diff --git a/classes/httprequest/XEHttpRequest.class.php b/classes/httprequest/XEHttpRequest.class.php
index 538956561..901d4fcea 100644
--- a/classes/httprequest/XEHttpRequest.class.php
+++ b/classes/httprequest/XEHttpRequest.class.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
  * @author NAVER (developers@xpressengine.com)
  * @package /classes/httprequest
  * @version 0.1
+ * @deprecated
  */
 class XEHttpRequest
 {
@@ -24,6 +25,12 @@ class XEHttpRequest
 	 */
 	var $m_port;
 
+	/**
+	 * target scheme 
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	var $m_scheme;
+
 	/**
 	 * target header
 	 * @var array
@@ -34,10 +41,11 @@ class XEHttpRequest
 	 * constructor
 	 * @return void
 	 */
-	function XEHttpRequest($host, $port)
+	function XEHttpRequest($host, $port, $scheme='')
 	{
 		$this->m_host = $host;
 		$this->m_port = $port;
+		$this->m_scheme = $scheme;
 		$this->m_headers = array();
 	}
 
@@ -108,7 +116,13 @@ class XEHttpRequest
 	{
 		static $crlf = "\r\n";
 
-		$sock = @fsockopen($this->m_host, $this->m_port, $errno, $errstr, $timeout);
+		$scheme = '';
+		if($this->m_scheme=='https')
+		{
+			$scheme = 'ssl://';
+		}
+
+		$sock = @fsockopen($scheme . $this->m_host, $this->m_port, $errno, $errstr, $timeout);
 		if(!$sock)
 		{
 			return new Object(-1, 'socket_connect_failed');