diff --git a/tests/basic_tests.rb b/tests/basic_tests.rb
index a800862c..95f7c60b 100644
--- a/tests/basic_tests.rb
+++ b/tests/basic_tests.rb
@@ -24,69 +24,16 @@
 end
 
 Shindo.tests('Excon streaming basics') do
-  pending if RUBY_PLATFORM == 'java' # need to find suitable server for jruby
-  with_unicorn('streaming.ru') do
-    # expected values: the response, in pieces, and a timeout after each piece
-    res = %w{Hello streamy world}
-    timeout = 0.1
-
-    # expect the full response as a string
-    # and expect it to take a (timeout * pieces) seconds
-    tests('simple blocking request on streaming endpoint').returns([res.join(''),'response time ok']) do
-      start = Time.now
-      ret = Excon.get('http://127.0.0.1:9292/streamed/simple').body
-
-      if Time.now - start <= timeout*3
-        [ret, 'streaming response came too quickly']
-      else
-        [ret, 'response time ok']
-      end
-    end
-
-    # expect the full response as a string and expect it to
-    # take a (timeout * pieces) seconds (with fixed Content-Length header)
-    tests('simple blocking request on streaming endpoint with fixed length').returns([res.join(''),'response time ok']) do
-      start = Time.now
-      ret = Excon.get('http://127.0.0.1:9292/streamed/fixed_length').body
-
-      if Time.now - start <= timeout*3
-        [ret, 'streaming response came too quickly']
-      else
-        [ret, 'response time ok']
-      end
+  tests('http') do
+    pending if RUBY_PLATFORM == 'java' # need to find suitable server for jruby
+    with_unicorn('streaming.ru') do
+      streaming_tests('http')
     end
-
-    # expect each response piece to arrive to the body right away
-    # and wait for timeout until next one arrives
-    def timed_streaming_test(endpoint, timeout)
-      ret = []
-      timing = 'response times ok'
-      start = Time.now
-      Excon.get(endpoint, :response_block => lambda do |c,r,t|
-        # add the response
-        ret.push(c)
-        # check if the timing is ok
-        # each response arrives after timeout and before timeout + 1
-        cur_time = Time.now - start
-        if cur_time < ret.length * timeout or cur_time > (ret.length+1) * timeout
-          timing = 'response time not ok!'
-        end
-      end)
-      # validate the final timing
-      if Time.now - start <= timeout*3
-        timing = 'final timing was not ok!'
-      end
-      [ret, timing]
-    end
-
-    tests('simple request with response_block on streaming endpoint').returns([res,'response times ok']) do
-      timed_streaming_test('http://127.0.0.1:9292/streamed/simple', timeout)
-    end
-
-    tests('simple request with response_block on streaming endpoint with fixed length').returns([res,'response times ok']) do
-      timed_streaming_test('http://127.0.0.1:9292/streamed/fixed_length', timeout)
+  end
+  tests('https') do
+    with_ssl_streaming(9292, STREAMING_PIECES, STREAMING_TIMEOUT) do
+      streaming_tests('https')
     end
-
   end
 end
 
diff --git a/tests/test_helper.rb b/tests/test_helper.rb
index 5bc68dc4..e355d733 100644
--- a/tests/test_helper.rb
+++ b/tests/test_helper.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 require 'excon'
 require 'delorean'
 require 'open4'
+require 'webrick'
 
 require './spec/helpers/warning_helpers.rb'
 
@@ -213,6 +214,76 @@ def basic_tests(url = 'http://127.0.0.1:9292', options = {})
 end
 
 
+# expected values: the response, in pieces, and a timeout after each piece
+STREAMING_PIECES = %w{Hello streamy world}
+STREAMING_TIMEOUT = 0.1
+
+def streaming_tests(protocol)
+  conn = nil
+  test do
+    conn = Excon.new("#{protocol}://127.0.0.1:9292/", :ssl_verify_peer => false)
+    true
+  end
+
+  # expect the full response as a string
+  # and expect it to take a (timeout * pieces) seconds
+  tests('simple blocking request on streaming endpoint').returns([STREAMING_PIECES.join(''),'response time ok']) do
+    start = Time.now
+    ret = conn.request(:method => :get, :path => '/streamed/simple').body
+
+    if Time.now - start <= STREAMING_TIMEOUT*3
+      [ret, 'streaming response came too quickly']
+    else
+      [ret, 'response time ok']
+    end
+  end
+
+  # expect the full response as a string and expect it to
+  # take a (timeout * pieces) seconds (with fixed Content-Length header)
+  tests('simple blocking request on streaming endpoint with fixed length').returns([STREAMING_PIECES.join(''),'response time ok']) do
+    start = Time.now
+    ret = conn.request(:method => :get, :path => '/streamed/fixed_length').body
+
+    if Time.now - start <= STREAMING_TIMEOUT*3
+      [ret, 'streaming response came too quickly']
+    else
+      [ret, 'response time ok']
+    end
+  end
+
+  # expect each response piece to arrive to the body right away
+  # and wait for timeout until next one arrives
+  def timed_streaming_test(conn, path, timeout)
+    ret = []
+    timing = 'response times ok'
+    start = Time.now
+    conn.request(:method => :get, :path => path, :response_block => lambda do |c,r,t|
+      # add the response
+      ret.push(c)
+      # check if the timing is ok
+      # each response arrives after timeout and before timeout + 1
+      cur_time = Time.now - start
+      if cur_time < ret.length * timeout or cur_time > (ret.length+1) * timeout
+        timing = 'response time not ok!'
+      end
+    end)
+    # validate the final timing
+    if Time.now - start <= timeout*3
+      timing = 'final timing was not ok!'
+    end
+    [ret, timing]
+  end
+
+  tests('simple request with response_block on streaming endpoint').returns([STREAMING_PIECES,'response times ok']) do
+    timed_streaming_test(conn, '/streamed/simple', STREAMING_TIMEOUT)
+  end
+
+  tests('simple request with response_block on streaming endpoint with fixed length').returns([STREAMING_PIECES,'response times ok']) do
+    timed_streaming_test(conn, '/streamed/fixed_length', STREAMING_TIMEOUT)
+  end
+end
+
+
 PROXY_ENV_VARIABLES = %w{http_proxy https_proxy no_proxy} # All lower-case
 
 def env_init(env={})
@@ -329,3 +400,51 @@ def with_server(name)
 ensure
   cleanup_process(pid)
 end
+
+# A tiny fake SSL streaming server
+def with_ssl_streaming(port, pieces, delay)
+  key_file = File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'data', '127.0.0.1.cert.key')
+  cert_file = File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'data', '127.0.0.1.cert.crt')
+
+  ctx = OpenSSL::SSL::SSLContext.new
+  ctx.key = OpenSSL::PKey::RSA.new(File.read(key_file))
+  ctx.cert = OpenSSL::X509::Certificate.new(File.read(cert_file))
+
+  tcp = TCPServer.new(port)
+  ssl = OpenSSL::SSL::SSLServer.new(tcp, ctx)
+
+  Thread.new do
+    loop do
+      begin
+        conn = ssl.accept
+      rescue IOError => e
+        # we're closing the socket from another thread, which makes `accept` complain
+        break if /stream closed/ =~ e.to_s
+        raise
+      end
+
+      Thread.new do
+        begin
+          req = WEBrick::HTTPRequest.new(WEBrick::Config::HTTP)
+          req.parse(conn)
+
+          conn << "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n\r\n"
+          if req.path == "streamed/fixed_length"
+            conn << "Content-Length: #{pieces.join.length}\r\n"
+          end
+          conn.flush
+
+          pieces.each do |piece|
+            sleep(delay)
+            conn.write(piece)
+            conn.flush
+          end
+        ensure
+          conn.close
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+  yield
+  ssl.close
+end