diff --git a/django/utils/html.py b/django/utils/html.py
index 17ff78a2b5..07e4f0d3f4 100644
--- a/django/utils/html.py
+++ b/django/utils/html.py
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ def urlize(text, trim_url_limit=None, nofollow=False, autoescape=False):
             lead, middle, trail = match.groups()
             if safe_input:
                 middle = mark_safe(middle)
-            if middle.startswith('www.') or ('@' not in middle and not middle.startswith('http://') and \
+            if middle.startswith('www.') or ('@' not in middle and not (middle.startswith('http://') or middle.startswith('https://')) and \
                     len(middle) > 0 and middle[0] in string.ascii_letters + string.digits and \
                     (middle.endswith('.org') or middle.endswith('.net') or middle.endswith('.com'))):
                 middle = 'http://%s' % middle
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/defaultfilters/tests.py b/tests/regressiontests/defaultfilters/tests.py
index 4a8b68a897..62403935d4 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/defaultfilters/tests.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/defaultfilters/tests.py
@@ -166,6 +166,27 @@ u'<a href="http://31characteruri.com/test/" rel="nofollow">http://31characteruri
 >>> urlizetrunc(uri, 2)
 u'<a href="http://31characteruri.com/test/" rel="nofollow">...</a>'
 
+# Check normal urlize
+>>> urlize('http://google.com') 
+u'<a href="http://google.com" rel="nofollow">http://google.com</a>'
+
+>>> urlize('http://google.com/') 
+u'<a href="http://google.com/" rel="nofollow">http://google.com/</a>'
+
+>>> urlize('www.google.com') 
+u'<a href="http://www.google.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.google.com</a>'
+
+>>> urlize('djangoproject.org') 
+u'<a href="http://djangoproject.org" rel="nofollow">http://djangoproject.org</a>'
+
+>>> urlize('info@djangoproject.org') 
+u'<a href="mailto:info@djangoproject.org">info@djangoproject.org</a>'
+
+# Check urlize with https addresses
+>>> urlize('https://google.com') 
+u'<a href="https://google.com" rel="nofollow">https://google.com</a>'
+
+
 >>> wordcount('')
 0