2 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/conf/layer.conf b/conf/layer.conf
index f83bd967..b7207e63 100644
--- a/conf/layer.conf
+++ b/conf/layer.conf
@@ -28,3 +28,4 @@ LICENSE_PATH += "${LAYERDIR}/licenses"
 IMAGE_FEATURES[validitems] += "qtcreator-debug"
 
 QT_GIT ?= "git://github.com/qtproject"
+QT_GIT_PROTOCOL ?= "git"
diff --git a/recipes-qt/qt5/qt5-git.inc b/recipes-qt/qt5/qt5-git.inc
index 172a170e..f8fb38b7 100644
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qt5-git.inc
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qt5-git.inc
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ QT_MODULE_BRANCH ?= "5.6"
 
 # each module needs to define valid SRCREV
 SRC_URI = " \
-    ${QT_GIT}/${QT_MODULE}.git;branch=${QT_MODULE_BRANCH} \
+    ${QT_GIT}/${QT_MODULE}.git;branch=${QT_MODULE_BRANCH};protocol=${QT_GIT_PROTOCOL} \
 "
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"