diff --git a/libpathod/pathoc_cmdline.py b/libpathod/pathoc_cmdline.py
index fa30aa1e2..dcd75d117 100644
--- a/libpathod/pathoc_cmdline.py
+++ b/libpathod/pathoc_cmdline.py
@@ -198,6 +198,9 @@ def args_pathoc(argv, stdout=sys.stdout, stderr=sys.stderr):
     if args.http2_skip_connection_preface:
         args.use_http2 = True
 
+    if args.use_http2:
+        args.ssl = True
+
     reqs = []
     for r in args.requests:
         if os.path.isfile(r):
diff --git a/test/test_pathoc_cmdline.py b/test/test_pathoc_cmdline.py
index 03c838446..6c070aed9 100644
--- a/test/test_pathoc_cmdline.py
+++ b/test/test_pathoc_cmdline.py
@@ -31,9 +31,11 @@ def test_pathoc(perror):
 
     a = cmdline.args_pathoc(["pathoc", "foo.com", "get:/", "--http2"])
     assert a.use_http2 == True
+    assert a.ssl == True
 
     a = cmdline.args_pathoc(["pathoc", "foo.com", "get:/", "--http2-skip-connection-preface"])
     assert a.use_http2 == True
+    assert a.ssl == True
     assert a.http2_skip_connection_preface == True
 
     a = cmdline.args_pathoc(["pathoc", "-c", "foo", "foo.com:8888", "get:/"])