diff --git a/doc/configuration.txt b/doc/configuration.txt
index 9ed458f2..29480cb3 100644
--- a/doc/configuration.txt
+++ b/doc/configuration.txt
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ where <field> is one of one of the following:
 
 $HTTP["cookie"]
   match on cookie
+$HTTP["scheme"]
+  match on scheme
 $HTTP["host"]
   match on host
 $HTTP["useragent"]
diff --git a/src/array.h b/src/array.h
index b8a83455..3a5b05f0 100644
--- a/src/array.h
+++ b/src/array.h
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ typedef enum {
 	COMP_HTTP_COOKIE,
 	COMP_HTTP_REMOTEIP,
 	COMP_HTTP_QUERYSTRING,
+	COMP_HTTP_SCHEME,
 
 	COMP_LAST_ELEMENT
 } comp_key_t;
diff --git a/src/configfile-glue.c b/src/configfile-glue.c
index f6ead924..df8d1b11 100644
--- a/src/configfile-glue.c
+++ b/src/configfile-glue.c
@@ -341,6 +341,10 @@ static cond_result_t config_check_cond_nocache(server *srv, connection *con, dat
 		}
 		break;
 	}
+	case COMP_HTTP_SCHEME:
+		l = con->uri.scheme;
+		break;
+
 	case COMP_HTTP_URL:
 		l = con->uri.path;
 		break;
diff --git a/src/configparser.y b/src/configparser.y
index 30f5fd91..18aa22bf 100644
--- a/src/configparser.y
+++ b/src/configparser.y
@@ -422,6 +422,7 @@ context ::= DOLLAR SRVVARNAME(B) LBRACKET stringop(C) RBRACKET cond(E) expressio
       { COMP_HTTP_COOKIE,        CONST_STR_LEN("HTTP[\"cookie\"]"     ) },
       { COMP_HTTP_REMOTEIP,      CONST_STR_LEN("HTTP[\"remoteip\"]"   ) },
       { COMP_HTTP_QUERYSTRING,   CONST_STR_LEN("HTTP[\"querystring\"]") },
+      { COMP_HTTP_SCHEME,        CONST_STR_LEN("HTTP[\"scheme\"]"     ) },
       { COMP_UNSET, NULL, 0 },
     };
     size_t i;
diff --git a/src/response.c b/src/response.c
index b8775f06..93c3839d 100644
--- a/src/response.c
+++ b/src/response.c
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ handler_t http_response_prepare(server *srv, connection *con) {
 		buffer_copy_string_buffer(con->uri.authority, con->request.http_host);
 		buffer_to_lower(con->uri.authority);
 
+		config_patch_connection(srv, con, COMP_HTTP_SCHEME);    /* Scheme:      */
 		config_patch_connection(srv, con, COMP_HTTP_HOST);      /* Host:        */
 		config_patch_connection(srv, con, COMP_HTTP_REMOTEIP);  /* Client-IP */
 		config_patch_connection(srv, con, COMP_HTTP_REFERER);   /* Referer:     */