diff --git a/manifests/install/rabbitmqadmin.pp b/manifests/install/rabbitmqadmin.pp
index 12767885c..184a5258d 100644
--- a/manifests/install/rabbitmqadmin.pp
+++ b/manifests/install/rabbitmqadmin.pp
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@
   $management_port = $rabbitmq::management_port
   $default_user = $rabbitmq::default_user
   $default_pass = $rabbitmq::default_pass
+  $protocol = $rabbitmq::ssl ? { false => 'http', default => 'https' }
 
   staging::file { 'rabbitmqadmin':
     target  => '/var/lib/rabbitmq/rabbitmqadmin',
-    source  => "http://${default_user}:${default_pass}@localhost:${management_port}/cli/rabbitmqadmin",
+    source  => "${protocol}://${default_user}:${default_pass}@localhost:${management_port}/cli/rabbitmqadmin",
     require => [
       Class['rabbitmq::service'],
       Rabbitmq_plugin['rabbitmq_management']