diff --git a/doc/configuration.txt b/doc/configuration.txt
index b7aa6907f..7be333505 100644
--- a/doc/configuration.txt
+++ b/doc/configuration.txt
@@ -4393,8 +4393,9 @@ rate-limit sessions <rate>
   See also : the "backlog" keyword and the "fe_sess_rate" ACL criterion.
 
 
-redirect location <to> [code <code>] <option> [{if | unless} <condition>]
-redirect prefix   <to> [code <code>] <option> [{if | unless} <condition>]
+redirect location <loc> [code <code>] <option> [{if | unless} <condition>]
+redirect prefix   <pfx> [code <code>] <option> [{if | unless} <condition>]
+redirect scheme   <sch> [code <code>] <option> [{if | unless} <condition>]
   Return an HTTP redirection if/unless a condition is matched
   May be used in sections :   defaults | frontend | listen | backend
                                  no    |    yes   |   yes  |   yes
@@ -4403,14 +4404,25 @@ redirect prefix   <to> [code <code>] <option> [{if | unless} <condition>]
   response. If no condition is specified, the redirect applies unconditionally.
 
   Arguments :
-    <to>      With "redirect location", the exact value in <to> is placed into
-              the HTTP "Location" header. In case of "redirect prefix", the
-              "Location" header is built from the concatenation of <to> and the
-              complete URI, including the query string, unless the "drop-query"
-              option is specified (see below). As a special case, if <to>
-              equals exactly "/" in prefix mode, then nothing is inserted
-              before the original URI. It allows one to redirect to the same
-              URL.
+    <loc>     With "redirect location", the exact value in <loc> is placed into
+              the HTTP "Location" header.
+
+    <pfx>     With "redirect prefix", the "Location" header is built from the
+              concatenation of <pfx> and the complete URI path, including the
+              query string, unless the "drop-query" option is specified (see
+              below). As a special case, if <pfx> equals exactly "/", then
+              nothing is inserted before the original URI. It allows one to
+              redirect to the same URL (for instance, to insert a cookie).
+
+    <sch>     With "redirect scheme", then the "Location" header is built by
+              concatenating <sch> with "://" then the first occurrence of the
+              "Host" header, and then the URI path, including the query string
+              unless the "drop-query" option is specified (see below). If no
+              path is found or if the path is "*", then "/" is used instead. If
+              no "Host" header is found, then an empty host component will be
+              returned, which most recent browsers interprete as redirecting to
+              the same host. This directive is mostly used to redirect HTTP to
+              HTTPS.
 
     <code>    The code is optional. It indicates which type of HTTP redirection
               is desired. Only codes 301, 302 and 303 are supported, and 302 is
@@ -4469,6 +4481,9 @@ redirect prefix   <to> [code <code>] <option> [{if | unless} <condition>]
         acl missing_slash path_reg ^/article/[^/]*$
         redirect code 301 prefix / drop-query append-slash if missing_slash
 
+  Example: redirect all HTTP traffic to HTTPS when SSL is handled by haproxy.
+        redirect scheme https if !{ is_ssl }
+
   See section 7 about ACL usage.
 
 
diff --git a/include/types/proto_http.h b/include/types/proto_http.h
index 665ec7529..3e807fd1a 100644
--- a/include/types/proto_http.h
+++ b/include/types/proto_http.h
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ enum {
 	REDIRECT_TYPE_NONE = 0,         /* no redirection */
 	REDIRECT_TYPE_LOCATION,         /* location redirect */
 	REDIRECT_TYPE_PREFIX,           /* prefix redirect */
+	REDIRECT_TYPE_SCHEME,           /* scheme redirect (eg: switch from http to https) */
 };
 
 /* Perist types (force-persist, ignore-persist) */
diff --git a/src/cfgparse.c b/src/cfgparse.c
index 282c128e6..c91e996c8 100644
--- a/src/cfgparse.c
+++ b/src/cfgparse.c
@@ -2837,6 +2837,18 @@ int cfg_parse_listen(const char *file, int linenum, char **args, int kwm)
 				cur_arg++;
 				destination = args[cur_arg];
 			}
+			else if (!strcmp(args[cur_arg], "scheme")) {
+				if (!*args[cur_arg + 1]) {
+					Alert("parsing [%s:%d] : '%s': missing argument for '%s'.\n",
+					      file, linenum, args[0], args[cur_arg]);
+					err_code |= ERR_ALERT | ERR_FATAL;
+					goto out;
+				}
+
+				type = REDIRECT_TYPE_SCHEME;
+				cur_arg++;
+				destination = args[cur_arg];
+			}
 			else if (!strcmp(args[cur_arg], "set-cookie")) {
 				if (!*args[cur_arg + 1]) {
 					Alert("parsing [%s:%d] : '%s': missing argument for '%s'.\n",
@@ -2895,7 +2907,7 @@ int cfg_parse_listen(const char *file, int linenum, char **args, int kwm)
 				break;
 			}
 			else {
-				Alert("parsing [%s:%d] : '%s' expects 'code', 'prefix', 'location', 'set-cookie', 'clear-cookie', 'drop-query' or 'append-slash' (was '%s').\n",
+				Alert("parsing [%s:%d] : '%s' expects 'code', 'prefix', 'location', 'scheme', 'set-cookie', 'clear-cookie', 'drop-query' or 'append-slash' (was '%s').\n",
 				      file, linenum, args[0], args[cur_arg]);
 				err_code |= ERR_ALERT | ERR_FATAL;
 				goto out;
diff --git a/src/proto_http.c b/src/proto_http.c
index d7208d28e..a2030f6f3 100644
--- a/src/proto_http.c
+++ b/src/proto_http.c
@@ -3072,6 +3072,71 @@ int http_process_req_common(struct session *s, struct channel *req, int an_bit,
 				goto return_bad_req;
 
 			switch(rule->type) {
+			case REDIRECT_TYPE_SCHEME: {
+				const char *path;
+				const char *host;
+				struct hdr_ctx ctx;
+				int pathlen;
+				int hostlen;
+
+				host = "";
+				hostlen = 0;
+				ctx.idx = 0;
+				if (http_find_header2("Host", 4, txn->req.buf->buf.p + txn->req.sol, &txn->hdr_idx, &ctx)) {
+					host = ctx.line + ctx.val;
+					hostlen = ctx.vlen;
+				}
+
+				path = http_get_path(txn);
+				/* build message using path */
+				if (path) {
+					pathlen = txn->req.sl.rq.u_l + (req->buf.p + txn->req.sl.rq.u) - path;
+					if (rule->flags & REDIRECT_FLAG_DROP_QS) {
+						int qs = 0;
+						while (qs < pathlen) {
+							if (path[qs] == '?') {
+								pathlen = qs;
+								break;
+							}
+							qs++;
+						}
+					}
+				} else {
+					path = "/";
+					pathlen = 1;
+				}
+
+				/* check if we can add scheme + "://" + host + path */
+				if (rdr.len + rule->rdr_len + 3 + hostlen + pathlen > rdr.size - 4)
+					goto return_bad_req;
+
+				/* add scheme */
+				memcpy(rdr.str + rdr.len, rule->rdr_str, rule->rdr_len);
+				rdr.len += rule->rdr_len;
+
+				/* add "://" */
+				memcpy(rdr.str + rdr.len, "://", 3);
+				rdr.len += 3;
+
+				/* add host */
+				memcpy(rdr.str + rdr.len, host, hostlen);
+				rdr.len += hostlen;
+
+				/* add path */
+				memcpy(rdr.str + rdr.len, path, pathlen);
+				rdr.len += pathlen;
+
+				/* append a slash at the end of the location is needed and missing */
+				if (rdr.len && rdr.str[rdr.len - 1] != '/' &&
+				    (rule->flags & REDIRECT_FLAG_APPEND_SLASH)) {
+					if (rdr.len > rdr.size - 5)
+						goto return_bad_req;
+					rdr.str[rdr.len] = '/';
+					rdr.len++;
+				}
+
+				break;
+			}
 			case REDIRECT_TYPE_PREFIX: {
 				const char *path;
 				int pathlen;