diff --git a/spec/unit/reports/http_spec.rb b/spec/unit/reports/http_spec.rb
index c9635e076..04d056ce9 100755
--- a/spec/unit/reports/http_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/reports/http_spec.rb
@@ -1,56 +1,63 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env rspec
 require 'spec_helper'
 
 require 'puppet/reports'
 
 # FakeHTTP fakes the behavior of Net::HTTP#request and acts as a sensor for an
 # otherwise difficult to trace method call.
 #
 class FakeHTTP
   REQUESTS = {}
   def self.request(req)
     REQUESTS[req.path] = req
   end
 end
 
 processor = Puppet::Reports.report(:http)
 
 describe processor do
   before  { Net::HTTP.any_instance.stubs(:start).yields(FakeHTTP) }
   subject { Puppet::Transaction::Report.new("apply").extend(processor) }
 
   it { should respond_to(:process) }
 
   it "should use the reporturl setting's host, port and ssl option" do
     uri = URI.parse(Puppet[:reporturl])
     ssl = (uri.scheme == 'https')
     Puppet::Network::HttpPool.expects(:http_instance).with(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl=ssl).returns(stub_everything('http'))
     subject.process
   end
 
+  it "should use ssl if requested" do
+    Puppet[:reporturl] = Puppet[:reporturl].sub(/^http:\/\//, 'https://')
+    uri = URI.parse(Puppet[:reporturl])
+    Puppet::Network::HttpPool.expects(:http_instance).with(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl=true).returns(stub_everything('http'))
+    subject.process
+  end
+
   describe "request" do
     before { subject.process }
 
     describe "path" do
       it "should use the path specified by the 'reporturl' setting" do
         reports_request.path.should == URI.parse(Puppet[:reporturl]).path
       end
     end
 
     describe "body" do
       it "should be the report as YAML" do
         reports_request.body.should == subject.to_yaml
       end
     end
 
     describe "content type" do
       it "should be 'application/x-yaml'" do
         reports_request.content_type.should == "application/x-yaml"
       end
     end
   end
 
   private
 
   def reports_request; FakeHTTP::REQUESTS[URI.parse(Puppet[:reporturl]).path] end
 end