diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 92d5202..6a9e296 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 <!-- next-header -->
 
 ## [Unreleased] - ReleaseDate
+### Added
+- client: support HTTPS ([#54]).
+
 ### Changed
 - query: improve throughput (~8%).
 
@@ -14,6 +17,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - cursor: handle errors sent at the end of a response ([#56]).
 
 [#56]: https://github.com/loyd/clickhouse.rs/issues/56
+[#54]: https://github.com/loyd/clickhouse.rs/pull/54
 
 ## [0.11.2] - 2023-01-03
 ### Added
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8661f4b..795c1d5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ A typed client for ClickHouse.
 
 * Uses `serde` for encoding/decoding rows.
 * Uses `RowBinary` encoding.
+* Supports HTTP and HTTPS.
 * Provides API for selecting.
 * Provides API for inserting.
 * Provides API for infinite transactional (see below) inserting.
@@ -207,6 +208,7 @@ See [examples](https://github.com/loyd/clickhouse.rs/tree/master/examples).
 
 ## Feature Flags
 * `lz4` (enabled by default) — enables `Compression::Lz4` and `Compression::Lz4Hc(_)` variants. If enabled, `Compression::Lz4` is used by default for all queries except for `WATCH`.
+* `tls` (enabled by default) — supports urls with the `HTTPS` schema.
 * `test-util` — adds mocks. See [the example](https://github.com/loyd/clickhouse.rs/tree/master/examples/mock.rs). Use it only in `dev-dependencies`.
 * `watch` — enables `client.watch` functionality. See the corresponding section for details.
 * `uuid` — adds `serde::uuid` to work with [uuid](https://docs.rs/uuid/latest/uuid/) crate.
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index b99c87a..3af1e77 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ extern crate static_assertions;
 use std::{collections::HashMap, sync::Arc, time::Duration};
 
 use hyper::client::connect::HttpConnector;
-
 #[cfg(feature = "tls")]
 use hyper_tls::HttpsConnector;
 
@@ -67,11 +66,15 @@ pub struct Client {
 
 impl Default for Client {
     fn default() -> Self {
+        #[allow(unused_mut)]
         let mut connector = HttpConnector::new();
 
         // TODO: make configurable in `Client::builder()`.
         connector.set_keepalive(Some(TCP_KEEPALIVE));
 
+        #[cfg(feature = "tls")]
+        let connector = HttpsConnector::new_with_connector(connector);
+
         let client = hyper::Client::builder()
             .pool_idle_timeout(POOL_IDLE_TIMEOUT)
             .build(connector);
@@ -104,16 +107,6 @@ impl Client {
     /// ```
     pub fn with_url(mut self, url: impl Into<String>) -> Self {
         self.url = url.into();
-
-        #[cfg(feature = "tls")]
-        if self.url.starts_with("https:") {
-            let mut connector = HttpsConnector::new();
-            let client = hyper::Client::builder()
-                .pool_idle_timeout(POOL_IDLE_TIMEOUT)
-                .build::<_, hyper::Body>(connector);
-            self.client = Arc::new(client);
-        }
-
         self
     }