diff --git a/webnotes/utils/__init__.py b/webnotes/utils/__init__.py
index 9a0f11ae86..90ed6bbf24 100644
--- a/webnotes/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/webnotes/utils/__init__.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def get_request_site_address(full_address=False):
 
 	if not host_name:
 		if webnotes.request:
-			protocol = 'HTTPS' in webnotes.get_request_header('SERVER_PROTOCOL', "") and 'https://' or 'http://'
+			protocol = 'https' == webnotes.get_request_header('X-Forwarded-Proto', "") and 'https://' or 'http://'
 			host_name = protocol + webnotes.request.host
 		else:
 			return "http://localhost"
@@ -925,4 +925,4 @@ def expand_partial_links(html):
 	url = get_url()
 	if not url.endswith("/"): url += "/"
 	return re.sub('(href|src){1}([\s]*=[\s]*[\'"]?)((?!http)[^\'" >]+)([\'"]?)', 
-		'\g<1>\g<2>{}\g<3>\g<4>'.format(url), html)
\ No newline at end of file
+		'\g<1>\g<2>{}\g<3>\g<4>'.format(url), html)