diff --git a/system/core/Config.php b/system/core/Config.php
index 109ee64..a0e830a 100644
--- a/system/core/Config.php
+++ b/system/core/Config.php
@@ -228,13 +228,21 @@
 	 * @uses	CI_Config::_uri_string()
 	 *
 	 * @param	string|string[]	$uri	URI string or an array of segments
+	 * @param	string	$protocol
 	 * @return	string
 	 */
-	public function site_url($uri = '')
+	public function site_url($uri = '', $protocol = NULL)
 	{
+		$base_url = $this->slash_item('base_url');
+
+		if (isset($protocol))
+		{
+			$base_url = $protocol.substr($base_url, strpos($base_url, '://'));
+		}
+
 		if (empty($uri))
 		{
-			return $this->slash_item('base_url').$this->item('index_page');
+			return $base_url.$this->item('index_page');
 		}
 
 		$uri = $this->_uri_string($uri);
@@ -255,14 +263,14 @@
 				}
 			}
 
-			return $this->slash_item('base_url').$this->slash_item('index_page').$uri;
+			return $base_url.$this->slash_item('index_page').$uri;
 		}
 		elseif (strpos($uri, '?') === FALSE)
 		{
 			$uri = '?'.$uri;
 		}
 
-		return $this->slash_item('base_url').$this->item('index_page').$uri;
+		return $base_url.$this->item('index_page').$uri;
 	}
 
 	// -------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -275,11 +283,19 @@
 	 * @uses	CI_Config::_uri_string()
 	 *
 	 * @param	string|string[]	$uri	URI string or an array of segments
+	 * @param	string	$protocol
 	 * @return	string
 	 */
-	public function base_url($uri = '')
+	public function base_url($uri = '', $protocol = NULL)
 	{
-		return $this->slash_item('base_url').ltrim($this->_uri_string($uri), '/');
+		$base_url = $this->slash_item('base_url');
+
+		if (isset($protocol))
+		{
+			$base_url = $protocol.substr($base_url, strpos($base_url, '://'));
+		}
+
+		return $base_url.ltrim($this->_uri_string($uri), '/');
 	}
 
 	// -------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/system/helpers/url_helper.php b/system/helpers/url_helper.php
index fbb4a1b..b0f4368 100644
--- a/system/helpers/url_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/url_helper.php
@@ -52,14 +52,7 @@
 	 */
 	function site_url($uri = '', $protocol = NULL)
 	{
-		$uri = get_instance()->config->site_url($uri);
-
-		if (isset($protocol))
-		{
-			return $protocol.substr($uri, strpos($uri, '://'));
-		}
-
-		return $uri;
+		return get_instance()->config->site_url($uri, $protocol);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -80,14 +73,7 @@
 	 */
 	function base_url($uri = '', $protocol = NULL)
 	{
-		$uri = get_instance()->config->base_url($uri);
-
-		if (isset($protocol))
-		{
-			return $protocol.substr($uri, strpos($uri, '://'));
-		}
-
-		return $uri;
+		return get_instance()->config->base_url($uri, $protocol);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
index ecd0eb5..8f11bcc 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
@@ -419,6 +419,7 @@
       -  Changed ``site_url()`` method  to accept an array as well.
       -  Removed internal method ``_assign_to_config()`` and moved its implementation to *CodeIgniter.php* instead.
       -  ``item()`` now returns NULL instead of FALSE when the required config item doesn't exist.
+      -  Added an optional second parameter to both ``base_url()`` and ``site_url()`` that allows enforcing of a protocol different than the one in the *base_url* configuration setting.
 
    -  :doc:`Security Library <libraries/security>` changes include: