diff --git a/centreon/plugins/backend/http/lwp.pm b/centreon/plugins/backend/http/lwp.pm
index 6b2111bcb..87b3eef5c 100644
--- a/centreon/plugins/backend/http/lwp.pm
+++ b/centreon/plugins/backend/http/lwp.pm
@@ -106,7 +106,11 @@ sub set_proxy {
         }
     }
     if (defined($options{request}->{proxyurl}) && $options{request}->{proxyurl} ne '') {
-        $self->{ua}->proxy(['http', 'https'], $options{request}->{proxyurl});
+        my $proxyurl = $options{request}->{proxyurl};
+        if ($options{request}->{proto} eq "https" || $options{request}->{full_url} =~ /^https/) {
+            $proxyurl = 'connect://' . $2 if ($proxyurl =~ /^(http|https):\/\/(.*)/);
+        }
+        $self->{ua}->proxy(['http', 'https'], $proxyurl);
     }
 }