diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 23a25b8..fad81bb 100755
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -560,7 +560,8 @@ class Hydra extends EventEmitter {
           resolve({
             serviceName: this.serviceName,
             serviceIP: this.config.serviceIP,
-            servicePort: this.config.servicePort
+            servicePort: this.config.servicePort,
+            serviceProtocol: this.config.serviceProtocol
           });
         }
       });
@@ -745,7 +746,8 @@ class Hydra extends EventEmitter {
       processID: process.pid,
       ip: this.config.serviceIP,
       port: this.config.servicePort,
-      hostName: this.hostName
+      hostName: this.hostName,
+      protocol: this.config.serviceProtocol
     });
     if (entry && !this.redisdb.closing) {
       let cmd = (this.testMode) ? 'multi' : 'batch';
@@ -1264,6 +1266,7 @@ class Hydra extends EventEmitter {
               host: instance.ip,
               port: instance.port,
               path: parsedRoute.apiRoute,
+              protocol: `${(instance.protocol || 'http')}:`,
               method: parsedRoute.httpMethod.toUpperCase()
             };
             let preHeaders = {};
diff --git a/lib/server-request.js b/lib/server-request.js
index 8aeb5b7..3c56ef1 100644
--- a/lib/server-request.js
+++ b/lib/server-request.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 const http = require('http');
+const https = require('https');
 const REQUEST_TIMEOUT = 30000; // 30-seconds
 
 /**
@@ -28,8 +29,8 @@ class ServerRequest {
       } else {
         delete options.body;
       }
-
-      let req = http.request(options, (res) => {
+      let requester = (options.protocol == 'http:') ? http : https;
+      let req = requester.request(options, (res) => {
         let response = [];
         res.on('data', (data) => {
           response.push(data);
diff --git a/specs/index.test.js b/specs/index.test.js
index 983950a..2f35e02 100644
--- a/specs/index.test.js
+++ b/specs/index.test.js
@@ -128,6 +128,30 @@ describe('Hydra Main', function() {
       });
   });
 
+  /**
+  * @description Hydra should load if serviceName and servicePort is provided
+  */
+  it('should store as secured if protocol is set to https', (done) => {
+    hydra.init({
+      hydra: {
+        'serviceName': 'test-service',
+        'servicePort': 3000,
+        'serviceProtocol': 'https'
+      }
+    }, true)
+      .then(() => {
+        hydra.registerService().then((serviceInfo) => {
+          expect(serviceInfo).not.null;
+          expect(serviceInfo.serviceProtocol).to.equal('https');
+          done();
+        });
+      })
+      .catch((err) => {
+        expect(err).to.be.null;
+        done();
+      });
+  });
+
   /**
   * @description Hydra should load without a hydra.redis branch in configuration
   */