diff --git a/bundle-uri.c b/bundle-uri.c
index b35babc36a..4a8cc74ed0 100644
--- a/bundle-uri.c
+++ b/bundle-uri.c
@@ -23,10 +23,74 @@ static int find_temp_filename(struct strbuf *name)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int copy_uri_to_file(const char *file, const char *uri)
+static int download_https_uri_to_file(const char *file, const char *uri)
 {
-	/* File-based URIs only for now. */
-	return copy_file(file, uri, 0);
+	int result = 0;
+	struct child_process cp = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
+	FILE *child_in = NULL, *child_out = NULL;
+	struct strbuf line = STRBUF_INIT;
+	int found_get = 0;
+
+	strvec_pushl(&cp.args, "git-remote-https", uri, NULL);
+	cp.in = -1;
+	cp.out = -1;
+
+	if (start_command(&cp))
+		return 1;
+
+	child_in = fdopen(cp.in, "w");
+	if (!child_in) {
+		result = 1;
+		goto cleanup;
+	}
+
+	child_out = fdopen(cp.out, "r");
+	if (!child_out) {
+		result = 1;
+		goto cleanup;
+	}
+
+	fprintf(child_in, "capabilities\n");
+	fflush(child_in);
+
+	while (!strbuf_getline(&line, child_out)) {
+		if (!line.len)
+			break;
+		if (!strcmp(line.buf, "get"))
+			found_get = 1;
+	}
+	strbuf_release(&line);
+
+	if (!found_get) {
+		result = error(_("insufficient capabilities"));
+		goto cleanup;
+	}
+
+	fprintf(child_in, "get %s %s\n\n", uri, file);
+
+cleanup:
+	if (child_in)
+		fclose(child_in);
+	if (finish_command(&cp))
+		return 1;
+	if (child_out)
+		fclose(child_out);
+	return result;
+}
+
+static int copy_uri_to_file(const char *filename, const char *uri)
+{
+	const char *out;
+
+	if (starts_with(uri, "https:") ||
+	    starts_with(uri, "http:"))
+		return download_https_uri_to_file(filename, uri);
+
+	if (skip_prefix(uri, "file://", &out))
+		uri = out;
+
+	/* Copy as a file */
+	return copy_file(filename, uri, 0);
 }
 
 static int unbundle_from_file(struct repository *r, const char *file)
diff --git a/t/t5558-clone-bundle-uri.sh b/t/t5558-clone-bundle-uri.sh
index f709bcb729..ad666a2d28 100755
--- a/t/t5558-clone-bundle-uri.sh
+++ b/t/t5558-clone-bundle-uri.sh
@@ -33,4 +33,49 @@ test_expect_success 'clone with path bundle' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'clone with file:// bundle' '
+	git clone --bundle-uri="file://$(pwd)/clone-from/B.bundle" \
+		clone-from clone-file &&
+	git -C clone-file rev-parse refs/bundles/topic >actual &&
+	git -C clone-from rev-parse topic >expect &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+#########################################################################
+# HTTP tests begin here
+
+. "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/lib-httpd.sh
+start_httpd
+
+test_expect_success 'fail to fetch from non-existent HTTP URL' '
+	test_when_finished rm -rf test &&
+	git clone --bundle-uri="$HTTPD_URL/does-not-exist" . test 2>err &&
+	grep "failed to download bundle from URI" err
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'fail to fetch from non-bundle HTTP URL' '
+	test_when_finished rm -rf test &&
+	echo bogus >"$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH/bogus" &&
+	git clone --bundle-uri="$HTTPD_URL/bogus" . test 2>err &&
+	grep "is not a bundle" err
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'clone HTTP bundle' '
+	cp clone-from/B.bundle "$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH/B.bundle" &&
+
+	git clone --no-local --mirror clone-from \
+		"$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH/fetch.git" &&
+
+	git clone --bundle-uri="$HTTPD_URL/B.bundle" \
+		"$HTTPD_URL/smart/fetch.git" clone-http &&
+	git -C clone-http rev-parse refs/bundles/topic >actual &&
+	git -C clone-from rev-parse topic >expect &&
+	test_cmp expect actual &&
+
+	test_config -C clone-http log.excludedecoration refs/bundle/
+'
+
+# Do not add tests here unless they use the HTTP server, as they will
+# not run unless the HTTP dependencies exist.
+
 test_done