diff --git a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/data/neo4j/Neo4jProperties.java b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/data/neo4j/Neo4jProperties.java
index e58bda102b..6e3fde9309 100644
--- a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/data/neo4j/Neo4jProperties.java
+++ b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/data/neo4j/Neo4jProperties.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2016 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2017 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ public class Neo4jProperties implements ApplicationContextAware {
 			if (scheme == null || scheme.equals("file")) {
 				return EMBEDDED_DRIVER;
 			}
-			if ("http".equals(scheme)) {
+			if ("http".equals(scheme) || "https".equals(scheme)) {
 				return HTTP_DRIVER;
 			}
 			if ("bolt".equals(scheme)) {
diff --git a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/data/neo4j/Neo4jPropertiesTests.java b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/data/neo4j/Neo4jPropertiesTests.java
index 1d89b40f99..6f206749db 100644
--- a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/data/neo4j/Neo4jPropertiesTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/data/neo4j/Neo4jPropertiesTests.java
@@ -71,6 +71,14 @@ public class Neo4jPropertiesTests {
 		assertDriver(configuration, Neo4jProperties.HTTP_DRIVER, "http://localhost:7474");
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void httpsUriUseHttpDriver() {
+		Neo4jProperties properties = load(true,
+				"spring.data.neo4j.uri=https://localhost:7474");
+		Configuration configuration = properties.createConfiguration();
+		assertDriver(configuration, Neo4jProperties.HTTP_DRIVER, "https://localhost:7474");
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void boltUriUseBoltDriver() {
 		Neo4jProperties properties = load(true,