diff --git a/lib/geocoder/lookups/location_iq.rb b/lib/geocoder/lookups/location_iq.rb
index 197e7696a636090b0e18da6a6e67fe10e4f5167a..3773d4063a2770781f75c9447ebd2487f00ac1c3 100644
--- a/lib/geocoder/lookups/location_iq.rb
+++ b/lib/geocoder/lookups/location_iq.rb
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ module Geocoder::Lookup
       "#{protocol}://locationiq.org/v1/#{method}.php?key=#{configuration.api_key}&" + url_query_string(query)
     end
 
+    def supported_protocols
+      [:http, :https]
+    end
+
     private
 
     def results(query)