diff --git a/paths.c b/paths.c
index 869d6b8e34..67a71840c2 100644
--- a/paths.c
+++ b/paths.c
@@ -724,6 +724,8 @@ enum rarch_content_type path_is_media_type(const char *path)
    /* hack, to detect livestreams so the ffmpeg core can be started */
    if (
       strstr(path, "udp://")  ||
+      strstr(path, "http://") ||
+      strstr(path, "https://")||
       strstr(path, "tcp://")  ||
       strstr(path, "rtmp://") ||
       strstr(path, "rtp://")