diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/BrowserKit/Client.php b/src/Symfony/Component/BrowserKit/Client.php
index 7f640a7919173..f3b827d7dea1d 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/BrowserKit/Client.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/BrowserKit/Client.php
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ public function restart()
     protected function getAbsoluteUri($uri)
     {
         // already absolute?
-        if (0 === strpos($uri, 'http')) {
+        if (preg_match('/^https?:\/\//', $uri)) {
             return $uri;
         }