diff --git a/beets/util/artresizer.py b/beets/util/artresizer.py
index 4c2e92532..4cedf96d3 100644
--- a/beets/util/artresizer.py
+++ b/beets/util/artresizer.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
 from six.moves.urllib.parse import urlencode
 from beets import logging
 from beets import util
+from beets import ui
 import six
 
 # Resizing methods
@@ -32,7 +33,10 @@ PIL = 1
 IMAGEMAGICK = 2
 WEBPROXY = 3
 
-PROXY_URL = 'http://images.weserv.nl/'
+if ui.SNI_SUPPORTED >= (2, 7, 9):
+    PROXY_URL = 'https://images.weserv.nl/'
+else:
+    PROXY_URL = 'http://images.weserv.nl/'
 
 log = logging.getLogger('beets')