diff --git a/core/src/main/java/jenkins/model/Jenkins.java b/core/src/main/java/jenkins/model/Jenkins.java
index 5a0bd29e4ee9a28877ebf50c1d3d1e8f719751f9..e57ced74c200337982b528396070f0bd881bfdc4 100755
--- a/core/src/main/java/jenkins/model/Jenkins.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/jenkins/model/Jenkins.java
@@ -1861,17 +1861,20 @@ public class Jenkins extends AbstractCIBase implements ModifiableTopLevelItemGro
      * @see #getRootUrlFromRequest()
      */
     public String getRootUrl() {
-        // for compatibility. the actual data is stored in Mailer
+
         String url = JenkinsLocationConfiguration.get().getUrl();
-        if(url!=null) {
-            if (!url.endsWith("/")) url += '/';
-            return url;
+        if(url!=null && !url.endsWith("/")) {
+            url += '/';
         }
 
         StaplerRequest req = Stapler.getCurrentRequest();
-        if(req!=null)
-            return getRootUrlFromRequest();
-        return null;
+
+        if(req == null) return url;
+
+        if(url == null) return getRootUrlFromRequest();
+
+        // replace current protocol, if any, with request protocol
+        return url.replaceFirst("^\\w+(?=://)", req.getScheme());
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/jenkins/model/JenkinsGetRootUrlTest.java b/core/src/test/java/jenkins/model/JenkinsGetRootUrlTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6aa171a74204942e28d916aa59f004a45bde0404
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/test/java/jenkins/model/JenkinsGetRootUrlTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+/*
+ * The MIT License
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2013 RedHat Inc.
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+ * THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+package jenkins.model;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.equalTo;
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+import static org.powermock.api.mockito.PowerMockito.mock;
+import static org.powermock.api.mockito.PowerMockito.mockStatic;
+import static org.powermock.api.mockito.PowerMockito.when;
+
+import java.net.URL;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler;
+import org.kohsuke.stapler.StaplerRequest;
+import org.mockito.Mockito;
+import org.powermock.core.classloader.annotations.PrepareForTest;
+import org.powermock.modules.junit4.PowerMockRunner;
+
+@RunWith(PowerMockRunner.class)
+@PrepareForTest({JenkinsLocationConfiguration.class, Stapler.class})
+public class JenkinsGetRootUrlTest {
+
+    private Jenkins jenkins;
+    private JenkinsLocationConfiguration config;
+
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() {
+
+        jenkins = mock(Jenkins.class, Mockito.CALLS_REAL_METHODS);
+        config = mock(JenkinsLocationConfiguration.class);
+
+        mockStatic(JenkinsLocationConfiguration.class);
+        when(JenkinsLocationConfiguration.get()).thenReturn(config);
+
+        mockStatic(Stapler.class);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void getConfiguredRootUrl() {
+
+        configured("http://configured.host");
+
+        rootUrlIs("http://configured.host/");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void getAccessedRootUrl() {
+
+        accessing("https://real.host/jenkins/");
+
+        rootUrlIs("https://real.host/jenkins/");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void preferConfiguredOverAccessed() {
+
+        configured("http://configured.host/");
+        accessing("http://real.host/");
+
+        rootUrlIs("http://configured.host/");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void inheritProtocolWhenDispatchingRequest() {
+
+        configured("http://configured.host/");
+        accessing("https://real.host/");
+
+        rootUrlIs("https://configured.host/");
+    }
+
+    private void rootUrlIs(final String expectedRootUrl) {
+
+        assertThat(jenkins.getRootUrl(), equalTo(expectedRootUrl));
+    }
+
+    private void configured(final String configuredHost) {
+
+        when(config.getUrl()).thenReturn(configuredHost);
+    }
+
+    private void accessing(final String realUrl) {
+
+        final URL url = getUrl(realUrl);
+
+        final StaplerRequest req = mock(StaplerRequest.class);
+        when(req.getScheme()).thenReturn(url.getProtocol());
+        when(req.getServerName()).thenReturn(url.getHost());
+        when(req.getServerPort()).thenReturn(url.getPort() == -1 ? 80 : url.getPort());
+        when(req.getContextPath()).thenReturn(url.getPath().replaceAll("/$", ""));
+
+        when(Stapler.getCurrentRequest()).thenReturn(req);
+    }
+
+    private URL getUrl(final String realUrl) {
+
+        try {
+
+            return new URL(realUrl);
+        } catch(Exception ex) {
+
+            throw new RuntimeException(ex);
+        }
+    }
+}