diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index afea5829..8a4e3d82 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 xbps-0.38 (???):
 
+ * libxbps: the fetch code now is able to connect to HTTPS without the need of
+   /etc/services being available; We don't expect those ports to change anytime!
+
  * xbps-uchroot(8) is now only built on linux, because it's not portable to other
    Operating Systems.
 
diff --git a/lib/fetch/common.c b/lib/fetch/common.c
index 60b13671..705c843a 100644
--- a/lib/fetch/common.c
+++ b/lib/fetch/common.c
@@ -201,12 +201,14 @@ fetch_default_port(const char *scheme)
 {
 	struct servent *se;
 
-	if ((se = getservbyname(scheme, "tcp")) != NULL)
-		return (ntohs(se->s_port));
 	if (strcasecmp(scheme, SCHEME_FTP) == 0)
 		return (FTP_DEFAULT_PORT);
 	if (strcasecmp(scheme, SCHEME_HTTP) == 0)
 		return (HTTP_DEFAULT_PORT);
+	if (strcasecmp(scheme, SCHEME_HTTPS) == 0)
+		return (HTTPS_DEFAULT_PORT);
+	if ((se = getservbyname(scheme, "tcp")) != NULL)
+		return (ntohs(se->s_port));
 	return (0);
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/fetch/common.h b/lib/fetch/common.h
index 63170907..2c363217 100644
--- a/lib/fetch/common.h
+++ b/lib/fetch/common.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 
 #define FTP_DEFAULT_PORT	21
 #define HTTP_DEFAULT_PORT	80
+#define HTTPS_DEFAULT_PORT	443
 #define FTP_DEFAULT_PROXY_PORT	21
 #define HTTP_DEFAULT_PROXY_PORT	3128