diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 231738bc9146..cf868054ceec 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Source type support for tags, shapes and tracks (<https://github.com/opencv/cvat/pull/1192>)
 - Source type support for CVAT Dumper/Loader (<https://github.com/opencv/cvat/pull/1192>)
 - Intelligent polygon editing (<https://github.com/opencv/cvat/pull/1921>)
+- python cli over https (<https://github.com/opencv/cvat/pull/1942>)
 
 ### Changed
 - Smaller object details (<https://github.com/opencv/cvat/pull/1877>)
diff --git a/utils/cli/README.md b/utils/cli/README.md
index 07b708d72125..f582e2e3fbe8 100644
--- a/utils/cli/README.md
+++ b/utils/cli/README.md
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ optional arguments:
                         host (default: localhost)
   --server-port SERVER_PORT
                         port (default: 8080)
+  --https
+                        using https connection (default: False)
   --debug               show debug output
 ```
 **Examples**
diff --git a/utils/cli/cli.py b/utils/cli/cli.py
index 9ac826b4bff4..ae08ad1a3279 100755
--- a/utils/cli/cli.py
+++ b/utils/cli/cli.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def main():
     args = parser.parse_args()
     config_log(args.loglevel)
     with requests.Session() as session:
-        api = CVAT_API_V1('%s:%s' % (args.server_host, args.server_port))
+        api = CVAT_API_V1('%s:%s' % (args.server_host, args.server_port), args.https)
         cli = CLI(session, api, args.auth)
         try:
             actions[args.action](cli, **args.__dict__)
diff --git a/utils/cli/core/core.py b/utils/cli/core/core.py
index a51364285e89..a9386884998d 100644
--- a/utils/cli/core/core.py
+++ b/utils/cli/core/core.py
@@ -179,8 +179,9 @@ def login(self, credentials):
 class CVAT_API_V1():
     """ Build parameterized API URLs """
 
-    def __init__(self, host):
-        self.base = 'http://{}/api/v1/'.format(host)
+    def __init__(self, host, https=False):
+        prefix = 'https' if https else 'http'
+        self.base = '{}://{}/api/v1/'.format(prefix, host)
 
     @property
     def tasks(self):
diff --git a/utils/cli/core/definition.py b/utils/cli/core/definition.py
index d8892d19c59f..4e1937ebf5ea 100644
--- a/utils/cli/core/definition.py
+++ b/utils/cli/core/definition.py
@@ -78,6 +78,12 @@ def argparse(s):
     default='8080',
     help='port (default: %(default)s)'
 )
+parser.add_argument(
+    '--https',
+    default=False,
+    action='store_true',
+    help='using https connection (default: %(default)s)'
+)
 parser.add_argument(
     '--debug',
     action='store_const',