diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5af68290..51866112 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Fixed
 - Fixed issue where parenthesis in query params were not being encoded, resulting in a poor experience when embedding links in Markdown. [#674](https://github.com/sourcebot-dev/sourcebot/pull/674)
+- Gitlab clone respects host protocol setting in environment variable. [#676](https://github.com/sourcebot-dev/sourcebot/pull/676)
 
 ## [4.10.3] - 2025-12-12
 
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/repoCompileUtils.ts b/packages/backend/src/repoCompileUtils.ts
index 5b2c0349..39ba1347 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/repoCompileUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/repoCompileUtils.ts
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ export const compileGitlabConfig = async (
     const repos = gitlabRepos.map((project) => {
         const projectUrl = `${hostUrl}/${project.path_with_namespace}`;
         const cloneUrl = new URL(project.http_url_to_repo);
+        cloneUrl.protocol = new URL(hostUrl).protocol;
         const isFork = project.forked_from_project !== undefined;
         const isPublic = project.visibility === 'public';
         const repoDisplayName = project.path_with_namespace;