diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/network/21-httprequest.js b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/network/21-httprequest.js
index 54456d4b5..16b4cb950 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/network/21-httprequest.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/network/21-httprequest.js
@@ -88,8 +88,13 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
             if (msg.method && n.method && (n.method === "use")) {
                 method = msg.method.toUpperCase();          // use the msg parameter
             }
+
+            var isHttps = (/^https/.test(url));
+
             var opts = {};
             opts.url = url;
+            // set defaultport, else when using HttpsProxyAgent, it's defaultPort of 443 will be used :(.
+            opts.defaultPort = isHttps?443:80;
             opts.timeout = node.reqTimeout;
             opts.method = method;
             opts.headers = {};
@@ -284,6 +289,7 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
                 opts.headers[clSet] = opts.headers['content-length'];
                 delete opts.headers['content-length'];
             }
+            
             var noproxy;
             if (noprox) {
                 for (var i in noprox) {