diff --git a/tdeio/misc/kpac/script.cpp b/tdeio/misc/kpac/script.cpp
index 55faef8a1..fa1201382 100644
--- a/tdeio/misc/kpac/script.cpp
+++ b/tdeio/misc/kpac/script.cpp
@@ -446,10 +446,18 @@ namespace KPAC
 	if (!findObj.isValid() || !findObj.implementsCall())
 	  throw Error( "No such function FindProxyForURL" );
 
+        KURL cleanUrl = url;
+        cleanUrl.setPass(QString());
+        cleanUrl.setUser(QString());
+        if (cleanUrl.protocol().lower() == "https") {
+            cleanUrl.setPath(QString());
+            cleanUrl.setQuery(QString());
+        }
+
 	Object thisObj;
 	List args;
-	args.append(String(url.url()));
-	args.append(String(url.host()));
+	args.append(String(cleanUrl.url()));
+	args.append(String(cleanUrl.host()));
 	Value retval = findObj.call( exec, thisObj, args );
 
 	if ( exec->hadException() ) {