diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d4ff6961..091ff377 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ ENDIF ()
 
 # MinGW settings.
 IF (MINGW)
+    link_directories("${PROJECT_LIBS_DIR}/openssl")
     set (CMAKE_C_FLAGS  "-m${PROJECT_ARCH} -O3")
     set (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-m${PROJECT_ARCH} -O3")
     set (CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "-static-libstdc++ -static-libgcc -Wl,--subsystem,windows")
@@ -81,9 +82,9 @@ IF (MSVC)
     set (BOOST_SUFFIX "-vc110-mt-1_52")
 ENDIF ()
 
-set (BOSS_LIBS version
+set (BOSS_LIBS ${BOSS_LIBS}
+               version
                git2
-               ws2_32
                zlibstatic
                loadorder${PROJECT_ARCH}
                yaml-cpp
@@ -97,6 +98,16 @@ set (BOSS_LIBS version
                boost_system${BOOST_SUFFIX}
                boost_regex${BOOST_SUFFIX})
 
+IF (MINGW)
+    set (BOSS_LIBS ${BOSS_LIBS}
+                   ssl
+                   crypto
+                   ws2_32)
+ELSE ()
+    set (BOSS_LIBS ${BOSS_LIBS}
+                   ws2_32)
+ENDIF ()
+
 set (BOSS_GUI_LIBS  ${BOSS_LIBS}
                     wx_mswu_webview-2.9-${COMPILER_PREFIX}
                     wx_mswu_core-2.9-${COMPILER_PREFIX}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b7ef96b1..a6aaa22b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ BOSS requires the following libraries:
 * [Libespm](http://github.com/WrinklyNinja/libespm)
 * [Libgit2](https://github.com/libgit2) v0.19.0.
 * [Libloadorder](http://github.com/WrinklyNinja/libloadorder)
+* [OpenSSL](https://www.openssl.org) - only if HTTPS support in libgit2 is required using compilers other than MSVC.
 * [PugiXML](http://code.google.com/p/pugixml/) v1.2 or later.
 * [wxWidgets](http://www.wxwidgets.org) v2.9.5 or later.
 * [yaml-cpp](http://code.google.com/p/yaml-cpp/) v0.5.1 or later.
@@ -107,17 +108,29 @@ cp zconf.h ../zconf.h
 cmake . -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS=-m32 -DPROJECT_ARCH=32 -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=../BOSSv3/mingw-toolchain.cmake -DBOOST_ROOT=../boost
 ```
 
+### Libespm
+
+Follow the instructions in libespm's README.md to build it as a static library.
+
 ### Libloadorder
 
 Follow the instructions in libloadorder's README.md to build it as a static library.
 
+### OpenSSL
+
+```
+./Configure --cross-compile-prefix=i686-w64-mingw32- mingw
+make
+```
+
 ### Libgit2
 
 ```
 mkdir build && cd build
 cmake .. -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS=-m32 -DPROJECT_ARCH=32 -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=../BOSSv3/mingw-toolchain.cmake
-
+make
 ```
+If building with SSL support using OpenSSL, also pass `-DOPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=../openssl`.
 
 ### BOSS
 
diff --git a/src/backend/network.cpp b/src/backend/network.cpp
index b500db8c..32cee5d5 100644
--- a/src/backend/network.cpp
+++ b/src/backend/network.cpp
@@ -123,15 +123,6 @@ namespace boss {
         */
         pointers_struct ptrs;
         const git_transfer_progress * stats = NULL;
-        std::string httpURL;
-
-        //If the URL is a HTTPS URL, convert it to a HTTP URL, because the build of libgit2 BOSS uses doesn't support HTTPS.
-        BOOST_LOG_TRIVIAL(trace) << "Checking URL type.";
-        httpURL = game.URL();
-        if (boost::istarts_with(httpURL, "https")) {
-            BOOST_LOG_TRIVIAL(info) << "HTTPS URL found. Converting to a HTTP URL.";
-            httpURL.erase(4, 1);
-        }
 
         BOOST_LOG_TRIVIAL(trace) << "Checking for a Git repository.";
 
@@ -154,10 +145,10 @@ namespace boss {
             BOOST_LOG_TRIVIAL(trace) << "Checking to see if remote URL matches URL in settings.";
 
             //Check if the URLs match.
-            if (url != httpURL) {
+            if (url != game.URL()) {
                 BOOST_LOG_TRIVIAL(trace) << "URLs do not match, setting repository URL to URL in settings.";
                 //The URLs don't match. Change the remote URL to match the one BOSS has.
-                handle_error(git_remote_set_url(ptrs.remote, httpURL.c_str()), ptrs);
+                handle_error(git_remote_set_url(ptrs.remote, game.URL().c_str()), ptrs);
 
                 //Now save change.
                 handle_error(git_remote_save(ptrs.remote), ptrs);
@@ -170,7 +161,10 @@ namespace boss {
             BOOST_LOG_TRIVIAL(trace) << "Setting the new repository's remote.";
 
             //Now set the repository's remote.
-            handle_error(git_remote_create(&ptrs.remote, ptrs.repo, "origin", httpURL.c_str()), ptrs);
+            handle_error(git_remote_create(&ptrs.remote, ptrs.repo, "origin", game.URL().c_str()), ptrs);
+
+            //WARNING: This is generally a very bad idea, since it makes HTTPS a little bit pointless, but in this case because we're only reading data and not really concerned about its integrity, it's acceptable. A better solution would be to figure out why GitHub's certificate appears to be invalid to OpenSSL.
+            git_remote_check_cert(ptrs.remote, 0);
 
             BOOST_LOG_TRIVIAL(trace) << "Getting the repository config.";