diff --git a/src/main/routes/port-forward-route.ts b/src/main/routes/port-forward-route.ts
index 763ea16b43..220c5dcf82 100644
--- a/src/main/routes/port-forward-route.ts
+++ b/src/main/routes/port-forward-route.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ interface PortForwardArgs {
   name: string;
   port: number;
   forwardPort: number;
+  protocol: string;
 }
 
 const internalPortRegex = /^forwarding from (?<address>.+) ->/i;
@@ -47,7 +48,8 @@ class PortForward {
       pf.kind == forward.kind &&
       pf.name == forward.name &&
       pf.namespace == forward.namespace &&
-      pf.port == forward.port
+      pf.port == forward.port &&
+      (!forward.protocol || pf.protocol == forward.protocol)
     ));
   }
 
@@ -58,6 +60,7 @@ class PortForward {
   public name: string;
   public port: number;
   public forwardPort: number;
+  public protocol: string;
 
   constructor(public kubeConfig: string, args: PortForwardArgs) {
     this.clusterId = args.clusterId;
@@ -66,6 +69,7 @@ class PortForward {
     this.name = args.name;
     this.port = args.port;
     this.forwardPort = args.forwardPort;
+    this.protocol = args.protocol ?? "http";
   }
 
   public async start() {
@@ -119,11 +123,12 @@ export class PortForwardRoute {
     const { namespace, resourceType, resourceName } = params;
     const port = Number(query.get("port"));
     const forwardPort = Number(query.get("forwardPort"));
+    const protocol = query.get("protocol");
 
     try {
       let portForward = PortForward.getPortforward({
         clusterId: cluster.id, kind: resourceType, name: resourceName,
-        namespace, port, forwardPort,
+        namespace, port, forwardPort, protocol,
       });
 
       let thePort = 0;
@@ -141,6 +146,7 @@ export class PortForwardRoute {
           name: resourceName,
           port,
           forwardPort: thePort,
+          protocol,
         });
 
         const started = await portForward.start();
@@ -169,10 +175,11 @@ export class PortForwardRoute {
     const { namespace, resourceType, resourceName } = params;
     const port = Number(query.get("port"));
     const forwardPort = Number(query.get("forwardPort"));
+    const protocol = query.get("protocol");
 
     const portForward = PortForward.getPortforward({
       clusterId: cluster.id, kind: resourceType, name: resourceName,
-      namespace, port, forwardPort
+      namespace, port, forwardPort, protocol,
     });
 
     respondJson(response, { port: portForward?.forwardPort ?? null });
@@ -189,6 +196,7 @@ export class PortForwardRoute {
         name: f.name,
         port: f.port,
         forwardPort: f.forwardPort,
+        protocol: f.protocol,
       })
     );
 
@@ -200,10 +208,11 @@ export class PortForwardRoute {
     const { namespace, resourceType, resourceName } = params;
     const port = Number(query.get("port"));
     const forwardPort = Number(query.get("forwardPort"));
+    const protocol = query.get("protocol");
 
     const portForward = PortForward.getPortforward({
       clusterId: cluster.id, kind: resourceType, name: resourceName,
-      namespace, port, forwardPort,
+      namespace, port, forwardPort, protocol,
     });
 
     try {
diff --git a/src/renderer/port-forward/port-forward-dialog.tsx b/src/renderer/port-forward/port-forward-dialog.tsx
index 7299228789..cf7442ceea 100644
--- a/src/renderer/port-forward/port-forward-dialog.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/port-forward/port-forward-dialog.tsx
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ interface PortForwardDialogOpenOptions {
 const dialogState = observable.object({
   isOpen: false,
   data: null as ForwardedPort,
-  openInBrowser: false
+  useHttps: false,
+  openInBrowser: false,
 });
 
 @observer
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ export class PortForwardDialog extends Component<Props> {
   static open(portForward: ForwardedPort, options: PortForwardDialogOpenOptions = { openInBrowser: false }) {
     dialogState.isOpen = true;
     dialogState.data = portForward;
+    dialogState.useHttps = Boolean(portForward.protocol === "https");
     dialogState.openInBrowser = options.openInBrowser;
   }
 
@@ -96,6 +98,8 @@ export class PortForwardDialog extends Component<Props> {
     try {
       let port: number;
 
+      portForward.protocol = dialogState.useHttps ? "https" : "http";
+
       if (currentPort) {
         port = await modifyPortForward(portForward, desiredPort);
       } else {
@@ -131,6 +135,13 @@ export class PortForwardDialog extends Component<Props> {
               onChange={this.changePort}
             />
           </div>
+          <Checkbox
+            data-testid="port-forward-https"
+            theme="light"
+            label="https"
+            value={dialogState.useHttps}
+            onChange={value => dialogState.useHttps = value}
+          />
           <Checkbox
             data-testid="port-forward-open"
             theme="light"
diff --git a/src/renderer/port-forward/port-forward-item.ts b/src/renderer/port-forward/port-forward-item.ts
index e1a4f350db..33126fafa5 100644
--- a/src/renderer/port-forward/port-forward-item.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/port-forward/port-forward-item.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ export interface ForwardedPort {
   name: string;
   port: number;
   forwardPort: number;
+  protocol?: string;
 }
   
 export class PortForwardItem implements ItemObject {
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ export class PortForwardItem implements ItemObject {
   name: string;
   port: number;
   forwardPort: number;
+  protocol: string;
   
   constructor(pf: ForwardedPort) {
     this.clusterId = pf.clusterId;
@@ -47,6 +49,7 @@ export class PortForwardItem implements ItemObject {
     this.name = pf.name;
     this.port = pf.port;
     this.forwardPort = pf.forwardPort;
+    this.protocol = pf.protocol ?? "http";
 
     autoBind(this);
   }
@@ -79,6 +82,10 @@ export class PortForwardItem implements ItemObject {
     return this.forwardPort;
   }
 
+  getProtocol() {
+    return this.protocol;
+  }
+
   getStatus() {
     return "Active"; // to-do allow port-forward-items to be stopped (without removing them)
   }
diff --git a/src/renderer/port-forward/port-forward.store.ts b/src/renderer/port-forward/port-forward.store.ts
index 7731d5e087..63caec8930 100644
--- a/src/renderer/port-forward/port-forward.store.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/port-forward/port-forward.store.ts
@@ -105,7 +105,9 @@ export async function addPortForward(portForward: ForwardedPort): Promise<number
   let response: PortForwardResult;
 
   try {
-    response = await apiBase.post<PortForwardResult>(`/pods/port-forward/${portForward.namespace}/${portForward.kind}/${portForward.name}?port=${portForward.port}&forwardPort=${portForward.forwardPort}`);
+    const protocol = portForward.protocol ?? "http";
+
+    response = await apiBase.post<PortForwardResult>(`/pods/port-forward/${portForward.namespace}/${portForward.kind}/${portForward.name}?port=${portForward.port}&forwardPort=${portForward.forwardPort}&protocol=${protocol}`);
     
     if (response?.port && response.port != +portForward.forwardPort) {
       logger.warn(`specified ${portForward.forwardPort} got ${response.port}`);
@@ -118,11 +120,18 @@ export async function addPortForward(portForward: ForwardedPort): Promise<number
   return response?.port;
 }
 
+function getProtocolQuery(protocol: string) {
+  if (protocol) {
+    return `&protocol=${protocol}`;
+  }
+  return "";
+}
+
 export async function getPortForward(portForward: ForwardedPort): Promise<number> {
   let response: PortForwardResult;
 
   try {
-    response = await apiBase.get<PortForwardResult>(`/pods/port-forward/${portForward.namespace}/${portForward.kind}/${portForward.name}?port=${portForward.port}&forwardPort=${portForward.forwardPort}`);
+    response = await apiBase.get<PortForwardResult>(`/pods/port-forward/${portForward.namespace}/${portForward.kind}/${portForward.name}?port=${portForward.port}&forwardPort=${portForward.forwardPort}${getProtocolQuery(portForward.protocol)}`);
   } catch (error) {
     logger.warn(error); // don't care, caller must check 
   }
@@ -134,8 +143,11 @@ export async function modifyPortForward(portForward: ForwardedPort, desiredPort:
   let port = 0;
   
   try {
+    const protocol = portForward.protocol;
+    delete portForward.protocol;
     await removePortForward(portForward);
     portForward.forwardPort = desiredPort;
+    portForward.protocol = protocol;
     port = await addPortForward(portForward);
   } catch (error) {
     logger.warn(error); // don't care, caller must check 
@@ -148,7 +160,7 @@ export async function modifyPortForward(portForward: ForwardedPort, desiredPort:
 
 export async function removePortForward(portForward: ForwardedPort) {
   try {
-    await apiBase.del(`/pods/port-forward/${portForward.namespace}/${portForward.kind}/${portForward.name}?port=${portForward.port}&forwardPort=${portForward.forwardPort}`);
+    await apiBase.del(`/pods/port-forward/${portForward.namespace}/${portForward.kind}/${portForward.name}?port=${portForward.port}&forwardPort=${portForward.forwardPort}${getProtocolQuery(portForward.protocol)}`);
     await waitUntilFree(+portForward.forwardPort, 200, 1000);
   } catch (error) {
     logger.warn(error); // don't care, caller must check 
@@ -169,7 +181,7 @@ export async function getPortForwards(): Promise<ForwardedPort[]> {
 }
 
 export function openPortForward(portForward: ForwardedPort) {
-  const browseTo = `http://localhost:${portForward.forwardPort}`;
+  const browseTo = `${portForward.protocol ?? "http"}://localhost:${portForward.forwardPort}`;
 
   openExternal(browseTo)
     .catch(error => {