diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/Log4J2LoggingSystem.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/Log4J2LoggingSystem.java
index 38c19b4689..2dc0600417 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/Log4J2LoggingSystem.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/Log4J2LoggingSystem.java
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 package org.springframework.boot.logging.log4j2;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.net.URLConnection;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.ConfigurationSource;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.LoggerConfig;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.composite.CompositeConfiguration;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.filter.AbstractFilter;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.net.UrlConnectionFactory;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.net.ssl.SslConfiguration;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.net.ssl.SslConfigurationFactory;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.util.AuthorizationProvider;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.util.NameUtil;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.jul.Log4jBridgeHandler;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.message.Message;
@@ -300,11 +304,16 @@ public class Log4J2LoggingSystem extends AbstractLoggingSystem {
 	}
 
 	private ConfigurationSource getConfigurationSource(URL url) throws IOException {
-		InputStream stream = url.openStream();
 		if (FILE_PROTOCOL.equals(url.getProtocol())) {
-			return new ConfigurationSource(stream, ResourceUtils.getFile(url));
-		}
-		return new ConfigurationSource(stream, url);
+			return new ConfigurationSource(url.openStream(), ResourceUtils.getFile(url));
+		}
+		AuthorizationProvider authorizationProvider = ConfigurationFactory
+				.authorizationProvider(PropertiesUtil.getProperties());
+		SslConfiguration sslConfiguration = url.getProtocol().equals("https")
+				? SslConfigurationFactory.getSslConfiguration() : null;
+		URLConnection connection = UrlConnectionFactory.createConnection(url, 0, sslConfiguration,
+				authorizationProvider);
+		return new ConfigurationSource(connection.getInputStream(), url, connection.getLastModified());
 	}
 
 	private CompositeConfiguration createComposite(List<Configuration> configurations) {
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/Log4J2LoggingSystemTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/Log4J2LoggingSystemTests.java
index 8d0955e54f..e8f5fbe5ea 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/Log4J2LoggingSystemTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/Log4J2LoggingSystemTests.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package org.springframework.boot.logging.log4j2;
 import java.beans.PropertyChangeEvent;
 import java.beans.PropertyChangeListener;
 import java.io.File;
+import java.net.ProtocolException;
 import java.util.EnumSet;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -470,6 +471,15 @@ class Log4J2LoggingSystemTests extends AbstractLoggingSystemTests {
 		assertThat(properties.getStringProperty("spring")).isEqualTo("boot");
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void nonFileUrlsAreResolvedUsingLog4J2UrlConnectionFactory() {
+		this.loggingSystem.beforeInitialize();
+		assertThatIllegalStateException()
+				.isThrownBy(() -> this.loggingSystem.initialize(this.initializationContext,
+						"http://localhost:8080/shouldnotwork", null))
+				.havingCause().isInstanceOf(ProtocolException.class).withMessageContaining("http has not been enabled");
+	}
+
 	private String getRelativeClasspathLocation(String fileName) {
 		String defaultPath = ClassUtils.getPackageName(getClass());
 		defaultPath = defaultPath.replace('.', '/');