diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f2810755..834a1a70 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ Enhancements and new features:
     * Add authprovider for cassandra export (thanks to @EmilienMottet) #1395
     * Curses's browser server list sorting added (thanks to @limfreee) #1396
     * ElasticSearch: add date to index, unbreak object push (thanks to @genevera) # 1438
-    * Performance issue with large folder #1491 
+    * Performance issue with large folder #1491
+    * Can't connect to influxdb with https enabled #1497
 
 Bugs corrected:
 
diff --git a/conf/glances.conf b/conf/glances.conf
index a161be41..0f2cff82 100644
--- a/conf/glances.conf
+++ b/conf/glances.conf
@@ -341,6 +341,7 @@ style=DarkStyle
 # https://influxdb.com/
 host=localhost
 port=8086
+protocol=http
 user=root
 password=root
 db=glances
diff --git a/docs/gw/influxdb.rst b/docs/gw/influxdb.rst
index 3c7025a5..a14f75c8 100644
--- a/docs/gw/influxdb.rst
+++ b/docs/gw/influxdb.rst
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ following:
     [influxdb]
     host=localhost
     port=8086
+    protocol=http
     user=root
     password=root
     db=glances
@@ -27,6 +28,8 @@ Glances generates a lot of columns, e.g., if you have many running
 Docker containers, so you should use the ``tsm1`` engine in the InfluxDB
 configuration file (no limit on columns number).
 
+Note: if you want to use SSL, please set 'protocol=https'.
+
 Grafana
 -------
 
diff --git a/docs/man/glances.1 b/docs/man/glances.1
index 8131c409..5185a23f 100644
--- a/docs/man/glances.1
+++ b/docs/man/glances.1
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .\" Man page generated from reStructuredText.
 .
-.TH "GLANCES" "1" "Jun 12, 2019" "3.1.1b0" "Glances"
+.TH "GLANCES" "1" "Jul 03, 2019" "3.1.1b0" "Glances"
 .SH NAME
 glances \- An eye on your system
 .
diff --git a/glances/exports/glances_influxdb.py b/glances/exports/glances_influxdb.py
index 24ee53fa..78c42f89 100644
--- a/glances/exports/glances_influxdb.py
+++ b/glances/exports/glances_influxdb.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ class Export(GlancesExport):
         self.db = None
 
         # Optionals configuration keys
+        self.protocole = 'http'
         self.prefix = None
         self.tags = None
 
@@ -49,7 +50,9 @@ class Export(GlancesExport):
                                             mandatories=['host', 'port',
                                                          'user', 'password',
                                                          'db'],
-                                            options=['prefix', 'tags'])
+                                            options=['protocol',
+                                                     'prefix',
+                                                     'tags'])
         if not self.export_enable:
             sys.exit(2)
 
@@ -64,6 +67,8 @@ class Export(GlancesExport):
         try:
             db = InfluxDBClient(host=self.host,
                                 port=self.port,
+                                ssl=(self.protocol.lower() == 'https'),
+                                verify_ssl=False,
                                 username=self.user,
                                 password=self.password,
                                 database=self.db)