diff --git a/lib/apiaction.php b/lib/apiaction.php
index dd4047125a..f8ffbc84a5 100644
--- a/lib/apiaction.php
+++ b/lib/apiaction.php
@@ -215,6 +215,8 @@ class ApiAction extends Action
 
         // TODO: avatar url template (example.com/user/avatar?size={x}x{y})
         $twitter_user['profile_image_url'] = Avatar::urlByProfile($profile, AVATAR_STREAM_SIZE);
+        $twitter_user['profile_image_url_https'] = $twitter_user['profile_image_url'];
+
         // START introduced by qvitter API, not necessary for StatusNet API
         $twitter_user['profile_image_url_profile_size'] = Avatar::urlByProfile($profile, AVATAR_PROFILE_SIZE);
         try {