--- urllib/request.py	2009-06-07 19:11:20.000000000 +1000
+++ urllib/request-fixed.py	2009-09-07 14:41:15.999601700 +1000
@@ -2190,6 +2190,7 @@
                         proxies['http'] = proxyServer
                     else:
                         proxies['http'] = 'http://%s' % proxyServer
+                        proxies['https'] = 'http://%s' % proxyServer
                         proxies['ftp'] = 'ftp://%s' % proxyServer
             internetSettings.Close()
         except (WindowsError, ValueError, TypeError):