diff --git a/lib/puppet/network/http/site.rb b/lib/puppet/network/http/site.rb
index d22c111fb..3fd18f73c 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/network/http/site.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/network/http/site.rb
@@ -1,28 +1,32 @@
 class Puppet::Network::HTTP::Site
   attr_reader :scheme, :host, :port
 
   def initialize(scheme, host, port)
     @scheme = scheme
     @host = host
     @port = port.to_i
   end
 
   def addr
     "#{@scheme}://#{@host}:#{@port.to_s}"
   end
   alias to_s addr
 
   def ==(rhs)
     (@scheme == rhs.scheme) && (@host == rhs.host) && (@port == rhs.port)
   end
 
   alias eql? ==
 
   def hash
     [@scheme, @host, @port].hash
   end
 
+  def use_ssl?
+    @scheme == 'https'
+  end
+
   def move_to(uri)
     self.class.new(uri.scheme, uri.host, uri.port)
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/unit/network/http/site_spec.rb b/spec/unit/network/http/site_spec.rb
index bc4a02dbd..06fcbf83d 100755
--- a/spec/unit/network/http/site_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/network/http/site_spec.rb
@@ -1,78 +1,90 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env ruby
 require 'spec_helper'
 
 require 'puppet/network/http'
 
 describe Puppet::Network::HTTP::Site do
   let(:scheme)      { 'https' }
   let(:host)        { 'rubygems.org' }
   let(:port)        { 443 }
 
   def create_site(scheme, host, port)
     Puppet::Network::HTTP::Site.new(scheme, host, port)
   end
 
   it 'accepts scheme, host, and port' do
     site = create_site(scheme, host, port)
 
     expect(site.scheme).to eq(scheme)
     expect(site.host).to eq(host)
     expect(site.port).to eq(port)
   end
 
   it 'generates an external URI string' do
     site = create_site(scheme, host, port)
 
     expect(site.addr).to eq("https://rubygems.org:443")
   end
 
   it 'considers sites to be different when the scheme is different' do
     https_site = create_site('https', host, port)
     http_site = create_site('http', host, port)
 
     expect(https_site).to_not eq(http_site)
   end
 
   it 'considers sites to be different when the host is different' do
     rubygems_site = create_site(scheme, 'rubygems.org', port)
     github_site = create_site(scheme, 'github.com', port)
 
     expect(rubygems_site).to_not eq(github_site)
   end
 
   it 'considers sites to be different when the port is different' do
     site_443 = create_site(scheme, host, 443)
     site_80 = create_site(scheme, host, 80)
 
     expect(site_443).to_not eq(site_80)
   end
 
   it 'compares values when determining equality' do
     site = create_site(scheme, host, port)
 
     sites = {}
     sites[site] = site
 
     another_site = create_site(scheme, host, port)
 
     expect(sites.include?(another_site)).to be_true
   end
 
   it 'computes the same hash code for equivalent objects' do
     site = create_site(scheme, host, port)
     same_site = create_site(scheme, host, port)
 
     expect(site.hash).to eq(same_site.hash)
   end
 
+  it 'uses ssl with https' do
+    site = create_site('https', host, port)
+
+    expect(site).to be_use_ssl
+  end
+
+  it 'does not use ssl with http' do
+    site = create_site('http', host, port)
+
+    expect(site).to_not be_use_ssl
+  end
+
   it 'moves to a new URI location' do
     site = create_site('http', 'host1', 80)
 
     uri = URI.parse('https://host2:443/some/where/else')
     new_site = site.move_to(uri)
 
     expect(new_site.scheme).to eq('https')
     expect(new_site.host).to eq('host2')
     expect(new_site.port).to eq(443)
   end
 end