diff --git a/src/Composer/Repository/ComposerRepository.php b/src/Composer/Repository/ComposerRepository.php
index f704c23ea..d57201f9f 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Repository/ComposerRepository.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Repository/ComposerRepository.php
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ class ComposerRepository extends ArrayRepository
 
     public function __construct(array $config)
     {
-        if (!preg_match('{^https?://}', $config['url'])) {
+        if (!preg_match('{^\w+://}', $config['url'])) {
+                  // assume http as the default protocol
             $config['url'] = 'http://'.$config['url'];
         }
         $config['url'] = rtrim($config['url'], '/');