diff --git a/pyhive/hive.py b/pyhive/hive.py
index a8635bac..66569406 100644
--- a/pyhive/hive.py
+++ b/pyhive/hive.py
@@ -8,9 +8,12 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
+import base64
 import datetime
 import re
 from decimal import Decimal
+from ssl import CERT_NONE, CERT_OPTIONAL, CERT_REQUIRED, create_default_context
+
 
 from TCLIService import TCLIService
 from TCLIService import constants
@@ -25,6 +28,7 @@
 import getpass
 import logging
 import sys
+import thrift.transport.THttpClient
 import thrift.protocol.TBinaryProtocol
 import thrift.transport.TSocket
 import thrift.transport.TTransport
@@ -38,6 +42,12 @@
 
 _TIMESTAMP_PATTERN = re.compile(r'(\d+-\d+-\d+ \d+:\d+:\d+(\.\d{,6})?)')
 
+ssl_cert_parameter_map = {
+    "none": CERT_NONE,
+    "optional": CERT_OPTIONAL,
+    "required": CERT_REQUIRED,
+}
+
 
 def _parse_timestamp(value):
     if value:
@@ -97,9 +107,21 @@ def connect(*args, **kwargs):
 class Connection(object):
     """Wraps a Thrift session"""
 
-    def __init__(self, host=None, port=None, username=None, database='default', auth=None,
-                 configuration=None, kerberos_service_name=None, password=None,
-                 thrift_transport=None):
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        host=None,
+        port=None,
+        scheme=None,
+        username=None,
+        database='default',
+        auth=None,
+        configuration=None,
+        kerberos_service_name=None,
+        password=None,
+        check_hostname=None,
+        ssl_cert=None,
+        thrift_transport=None
+    ):
         """Connect to HiveServer2
 
         :param host: What host HiveServer2 runs on
@@ -116,6 +138,32 @@ def __init__(self, host=None, port=None, username=None, database='default', auth
         https://github.com/cloudera/impyla/blob/255b07ed973d47a3395214ed92d35ec0615ebf62
         /impala/_thrift_api.py#L152-L160
         """
+        if scheme in ("https", "http") and thrift_transport is None:
+            ssl_context = None
+            if scheme == "https":
+                ssl_context = create_default_context()
+                ssl_context.check_hostname = check_hostname == "true"
+                ssl_cert = ssl_cert or "none"
+                ssl_context.verify_mode = ssl_cert_parameter_map.get(ssl_cert, CERT_NONE)
+            thrift_transport = thrift.transport.THttpClient.THttpClient(
+                uri_or_host=f"{scheme}://{host}:{port}/cliservice/",
+                ssl_context=ssl_context,
+            )
+
+            if auth in ("BASIC", "NOSASL", "NONE", None):
+                # Always needs the Authorization header
+                self._set_authorization_header(thrift_transport, username, password)
+            elif auth == "KERBEROS" and kerberos_service_name:
+                self._set_kerberos_header(thrift_transport, kerberos_service_name, host)
+            else:
+                raise ValueError(
+                    "Authentication is not valid use one of:"
+                    "BASIC, NOSASL, KERBEROS, NONE"
+                )
+            host, port, auth, kerberos_service_name, password = (
+                None, None, None, None, None
+            )
+
         username = username or getpass.getuser()
         configuration = configuration or {}
 
@@ -207,6 +255,31 @@ def sasl_factory():
             self._transport.close()
             raise
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def _set_authorization_header(transport, username=None, password=None):
+        username = username or "user"
+        password = password or "pass"
+        auth_credentials = f"{username}:{password}".encode("UTF-8")
+        auth_credentials_base64 = base64.standard_b64encode(auth_credentials).decode(
+            "UTF-8"
+        )
+        transport.setCustomHeaders(
+            {"Authorization": f"Basic {auth_credentials_base64}"}
+        )
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _set_kerberos_header(transport, kerberos_service_name, host) -> None:
+        import kerberos
+
+        __, krb_context = kerberos.authGSSClientInit(
+            service=f"{kerberos_service_name}@{host}"
+        )
+        kerberos.authGSSClientClean(krb_context, "")
+        kerberos.authGSSClientStep(krb_context, "")
+        auth_header = kerberos.authGSSClientResponse(krb_context)
+
+        transport.setCustomHeaders({"Authorization": f"Negotiate {auth_header}"})
+
     def __enter__(self):
         """Transport should already be opened by __init__"""
         return self
diff --git a/pyhive/sqlalchemy_hive.py b/pyhive/sqlalchemy_hive.py
index 59e0c0ee..2ef49652 100644
--- a/pyhive/sqlalchemy_hive.py
+++ b/pyhive/sqlalchemy_hive.py
@@ -374,3 +374,29 @@ def _check_unicode_returns(self, connection, additional_tests=None):
     def _check_unicode_description(self, connection):
         # We decode everything as UTF-8
         return True
+
+
+class HiveHTTPDialect(HiveDialect):
+
+    name = "hive"
+    scheme = "http"
+    driver = "rest"
+
+    def create_connect_args(self, url):
+        kwargs = {
+            "host": url.host,
+            "port": url.port or 10000,
+            "scheme": self.scheme,
+            "username": url.username or None,
+            "password": url.password or None,
+        }
+        if url.query:
+            kwargs.update(url.query)
+            return [], kwargs
+        return ([], kwargs)
+
+
+class HiveHTTPSDialect(HiveHTTPDialect):
+
+    name = "hive"
+    scheme = "https"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index df410dbc..ad34a38b 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ def run_tests(self):
     entry_points={
         'sqlalchemy.dialects': [
             'hive = pyhive.sqlalchemy_hive:HiveDialect',
+            "hive.http = pyhive.sqlalchemy_hive:HiveHTTPDialect",
+            "hive.https = pyhive.sqlalchemy_hive:HiveHTTPSDialect",
             'presto = pyhive.sqlalchemy_presto:PrestoDialect',
             'trino = pyhive.sqlalchemy_trino:TrinoDialect',
         ],