diff --git a/bin/templates/cordova/lib/builders/GradleBuilder.js b/bin/templates/cordova/lib/builders/GradleBuilder.js
index 8d6e76b8..f415646e 100644
--- a/bin/templates/cordova/lib/builders/GradleBuilder.js
+++ b/bin/templates/cordova/lib/builders/GradleBuilder.js
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ GradleBuilder.prototype.prepEnv = function(opts) {
         // For some reason, using ^ and $ don't work.  This does the job, though.
         var distributionUrlRegex = /distributionUrl.*zip/;
         /*jshint -W069 */
-        var distributionUrl = process.env['CORDOVA_ANDROID_GRADLE_DISTRIBUTION_URL'] || 'http\\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.14.1-all.zip';
+        var distributionUrl = process.env['CORDOVA_ANDROID_GRADLE_DISTRIBUTION_URL'] || 'https\\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.14.1-all.zip';
         /*jshint +W069 */
         var gradleWrapperPropertiesPath = path.join(self.root, 'gradle', 'wrapper', 'gradle-wrapper.properties');
         shell.chmod('u+w', gradleWrapperPropertiesPath);