diff --git a/system/HTTP/URI.php b/system/HTTP/URI.php
index 4d7b6c388250..df57a86fcda2 100644
--- a/system/HTTP/URI.php
+++ b/system/HTTP/URI.php
@@ -596,7 +596,8 @@ public function __toString(): string
 		// If hosted in a sub-folder, we will have additional
 		// segments that show up prior to the URI path we just
 		// grabbed from the request, so add it on if necessary.
-		$baseUri  = new self(config(\Config\App::class)->baseURL);
+		$config   = config(\Config\App::class);
+		$baseUri  = new self($config->baseURL);
 		$basePath = trim($baseUri->getPath(), '/') . '/';
 		$path     = $this->getPath();
 		$trimPath = ltrim($path, '/');
@@ -606,6 +607,12 @@ public function __toString(): string
 			$path = $basePath . $trimPath;
 		}
 
+		// force https if needed
+		if ($config->forceGlobalSecureRequests)
+		{
+			$this->setScheme('https');
+		}
+
 		return static::createURIString(
 						$this->getScheme(), $this->getAuthority(), $path, // Absolute URIs should use a "/" for an empty path
 						$this->getQuery(), $this->getFragment()
diff --git a/tests/system/HTTP/URITest.php b/tests/system/HTTP/URITest.php
index d492ab66a6d8..b96bf8c01fa4 100644
--- a/tests/system/HTTP/URITest.php
+++ b/tests/system/HTTP/URITest.php
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 namespace CodeIgniter\HTTP;
 
+use CodeIgniter\Config\Config;
 use CodeIgniter\Config\Services;
 use CodeIgniter\HTTP\Exceptions\HTTPException;
 use Config\App;
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ protected function setUp(): void
 
 	public function tearDown(): void
 	{
+		Config::reset();
 	}
 
 	//--------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -962,6 +964,35 @@ public function testBasedWithIndex()
 		$this->assertEquals($uri->getPath(), $request->uri->getPath());
 	}
 
+	public function testForceGlobalSecureRequests()
+	{
+		Services::reset();
+
+		$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']   = 'example.com';
+		$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] = '/ci/v4/controller/method';
+
+		$config                            = new App();
+		$config->baseURL                   = 'http://example.com/ci/v4';
+		$config->indexPage                 = 'index.php';
+		$config->forceGlobalSecureRequests = true;
+
+		Config::injectMock('App', $config);
+
+		$request      = Services::request($config);
+		$request->uri = new URI('http://example.com/ci/v4/controller/method');
+
+		Services::injectMock('request', $request);
+
+		// going through request
+		$this->assertEquals('https://example.com/ci/v4/controller/method', (string) $request->uri);
+
+		// standalone
+		$uri = new URI('http://example.com/ci/v4/controller/method');
+		$this->assertEquals('https://example.com/ci/v4/controller/method', (string) $uri);
+
+		$this->assertEquals($uri->getPath(), $request->uri->getPath());
+	}
+
 	public function testZeroAsURIPath()
 	{
 		$url = 'http://example.com/0';