diff --git a/trunk/src/app/srs_app_config.cpp b/trunk/src/app/srs_app_config.cpp
index bd30033cb7..2179ff140b 100644
--- a/trunk/src/app/srs_app_config.cpp
+++ b/trunk/src/app/srs_app_config.cpp
@@ -2695,7 +2695,7 @@ srs_error_t SrsConfig::check_normal_config()
             } else if (n == "forward") {
                 for (int j = 0; j < (int)conf->directives.size(); j++) {
                     string m = conf->at(j)->name;
-                    if (m != "enabled" && m != "destination" && m != "backend") {
+                    if (m != "enabled" && m != "destination" && m != "backend" && m != "rtmps") {
                         return srs_error_new(ERROR_SYSTEM_CONFIG_INVALID, "illegal vhost.forward.%s of %s", m.c_str(), vhost->arg0().c_str());
                     }
                 }
@@ -5595,6 +5595,26 @@ SrsConfDirective* SrsConfig::get_forward_backend(string vhost)
     return conf->get("backend");
 }
 
+bool SrsConfig::get_forward_rtmps(string vhost)
+{
+    SrsConfDirective* conf = get_vhost(vhost);
+    if (!conf) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    
+    conf = conf->get("forward");
+    if (!conf) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    conf = conf->get("rtmps");
+    if (!conf) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    
+    return SRS_CONF_PERFER_FALSE(conf->arg0());
+}
+
 SrsConfDirective* SrsConfig::get_vhost_http_hooks(string vhost)
 {
     SrsConfDirective* conf = get_vhost(vhost);
diff --git a/trunk/src/app/srs_app_config.hpp b/trunk/src/app/srs_app_config.hpp
index 13f341e8b6..4a83460bc6 100644
--- a/trunk/src/app/srs_app_config.hpp
+++ b/trunk/src/app/srs_app_config.hpp
@@ -666,6 +666,8 @@ class SrsConfig
     virtual SrsConfDirective* get_forwards(std::string vhost);
     // Get the forward directive of backend.
     virtual SrsConfDirective* get_forward_backend(std::string vhost);
+    // Get forward rtmps enabled.
+    virtual bool get_forward_rtmps(std::string vhost);
 
 public:
     // Whether the srt sevice enabled
diff --git a/trunk/src/app/srs_app_forward.cpp b/trunk/src/app/srs_app_forward.cpp
index d64b02eae0..7fcaa354ca 100755
--- a/trunk/src/app/srs_app_forward.cpp
+++ b/trunk/src/app/srs_app_forward.cpp
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ SrsForwarder::SrsForwarder(SrsOriginHub* h)
     
     req = NULL;
     sh_video = sh_audio = NULL;
+    rtmps_ = false;
     
     sdk = NULL;
     trd = new SrsDummyCoroutine();
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ SrsForwarder::~SrsForwarder()
     srs_freep(req);
 }
 
-srs_error_t SrsForwarder::initialize(SrsRequest* r, string ep)
+srs_error_t SrsForwarder::initialize(SrsRequest* r, string ep, bool rtmps)
 {
     srs_error_t err = srs_success;
     
@@ -67,6 +68,8 @@ srs_error_t SrsForwarder::initialize(SrsRequest* r, string ep)
     // the ep(endpoint) to forward to
     ep_forward = ep;
 
+    rtmps_ = rtmps;
+
     // Remember the source context id.
     source_cid_ = _srs_context->get_id();
     
@@ -208,13 +211,13 @@ srs_error_t SrsForwarder::do_cycle()
         srs_parse_hostport(ep_forward, server, port);
         
         // generate url
-        url = srs_generate_rtmp_url(server, port, req->host, req->vhost, req->app, req->stream, req->param);
+        url = srs_generate_rtmp_url(server, port, req->host, req->vhost, req->app, req->stream, req->param, rtmps_);
     }
     
     srs_freep(sdk);
     srs_utime_t cto = SRS_FORWARDER_CIMS;
     srs_utime_t sto = SRS_CONSTS_RTMP_TIMEOUT;
-    sdk = new SrsSimpleRtmpClient(url, cto, sto);
+    sdk = new SrsSimpleRtmpClient(url, cto, sto, rtmps_);
     
     if ((err = sdk->connect()) != srs_success) {
         return srs_error_wrap(err, "sdk connect url=%s, cto=%dms, sto=%dms.", url.c_str(), srsu2msi(cto), srsu2msi(sto));
diff --git a/trunk/src/app/srs_app_forward.hpp b/trunk/src/app/srs_app_forward.hpp
index 15f25de5b8..c55234b322 100644
--- a/trunk/src/app/srs_app_forward.hpp
+++ b/trunk/src/app/srs_app_forward.hpp
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ class SrsForwarder : public ISrsCoroutineHandler
     // The ep to forward, server[:port].
     std::string ep_forward;
     SrsRequest* req;
+    bool rtmps_;
 private:
     // The source or stream context id to bind to.
     SrsContextId source_cid_;
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ class SrsForwarder : public ISrsCoroutineHandler
     SrsForwarder(SrsOriginHub* h);
     virtual ~SrsForwarder();
 public:
-    virtual srs_error_t initialize(SrsRequest* r, std::string ep);
+    virtual srs_error_t initialize(SrsRequest* r, std::string ep, bool rtmps);
     virtual void set_queue_size(srs_utime_t queue_size);
 public:
     virtual srs_error_t on_publish();
diff --git a/trunk/src/app/srs_app_rtmp_conn.cpp b/trunk/src/app/srs_app_rtmp_conn.cpp
index 919bb39d01..119a0ba913 100644
--- a/trunk/src/app/srs_app_rtmp_conn.cpp
+++ b/trunk/src/app/srs_app_rtmp_conn.cpp
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ using namespace std;
 // when edge timeout, retry next.
 #define SRS_EDGE_TOKEN_TRAVERSE_TIMEOUT (3 * SRS_UTIME_SECONDS)
 
-SrsSimpleRtmpClient::SrsSimpleRtmpClient(string u, srs_utime_t ctm, srs_utime_t stm) : SrsBasicRtmpClient(u, ctm, stm)
+SrsSimpleRtmpClient::SrsSimpleRtmpClient(string u, srs_utime_t ctm, srs_utime_t stm, bool rtmps) 
+    : SrsBasicRtmpClient(u, ctm, stm, rtmps)
 {
 }
 
@@ -195,11 +196,11 @@ srs_error_t SrsRtmpConn::do_cycle()
 #endif
 
 #ifdef SRS_APM
-    srs_trace("RTMP client ip=%s:%d, fd=%d, trace=%s, span=%s", ip.c_str(), port, srs_netfd_fileno(stfd),
+    srs_trace("%s client ip=%s:%d, fd=%d, trace=%s, span=%s", ip.c_str(), (rtmps_ ? "RTMPS" : "RTMP"), port, srs_netfd_fileno(stfd),
         span_main_->format_trace_id(), span_main_->format_span_id()
     );
 #else
-    srs_trace("RTMP client ip=%s:%d, fd=%d", ip.c_str(), port, srs_netfd_fileno(stfd));
+    srs_trace("%s client ip=%s:%d, fd=%d", (rtmps_ ? "RTMPS" : "RTMP"), ip.c_str(), port, srs_netfd_fileno(stfd));
 #endif
 
     if (rtmps_) {
diff --git a/trunk/src/app/srs_app_rtmp_conn.hpp b/trunk/src/app/srs_app_rtmp_conn.hpp
index 24d4e75036..84599f2992 100644
--- a/trunk/src/app/srs_app_rtmp_conn.hpp
+++ b/trunk/src/app/srs_app_rtmp_conn.hpp
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class SrsSslConnection;
 class SrsSimpleRtmpClient : public SrsBasicRtmpClient
 {
 public:
-    SrsSimpleRtmpClient(std::string u, srs_utime_t ctm, srs_utime_t stm);
+    SrsSimpleRtmpClient(std::string u, srs_utime_t ctm, srs_utime_t stm, bool rtmps = false);
     virtual ~SrsSimpleRtmpClient();
 protected:
     virtual srs_error_t connect_app();
diff --git a/trunk/src/app/srs_app_source.cpp b/trunk/src/app/srs_app_source.cpp
index 96c0cd82b4..49f3ad57f2 100755
--- a/trunk/src/app/srs_app_source.cpp
+++ b/trunk/src/app/srs_app_source.cpp
@@ -1467,6 +1467,8 @@ srs_error_t SrsOriginHub::create_forwarders()
         return err;
     }
 
+    bool rtmps = _srs_config->get_forward_rtmps(req_->vhost);
+
     // For destanition config
     SrsConfDirective* conf = _srs_config->get_forwards(req_->vhost);
     for (int i = 0; conf && i < (int)conf->args.size(); i++) {
@@ -1476,7 +1478,7 @@ srs_error_t SrsOriginHub::create_forwarders()
         forwarders.push_back(forwarder);
         
         // initialize the forwarder with request.
-        if ((err = forwarder->initialize(req_, forward_server)) != srs_success) {
+        if ((err = forwarder->initialize(req_, forward_server, rtmps)) != srs_success) {
             return srs_error_wrap(err, "init forwarder");
         }
 
@@ -1499,6 +1501,8 @@ srs_error_t SrsOriginHub::create_backend_forwarders(bool& applied)
     // default not configure backend service
     applied = false;
 
+    bool rtmps = _srs_config->get_forward_rtmps(req_->vhost);
+
     SrsConfDirective* conf = _srs_config->get_forward_backend(req_->vhost);
     if (!conf || conf->arg0().empty()) {
         return err;
@@ -1535,7 +1539,7 @@ srs_error_t SrsOriginHub::create_backend_forwarders(bool& applied)
         forward_server << req->host << ":" << req->port;
 
         // initialize the forwarder with request.
-        if ((err = forwarder->initialize(req, forward_server.str())) != srs_success) {
+        if ((err = forwarder->initialize(req, forward_server.str(), rtmps)) != srs_success) {
             return srs_error_wrap(err, "init backend forwarder failed, forward-to=%s", forward_server.str().c_str());
         }
 
diff --git a/trunk/src/protocol/srs_protocol_rtmp_conn.cpp b/trunk/src/protocol/srs_protocol_rtmp_conn.cpp
index ccaad1ef47..5be371174c 100644
--- a/trunk/src/protocol/srs_protocol_rtmp_conn.cpp
+++ b/trunk/src/protocol/srs_protocol_rtmp_conn.cpp
@@ -17,13 +17,14 @@ using namespace std;
 #include <srs_protocol_utility.hpp>
 #include <srs_protocol_http_client.hpp>
 
-SrsBasicRtmpClient::SrsBasicRtmpClient(string r, srs_utime_t ctm, srs_utime_t stm)
+SrsBasicRtmpClient::SrsBasicRtmpClient(string r, srs_utime_t ctm, srs_utime_t stm, bool rtmps)
 {
     kbps = new SrsNetworkKbps();
 
     url = r;
     connect_timeout = ctm;
     stream_timeout = stm;
+    rtmps_ = rtmps;
     
     req = new SrsRequest();
     srs_parse_rtmp_url(url, req->tcUrl, req->stream);
@@ -58,8 +59,9 @@ srs_error_t SrsBasicRtmpClient::connect()
     close();
     
     transport = new SrsTcpClient(req->host, req->port, srs_utime_t(connect_timeout));
-    // if (req->schema == "rtmps")
+    if (rtmps_) {
         ssl_transport_ = new SrsSslClient(transport);
+    }
 
     client = new SrsRtmpClient(get_transport());
     kbps->set_io(get_transport(), get_transport());
diff --git a/trunk/src/protocol/srs_protocol_rtmp_conn.hpp b/trunk/src/protocol/srs_protocol_rtmp_conn.hpp
index 617d98c0e3..dc2db1270a 100644
--- a/trunk/src/protocol/srs_protocol_rtmp_conn.hpp
+++ b/trunk/src/protocol/srs_protocol_rtmp_conn.hpp
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ class SrsBasicRtmpClient
     std::string url;
     srs_utime_t connect_timeout;
     srs_utime_t stream_timeout;
+    bool rtmps_;
 protected:
     SrsRequest* req;
 private:
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ class SrsBasicRtmpClient
     // @param r The RTMP url, for example, rtmp://ip:port/app/stream?domain=vhost
     // @param ctm The timeout in srs_utime_t to connect to server.
     // @param stm The timeout in srs_utime_t to delivery A/V stream.
-    SrsBasicRtmpClient(std::string r, srs_utime_t ctm, srs_utime_t stm);
+    SrsBasicRtmpClient(std::string r, srs_utime_t ctm, srs_utime_t stm, bool rtmps = false);
     virtual ~SrsBasicRtmpClient();
 public:
     // Get extra args to carry more information.
diff --git a/trunk/src/protocol/srs_protocol_utility.cpp b/trunk/src/protocol/srs_protocol_utility.cpp
index 8a004ab6b5..e6dca59f9d 100644
--- a/trunk/src/protocol/srs_protocol_utility.cpp
+++ b/trunk/src/protocol/srs_protocol_utility.cpp
@@ -351,9 +351,10 @@ void srs_parse_rtmp_url(string url, string& tcUrl, string& stream)
     }
 }
 
-string srs_generate_rtmp_url(string server, int port, string host, string vhost, string app, string stream, string param)
+string srs_generate_rtmp_url(string server, int port, string host, string vhost, string app, string stream, string param, bool rtmps)
 {
-    string tcUrl = "rtmp://" + server + ":" + srs_int2str(port) + "/"  + app;
+    string schema = rtmps ? "rtmps" : "rtmp";
+    string tcUrl = schema + "://" + server + ":" + srs_int2str(port) + "/"  + app;
     string streamWithQuery = srs_generate_stream_with_query(host, vhost, stream, param);
     string url = tcUrl + "/" + streamWithQuery;
     return url;
diff --git a/trunk/src/protocol/srs_protocol_utility.hpp b/trunk/src/protocol/srs_protocol_utility.hpp
index 2b866ba3e6..d1656f71e3 100644
--- a/trunk/src/protocol/srs_protocol_utility.hpp
+++ b/trunk/src/protocol/srs_protocol_utility.hpp
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ extern void srs_parse_rtmp_url(std::string url, std::string& tcUrl, std::string&
 
 // Genereate the rtmp url, for instance, rtmp://server:port/app/stream?param
 // @remark We always put vhost in param, in the query of url.
-extern std::string srs_generate_rtmp_url(std::string server, int port, std::string host, std::string vhost, std::string app, std::string stream, std::string param);
+extern std::string srs_generate_rtmp_url(std::string server, int port, std::string host, std::string vhost, std::string app, std::string stream, std::string param, bool rtmps = false);
 
 // write large numbers of iovs.
 extern srs_error_t srs_write_large_iovs(ISrsProtocolReadWriter* skt, iovec* iovs, int size, ssize_t* pnwrite = NULL);