diff --git a/octavia/api/v2/controllers/health_monitor.py b/octavia/api/v2/controllers/health_monitor.py
index baa57ef90d..2f50b59a32 100644
--- a/octavia/api/v2/controllers/health_monitor.py
+++ b/octavia/api/v2/controllers/health_monitor.py
@@ -257,7 +257,8 @@ class HealthMonitorController(base.BaseController):
         return db_hm
 
     def _validate_update_hm(self, db_hm, health_monitor):
-        if db_hm.type != consts.HEALTH_MONITOR_HTTP:
+        if db_hm.type not in (consts.HEALTH_MONITOR_HTTP,
+                              consts.HEALTH_MONITOR_HTTPS):
             if health_monitor.http_method != wtypes.Unset:
                 raise exceptions.InvalidOption(
                     value=consts.HTTP_METHOD, option='health monitors of '
diff --git a/octavia/tests/functional/api/v2/test_health_monitor.py b/octavia/tests/functional/api/v2/test_health_monitor.py
index 27375edd94..fdbf538a61 100644
--- a/octavia/tests/functional/api/v2/test_health_monitor.py
+++ b/octavia/tests/functional/api/v2/test_health_monitor.py
@@ -1129,6 +1129,29 @@ class TestHealthMonitor(base.BaseAPITest):
             healthmonitor_id=api_hm.get('id'))).json.get(self.root_tag)
         self.assertEqual(2, response[constants.MAX_RETRIES])
 
+    def test_update_HTTPS(self):
+        api_hm = self.create_health_monitor(
+            self.pool_with_listener_id,
+            constants.HEALTH_MONITOR_HTTPS, 1, 1, 1, 1,
+            admin_state_up=False, expected_codes='200',
+            http_method='GET', name='Test HM', url_path='/').get(self.root_tag)
+        self.set_lb_status(self.lb_id)
+        self.assertEqual('/', api_hm[constants.URL_PATH])
+        new_hm = {constants.URL_PATH: '/health'}
+        self.put(
+            self.HM_PATH.format(healthmonitor_id=api_hm.get('id')),
+            self._build_body(new_hm))
+        self.assert_correct_status(
+            lb_id=self.lb_id, listener_id=self.listener_id,
+            pool_id=self.pool_with_listener_id, hm_id=api_hm.get('id'),
+            lb_prov_status=constants.PENDING_UPDATE,
+            listener_prov_status=constants.PENDING_UPDATE,
+            pool_prov_status=constants.PENDING_UPDATE,
+            hm_prov_status=constants.PENDING_UPDATE)
+        response = self.get(self.HM_PATH.format(
+            healthmonitor_id=api_hm.get('id'))).json.get(self.root_tag)
+        self.assertEqual('/health', response[constants.URL_PATH])
+
     def test_update_TCP(self):
         api_hm = self.create_health_monitor(
             self.pool_with_listener_id,