diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/create.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/create.go
index e3340bcf228..5c00d69acd3 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/create.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/create.go
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ func (o *CreateOptions) ValidateArgs(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		if len(o.FilenameOptions.Filenames) != 1 {
 			return cmdutil.UsageErrorf(cmd, "--raw can only use a single local file or stdin")
 		}
-		if strings.HasPrefix(o.FilenameOptions.Filenames[0], "http") {
+		if strings.Index(o.FilenameOptions.Filenames[0], "http://") == 0 || strings.Index(o.FilenameOptions.Filenames[0], "https://") == 0 {
 			return cmdutil.UsageErrorf(cmd, "--raw cannot read from a url")
 		}
 		if o.FilenameOptions.Recursive {