diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/socketcan/libsocketcan_0.0.12.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/socketcan/libsocketcan_0.0.12.bb
index 9f6ef85c87..f45c2d750d 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/socketcan/libsocketcan_0.0.12.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/socketcan/libsocketcan_0.0.12.bb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://src/libsocketcan.c;beginline=3;endline=17;md5=97e38ad
 
 SRCREV = "077def398ad303043d73339112968e5112d8d7c8"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://git.pengutronix.de/git/tools/libsocketcan.git;protocol=git;branch=master"
+SRC_URI = "git://git.pengutronix.de/git/tools/libsocketcan.git;protocol=https;branch=master"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"