diff --git a/r2/r2/controllers/mediaembed.py b/r2/r2/controllers/mediaembed.py
index 24ea5d35c..bb1138450 100644
--- a/r2/r2/controllers/mediaembed.py
+++ b/r2/r2/controllers/mediaembed.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 # Inc. All Rights Reserved.
 ###############################################################################
 
-from pylons import request, g
+from pylons import request, g, c
 from pylons.controllers.util import abort
 
 from r2.controllers.reddit_base import MinimalController
@@ -37,11 +37,16 @@ class MediaembedController(MinimalController):
             # specifically untrusted domain
             abort(404)
 
-        if not link or not link.media_object:
+        if not c.secure:
+            media_object = link.media_object
+        else:
+            media_object = link.secure_media_object
+
+        if not media_object:
             abort(404)
-        elif isinstance(link.media_object, dict):
+        elif isinstance(media_object, dict):
             # otherwise it's the new style, which is a dict(type=type, **args)
-            media_embed = get_media_embed(link.media_object)
+            media_embed = get_media_embed(media_object)
             content = media_embed.content
 
         return MediaEmbedBody(body = content).render()
diff --git a/r2/r2/lib/pages/pages.py b/r2/r2/lib/pages/pages.py
index d38868fd8..0877c57c6 100755
--- a/r2/r2/lib/pages/pages.py
+++ b/r2/r2/lib/pages/pages.py
@@ -3509,13 +3509,18 @@ def make_link_child(item):
     editable = False
 
     # if the item has a media_object, try to make a MediaEmbed for rendering
-    if item.media_object:
+    if not c.secure:
+        media_object = item.media_object
+    else:
+        media_object = item.secure_media_object
+
+    if media_object:
         media_embed = None
-        if isinstance(item.media_object, basestring):
-            media_embed = item.media_object
+        if isinstance(media_object, basestring):
+            media_embed = media_object
         else:
             try:
-                media_embed = media.get_media_embed(item.media_object)
+                media_embed = media.get_media_embed(media_object)
             except TypeError:
                 g.log.warning("link %s has a bad media object" % item)
                 media_embed = None
diff --git a/r2/r2/templates/mediaembed.html b/r2/r2/templates/mediaembed.html
index 205fe00b2..17553bc13 100644
--- a/r2/r2/templates/mediaembed.html
+++ b/r2/r2/templates/mediaembed.html
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 <%!
   from r2.lib.utils import randstr
 %>
-<iframe src="http://${thing.media_domain}/mediaembed/${thing.id36}"
+<iframe src="//${thing.media_domain}/mediaembed/${thing.id36}"
         id="media-embed-${thing.id36}-${randstr(3)}" class="media-embed"
         width="${thing.width}" height="${thing.height}" border="0"
         frameBorder="0" scrolling="${'auto' if thing.scrolling else 'no'}"