diff --git a/lib/create-app.js b/lib/create-app.js
index 9796366a..c19fcc4c 100644
--- a/lib/create-app.js
+++ b/lib/create-app.js
@@ -115,6 +115,14 @@ function createApp (argv = {}) {
     authProxy(app, argv.authProxy)
   }
 
+  // redirect http to https
+  app.use(function (req, res, next) {
+    if (req.protocol === 'http:') {
+      return res.redirect('https://' + req.headers.host + req.url)
+    }
+    next()
+  })
+
   // Attach the LDP middleware
   app.use('/', LdpMiddleware(corsSettings))