diff --git a/lib/http.js b/lib/http.js
index 8e85fd51b4..de73fdbad2 100644
--- a/lib/http.js
+++ b/lib/http.js
@@ -484,6 +484,11 @@ function Server (requestListener) {
 }
 sys.inherits(Server, net.Server);
 
+Server.prototype.setSecure = function (credentials) {
+  this.secure = true;
+  this.credentials = credentials;
+}
+
 exports.Server = Server;
 
 exports.createServer = function (requestListener) {
@@ -498,6 +503,10 @@ function connectionListener (socket) {
 
   var parser = newParser('request');
 
+  if (self.secure) {
+      socket.setSecure(self.credentials);
+  }
+
   socket.ondata = function (d, start, end) {
     parser.execute(d, start, end - start);
   };