diff --git a/scripts/lib/recipetool/create.py b/scripts/lib/recipetool/create.py
index 7b4c501456b..c4b99619f5e 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/recipetool/create.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/recipetool/create.py
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ def supports_srcrev(uri):
 def reformat_git_uri(uri):
     '''Convert any http[s]://....git URI into git://...;protocol=http[s]'''
     checkuri = uri.split(';', 1)[0]
-    if checkuri.endswith('.git') or '/git/' in checkuri or re.match('https?://git(hub|lab).com/[^/]+/[^/]+/?$', checkuri):
+    if checkuri.endswith('.git') or '/git/' in checkuri or re.match('https?://git(hub|lab).com/[^/]+/[^/]+/?$', checkuri) or re.match(r'https?://git\..*', checkuri):
         # Appends scheme if the scheme is missing
         if not '://' in uri:
             uri = 'git://' + uri