diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1d3f8921..49f2abaa 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ build = "build.rs"
 [dependencies]
 libc = "0.2"
 url = "1.1"
+hyper = "0.9"
 
 [build-dependencies]
 gcc = "0.3"
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 325a55cb..f53e87a4 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -2,16 +2,19 @@
 
 extern crate libc;
 extern crate url;
+extern crate hyper;
 
 #[macro_use]
 pub mod utils;
 pub mod rssource;
 pub mod rsfilesrc;
+pub mod rshttpsrc;
 pub mod rsfilesink;
 
 use utils::*;
 use rssource::Source;
 use rsfilesrc::FileSrc;
+use rshttpsrc::HttpSrc;
 
 use std::os::raw::c_void;
 use libc::{c_char};
@@ -42,6 +45,17 @@ pub extern "C" fn sources_register(plugin: *const c_void) -> GBoolean {
             256 + 100,
             FileSrc::new_ptr,
             CString::new("file").unwrap().as_ptr());
+
+        gst_rs_source_register(plugin,
+            CString::new("rshttpsrc").unwrap().as_ptr(),
+            CString::new("HTTP Source").unwrap().as_ptr(),
+            CString::new("Read HTTP/HTTPS files").unwrap().as_ptr(),
+            CString::new("Source/Network/HTTP").unwrap().as_ptr(),
+            CString::new("Sebastian Dröge <sebastian@centricular.com>").unwrap().as_ptr(),
+            256 + 100,
+            HttpSrc::new_ptr,
+            CString::new("http:https").unwrap().as_ptr());
     }
+
     return GBoolean::True;
 }
diff --git a/src/rshttpsrc.rs b/src/rshttpsrc.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2db28000
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/rshttpsrc.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+use std::u64;
+use std::io::{Read, Seek, SeekFrom};
+use url::Url;
+use hyper::header::ContentLength;
+use hyper::client::Client;
+use hyper::client::response::Response;
+
+use std::io::Write;
+
+use utils::*;
+use rssource::*;
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct HttpSrc {
+    url: Option<Url>,
+    client: Client,
+    response: Option<Response>,
+    position: u64,
+    size: u64,
+}
+
+impl HttpSrc {
+    fn new() -> HttpSrc {
+        HttpSrc { url: None, client: Client::new(), response: None, position: 0, size: u64::MAX }
+    }
+
+    fn new_source() -> Box<Source> {
+        Box::new(HttpSrc::new())
+    }
+    pub extern "C" fn new_ptr() -> *mut Box<Source> {
+        let instance = Box::new(HttpSrc::new_source());
+        return Box::into_raw(instance);
+    }
+}
+
+impl Source for HttpSrc {
+    fn set_uri(&mut self, uri_str: &Option<String>) -> bool {
+        match *uri_str {
+            None => {
+                self.url = None;
+                return true;
+            },
+            Some(ref uri_str) => {
+                let uri_parsed = Url::parse(uri_str.as_str());
+                match uri_parsed {
+                    Ok(u) => {
+                        if u.scheme() == "http" ||
+                           u.scheme() == "https" {
+                            self.url = Some(u);
+                            return true;
+                        } else {
+                            self.url = None;
+                            println_err!("Unsupported file URI '{}'", uri_str);
+                            return false;
+                        }
+                    },
+                    Err(err) => {
+                        self.url = None;
+                        println_err!("Failed to parse URI '{}': {}", uri_str, err);
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn get_uri(&self) -> Option<String> {
+        self.url.clone().map(|u| u.into_string())
+    }
+
+    fn is_seekable(&self) -> bool {
+        false
+    }
+
+    fn get_size(&self) -> u64 {
+        self.size
+    }
+
+    fn start(&mut self) -> bool {
+        self.response = None;
+        self.position = 0;
+        self.size = u64::MAX;
+
+        match self.url {
+            None => return false,
+            Some(ref url) => {
+                let response = self.client.get(url.clone()).send().unwrap();
+                if response.status.is_success() {
+                    match response.headers.get::<ContentLength>() {
+                        Some(&ContentLength(size)) => self.size = size,
+                        _ => self.size = u64::MAX
+                    }
+                    self.response = Some(response);
+                    return true;
+                } else {
+                    println_err!("Failed to fetch {}: {}", url, response.status);
+                    return false;
+                }
+            },
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn stop(&mut self) -> bool {
+        self.position = 0;
+        self.size = u64::MAX;
+        match self.response {
+            Some(ref mut response) => drop(response),
+            None => ()
+        }
+        self.response = None;
+
+        true
+    }
+
+    fn fill(&mut self, offset: u64, data: &mut [u8]) -> Result<usize, GstFlowReturn> {
+        match self.response {
+            None => return Err(GstFlowReturn::Error),
+            Some(ref mut r) => {
+                if self.position != offset {
+                       println_err!("Failed to seek to {}", offset);
+                       return Err(GstFlowReturn::Error);
+                }
+
+                match r.read(data) {
+                    Ok(size) => {
+                        if size == 0 {
+                            return Err(GstFlowReturn::Eos);
+                        }
+
+                        self.position += size as u64;
+                        return Ok(size)
+                    },
+                    Err(err) => {
+                        println_err!("Failed to read at {}: {}", offset, err.to_string());
+                        return Err(GstFlowReturn::Error);
+                    },
+                }
+            },
+        }
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/src/rssource.c b/src/rssource.c
index d13c5114..650b32f1 100644
--- a/src/rssource.c
+++ b/src/rssource.c
@@ -214,9 +214,10 @@ gst_rs_src_uri_get_type (GType type)
 static const gchar *const *
 gst_rs_src_uri_get_protocols (GType type)
 {
-  static const gchar *protocols[] = { "file", NULL };
+  ElementData * data = g_hash_table_lookup (sources, GSIZE_TO_POINTER (type));
+  g_assert (data != NULL);
 
-  return protocols;
+  return (const gchar * const *) data->protocols;
 }
 
 static gchar *