diff --git a/config.js.template b/config.js.template
index 598065e..8c8eeeb 100644
--- a/config.js.template
+++ b/config.js.template
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const config = {
   flairs_enabled: !('FLAIRS_ENABLED' in process.env) || process.env.FLAIRS_ENABLED === 'true', // Enables the rendering of user and link flairs on teddit
   highlight_controversial: !('HIGHLIGHT_CONTROVERSIAL' in process.env) || process.env.HIGHLIGHT_CONTROVERSIAL === 'true', // Enables controversial comments to be indicated by a typographical dagger (†)
   api_enabled: !('API_ENABLED' in process.env) || process.env.API_ENABLED === 'true', // Teddit API feature. Might increase loads significantly on your instance.
+  api_force_https: process.env.API_FORCE_HTTPS === 'true' || false,
   video_enabled: !('VIDEO_ENABLED' in process.env) || process.env.VIDEO_ENABLED === 'true',
   redis_enabled: !('REDIS_ENABLED' in process.env) || process.env.REDIS_ENABLED === 'true', // If disabled, does not cache Reddit API calls
   redis_db: process.env.REDIS_DB,
diff --git a/inc/teddit_api/handleSubreddit.js b/inc/teddit_api/handleSubreddit.js
index 98fd0ac..3925be6 100644
--- a/inc/teddit_api/handleSubreddit.js
+++ b/inc/teddit_api/handleSubreddit.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ module.exports = function () {
     if (from === 'redis') json = JSON.parse(json);
 
     if (api_type === 'rss') {
-      let protocol = config.https_enabled ? 'https' : 'http';
+      let protocol = config.https_enabled || config.api_force_https ? 'https' : 'http';
       let items = '';
       for (var i = 0; i < json.data.children.length; i++) {
         let link = json.data.children[i].data;
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ module.exports = function () {
           req.cookies
         );
 
-        let protocol = config.https_enabled ? 'https' : 'http';
+        let protocol = config.https_enabled || config.api_force_https ? 'https' : 'http';
         for (var i = 0; i < processed_json.links.length; i++) {
           let link = processed_json.links[i];
           let valid_reddit_self_domains = ['reddit.com'];
diff --git a/inc/teddit_api/handleUser.js b/inc/teddit_api/handleUser.js
index f07c2bb..1d86221 100644
--- a/inc/teddit_api/handleUser.js
+++ b/inc/teddit_api/handleUser.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ module.exports = function () {
     let _json = json; // Keep the original json
     if (from === 'redis') json = JSON.parse(json);
 
-    let protocol = config.https_enabled ? 'https' : 'http';
+    let protocol = config.https_enabled || config.api_force_https ? 'https' : 'http';
     let link = `${protocol}://${config.domain}/user/${user}`;
 
     if (api_type === 'rss') {