diff --git a/.htaccess b/.htaccess
index 03ec17c7..c093fa93 100755
--- a/.htaccess
+++ b/.htaccess
@@ -14,4 +14,13 @@ RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
 RewriteRule /(.*)$ /$1 [L]
 
+RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
+# This checks to make sure the connection is not already HTTPS
+
+RewriteRule ^/?(.*) https://%{SERVER_NAME}/$1 [R,L]
+# This rule will redirect users from their original location, to the same location but using HTTPS.
+# i.e.  http://www.example.com/foo/ to https://www.example.com/foo/
+# The leading slash is made optional so that this will work either in httpd.conf
+# or .htaccess context
+
 Options -Indexes