diff --git a/plugins/FeedReader/services/p3FeedReaderThread.cc b/plugins/FeedReader/services/p3FeedReaderThread.cc
index 38f966663..45c869581 100644
--- a/plugins/FeedReader/services/p3FeedReaderThread.cc
+++ b/plugins/FeedReader/services/p3FeedReaderThread.cc
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ static std::string getBaseLink(std::string link)
 
 static std::string calculateLink(const std::string &baseLink, const std::string &link)
 {
-	if (link.substr(0, 7) == "http://") {
+	if (link.substr(0, 7) == "http://" || link.substr(0, 8) == "https://") {
 		/* absolute link */
 		return link;
 	}
@@ -204,8 +204,8 @@ static std::string calculateLink(const std::string &baseLink, const std::string
 	/* calculate link of base link */
 	std::string resultLink = baseLink;
 
-	/* link should begin with "http://" */
-	if (resultLink.substr(0, 7) != "http://") {
+	/* link should begin with "http://" or "https://" */
+	if (resultLink.substr(0, 7) != "http://" || resultLink.substr(0, 8) != "https://") {
 		resultLink.insert(0, "http://");
 	}
 
diff --git a/plugins/FeedReader/util/CURLWrapper.cpp b/plugins/FeedReader/util/CURLWrapper.cpp
index 4e8c5c9bb..87fd986ff 100644
--- a/plugins/FeedReader/util/CURLWrapper.cpp
+++ b/plugins/FeedReader/util/CURLWrapper.cpp
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ CURLcode CURLWrapper::downloadBinary(const std::string &link, std::vector<unsign
 	curl_easy_setopt(mCurl, CURLOPT_URL, link.c_str());
 	curl_easy_setopt(mCurl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, writeFunctionBinary);
 	curl_easy_setopt(mCurl, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, &data);
+	curl_easy_setopt(mCurl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);
 
 	return curl_easy_perform(mCurl);
 }