--- xmlrpclib.py.orig	Thu Dec 14 00:18:02 2000
+++ xmlrpclib.py	Thu Dec 14 00:19:28 2000
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@
 
 	# get the url
 	type, uri = urllib.splittype(uri)
-	if type != "http":
+	if type not in ["http", "https"]:
 	    raise IOError, "unsupported XML-RPC protocol"
 	self.__host, self.__handler = urllib.splithost(uri)
 	if not self.__handler: