diff --git a/dirmngr/http.c b/dirmngr/http.c
index 0889cb1ee..0f6cac652 100644
--- a/dirmngr/http.c
+++ b/dirmngr/http.c
@@ -1942,7 +1942,7 @@ send_request (http_t hd, const char *httphost, const char *auth,
     {
       char portstr[35];
 
-      if (port == 80)
+      if (port == (hd->uri->use_tls? 443 : 80))
         *portstr = 0;
       else
         snprintf (portstr, sizeof portstr, ":%u", port);