals()
+        assert environ['wsgi.url_scheme'] == 'https'
 
 
 def test_app_error():
diff --git a/test/test_urllib.py b/test/test_urllib.py
index d281f00..6abfced 100644
--- a/test/test_urllib.py
+++ b/test/test_urllib.py
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ def test_http_other_port():
     with InstalledApp(wsgi_app.simple_app, host=HOST, port=8080) as app:
         url_lib.urlopen('http://some_hopefully_nonexistant_domain:8080/')
         assert app.success()
+        environ = app.get_internals()
+        assert environ['wsgi.url_scheme'] == 'http'
 
 
 def test_https():
@@ -40,6 +42,8 @@ def test_https_default_port():
     with InstalledApp(wsgi_app.simple_app, host=HOST, port=443) as app:
         url_lib.urlopen('https://some_hopefully_nonexistant_domain/')
         assert app.success()
+        environ = app.get_internals()
+        assert environ['wsgi.url_scheme'] == 'https'
 
 
 def test_app_error():
diff --git a/test/test_wsgi_compliance.py b/test/test_wsgi_compliance.py
index 5dc1bbd..a29ab57 100644
--- a/test/test_wsgi_compliance.py
+++ b/test/test_wsgi_compliance.py
@@ -26,6 +26,16 @@ def test_simple_override_default_port():
         assert app.success()
 
 
+def test_https_in_environ():
+    with InstalledApp(wsgi_app.simple_app, host=HOST, port=443) as app:
+        http = httplib2.Http()
+        resp, content = http.request(
+            'https://some_hopefully_nonexistant_domain/', 'GET')
+        assert app.success()
+        internal_env = app.get_internals()
+        assert internal_env['wsgi.url_scheme'] == 'https'
+
+
 def test_more_interesting():
     expected_uri = '/%E4%B8%96%E4%B8%8A%E5%8E%9F%E4%BE%86%E9%82%84%E6%9C%89%E3%80%8C%E7%BE%9A%E7%89%9B%E3%80%8D%E9%80%99%E7%A8%AE%E5%8B%95%E7%89%A9%EF%BC%81%2Fbarney?bar=baz%20zoom'
     with InstalledApp(wsgi_app.more_interesting_app, host=HOST) as app:
diff --git a/wsgi_intercept/__init__.py b/wsgi_intercept/__init__.py
index 88be4d1..8da998d 100644
--- a/wsgi_intercept/__init__.py
+++ b/wsgi_intercept/__init__.py
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ class wsgi_fake_socket:
         data has been sent to the socket by the request class;
      2. non-persistent (i.e. non-HTTP/1.1) connections.
     """
-    def __init__(self, app, host, port, script_name):
+    def __init__(self, app, host, port, script_name, https=False):
         self.app = app                  # WSGI app object
         self.host = host
         self.port = port
@@ -346,6 +346,7 @@ class wsgi_fake_socket:
         self.write_results = []          # results from the 'write_fn'
         self.results = None             # results from running the app
         self.output = BytesIO()        # all output from the app, incl headers
+        self.https = https
 
     def makefile(self, *args, **kwargs):
         """
@@ -392,6 +393,8 @@ class wsgi_fake_socket:
 
         # build the environ dictionary.
         environ = make_environ(inp, self.host, self.port, self.script_name)
+        if self.https:
+            environ['wsgi.url_scheme'] = 'https'
 
         # run the application.
         try:
@@ -549,7 +552,7 @@ class WSGI_HTTPSConnection(HTTPSConnection, WSGI_HTTPConnection):
                     sys.stderr.write('INTERCEPTING call to %s:%s\n' %
                                      (self.host, self.port,))
                 self.sock = wsgi_fake_socket(app, self.host, self.port,
-                                             script_name)
+                                             script_name, https=True)
             else:
                 HTTPSConnection.connect(self)