diff --git a/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm b/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm
index a799c056a4a71258920b0baa79952dc33624ffaa..c9d18eb90934fc8445ac4292783582f80e9b5e3d 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ (define-public accountsservice
     (version "0.6.40")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
-              (uri (string-append "http://www.freedesktop.org/software/"
+              (uri (string-append "https://www.freedesktop.org/software/"
                                   name "/" name "-" version ".tar.xz"))
               (sha256
                (base32