diff --git a/osism/commands/log.py b/osism/commands/log.py
index 49cd490e..4ec6d684 100644
--- a/osism/commands/log.py
+++ b/osism/commands/log.py
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ def take_action(self, parsed_args):
                 break
 
             result = requests.post(
-                f"https://{settings.OPENSEARCH_ADDRESS}:{settings.OPENSEARCH_PORT}/_plugins/_sql?format=json",
+                f"{settings.OPENSEARCH_PROTOCOL}://{settings.OPENSEARCH_ADDRESS}:{settings.OPENSEARCH_PORT}/_plugins/_sql?format=json",
                 data=json.dumps({"query": query}),
                 headers={"content-type": "application/json"},
                 verify=False,
diff --git a/osism/settings.py b/osism/settings.py
index e752fd0d..9cae6960 100644
--- a/osism/settings.py
+++ b/osism/settings.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ def read_secret(secret_name):
 
 
 OPENSEARCH_ADDRESS = os.getenv("OPENSEARCH_ADDRESS")
+OPENSEARCH_PROTOCOL = os.getenv("OPENSEARCH_PROTOCOL", "https")
 OPENSEARCH_PORT = os.getenv("OPENSEARCH_PORT")
 
 REDIS_HOST: str = os.getenv("REDIS_HOST", "redis")
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/opensearch-protocol-c222c86a24ac594c.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/opensearch-protocol-c222c86a24ac594c.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6c80ac2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/opensearch-protocol-c222c86a24ac594c.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    With the `OPENSEARCH_PROTOCOL` environment variable it is now possible
+    to configure the protocol (`http` or `https`) that should be used by
+    `osism log opensearch`.