diff --git a/autoload/vundle/config.vim b/autoload/vundle/config.vim
index e8443c1..7692582 100644
--- a/autoload/vundle/config.vim
+++ b/autoload/vundle/config.vim
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func! s:parse_name(arg)
 
   if    arg =~? '^\s*\(gh\|github\):\S\+'
   \  || arg =~? '^[a-z0-9][a-z0-9-]*/[^/]\+$'
-    let uri = 'https://github.com/'.split(arg, ':')[-1]
+    let uri = 'git://github.com/'.split(arg, ':')[-1]
     if uri !~? '\.git$'
       let uri .= '.git'
     endif