diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/search/impl/solr/DynamicSolrStoreMappingWrapperFactory.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/search/impl/solr/DynamicSolrStoreMappingWrapperFactory.java
index 5d05522c79..2a16d08905 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/search/impl/solr/DynamicSolrStoreMappingWrapperFactory.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/search/impl/solr/DynamicSolrStoreMappingWrapperFactory.java
@@ -113,7 +113,10 @@ public class DynamicSolrStoreMappingWrapperFactory
                     if (builder.length() > 0)
                     {
                         builder.append(',');
-                    }
+                    }
+                    Pair<String, Integer> key = new Pair<String, Integer>(instance.getHostName(), instance.getPort());
+                    HttpClient client = clients.get(key);
+                    builder.append(encoder.encode(client.getHostConfiguration().getProtocol().getScheme() +  "://", "UTF-8"));
                     builder.append(encoder.encode(instance.getHostName(), "UTF-8"));
                     builder.append(':');
                     builder.append(encoder.encode("" + instance.getPort(), "UTF-8"));