diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 46c4f61f..be35c604 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+2001-03-06  Hack Kampbjorn  <hack@hackdata.com>
+
+	* http.c (gethttp): skip :port in host header if it is the
+	DEFAULT_HTTPS_PORT when using SSL.
+
+	* url.c: move the #define of DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT, DEFAULT_FTP_PORT
+	and DEFAULT_HTTPS_PORT to the header file so it can be use in the
+	rest of the code. 
+	* url.h: Ditto
+
 2001-03-01  Jonas Jensen  <bones@huleboer.dk>
 
 	* retr.c (show_progress): Correctly calculate the number of bytes
diff --git a/src/http.c b/src/http.c
index 01316292..28743bd3 100644
--- a/src/http.c
+++ b/src/http.c
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ gethttp (struct urlinfo *u, struct http_stat *hs, int *dt)
     {
       logprintf (LOG_VERBOSE, _("Connecting to %s:%hu... "), u->host, u->port);
       err = make_connection (&sock, u->host, u->port);
-		switch (err)
+      switch (err)
 	{
 	case HOSTERR:
 	  logputs (LOG_VERBOSE, "\n");
@@ -780,7 +780,11 @@ gethttp (struct urlinfo *u, struct http_stat *hs, int *dt)
 
   /* String of the form :PORT.  Used only for non-standard ports. */
   port_maybe = NULL;
-  if (remport != 80)
+#ifdef HAVE_SSL
+  if (remport != (u->proto == URLHTTPS ? DEFAULT_HTTPS_PORT : DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT) )
+#else
+  if (remport != DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT)
+#endif
     {
       port_maybe = (char *)alloca (numdigit (remport) + 2);
       sprintf (port_maybe, ":%d", remport);
diff --git a/src/url.c b/src/url.c
index 4c8f35aa..f29c567a 100644
--- a/src/url.c
+++ b/src/url.c
@@ -43,11 +43,6 @@ Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.  */
 extern int errno;
 #endif
 
-/* Default port definitions */
-#define DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT 80
-#define DEFAULT_FTP_PORT 21
-#define DEFAULT_HTTPS_PORT 443
-
 /* Table of Unsafe chars.  This is intialized in
    init_unsafe_char_table.  */
 
diff --git a/src/url.h b/src/url.h
index bfe78426..e53cf2d7 100644
--- a/src/url.h
+++ b/src/url.h
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.  */
 #ifndef URL_H
 #define URL_H
 
+/* Default port definitions */
+#define DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT 80
+#define DEFAULT_FTP_PORT 21
+#define DEFAULT_HTTPS_PORT 443
+
+
 /* If the string contains unsafe characters, duplicate it with
    encode_string, otherwise just copy it with strdup.  */
 #define CLEANDUP(x) (contains_unsafe (x) ? encode_string (x) : xstrdup (x))