diff --git a/service/http/option.go b/service/http/option.go
index 73ea43428b..39ddd47776 100644
--- a/service/http/option.go
+++ b/service/http/option.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package http
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"crypto/tls"
 
 	"github.com/micro/cli"
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis-pkg/log"
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ type Option func(o *Options)
 // Options defines the available options for this package.
 type Options struct {
 	Logger    log.Logger
+	TLSConfig *tls.Config
 	Namespace string
 	Name      string
 	Version   string
@@ -82,3 +84,10 @@ func Flags(flags ...cli.Flag) Option {
 		o.Flags = append(o.Flags, flags...)
 	}
 }
+
+// TLSConfig provides a function to set the TLSConfig option.
+func TLSConfig(config *tls.Config) Option {
+	return func(o *Options) {
+		o.TLSConfig = config
+	}
+}
diff --git a/service/http/service.go b/service/http/service.go
index c77dcaae2f..76173707a4 100644
--- a/service/http/service.go
+++ b/service/http/service.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package http
 
 import (
+	"crypto/tls"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -15,9 +16,8 @@ type Service struct {
 // NewService initializes a new http service.
 func NewService(opts ...Option) Service {
 	sopts := newOptions(opts...)
-
 	sopts.Logger.Info().
-		Str("transport", "http").
+		Str("transport", transport(sopts.TLSConfig)).
 		Str("addr", sopts.Address).
 		Msg("Starting server")
 
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ func NewService(opts ...Option) Service {
 		web.RegisterTTL(time.Second * 30),
 		web.RegisterInterval(time.Second * 10),
 		web.Context(sopts.Context),
+		web.TLSConfig(sopts.TLSConfig),
 		web.Flags(sopts.Flags...),
 	}
 
@@ -45,3 +46,11 @@ func NewService(opts ...Option) Service {
 		),
 	}
 }
+
+func transport(secure *tls.Config) string {
+	if secure != nil {
+		return "https"
+	}
+
+	return "http"
+}