diff --git a/archive-patches/links-2.17-accept_https_play.patch b/archive-patches/links-2.17-accept_https_play.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..99e9e18f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archive-patches/links-2.17-accept_https_play.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- a/session.c
++++ b/session.c
+@@ -2495,6 +2495,7 @@
+	unsigned char *proto = get_protocol_name(rq->url);
+	int ret = 0;
+	if (!proto) return 0;
++	if (a->accept_http && !casestrcmp(proto, cast_uchar "https")) ret = 1;
+	if (a->accept_http && !casestrcmp(proto, cast_uchar "http")) ret = 1;
+	if (a->accept_ftp && !casestrcmp(proto, cast_uchar "ftp")) ret = 1;
+	mem_free(proto);
diff --git a/make/neutrino-plugins.mk b/make/neutrino-plugins.mk
index 3756204e..ddbc1c7e 100644
--- a/make/neutrino-plugins.mk
+++ b/make/neutrino-plugins.mk
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ $(ARCHIVE)/links-$(LINKS_VER).tar.bz2:
 LINKS_PATCH  = links-$(LINKS_VER).patch
 LINKS_PATCH += links-$(LINKS_VER)-ac-prog-cxx.patch
 LINKS_PATCH += links-$(LINKS_VER)-input-$(BOXTYPE).patch
+LINKS_PATCH += links-$(LINKS_VER)-accept_https_play.patch
 
 $(D)/links: $(D)/libpng $(D)/libjpeg $(D)/openssl $(ARCHIVE)/links-$(LINKS_VER).tar.bz2 $(SHAREPLUGINS) | $(TARGET_DIR)
 	$(REMOVE)/links-$(LINKS_VER)