diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.http.apache/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/org.eclipse.jgit.http.apache/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 07f364c53..8058f309f 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.http.apache/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.http.apache/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.7
 Bundle-Localization: plugin
 Bundle-Vendor: %Provider-Name
 Bundle-ActivationPolicy: lazy
-Import-Package: org.apache.http;version="[4.1.0,5.0.0)",
+Import-Package: org.apache.commons.logging;version="[1.1.1,2.0.0)",
+ org.apache.http;version="[4.1.0,5.0.0)",
  org.apache.http.client;version="[4.1.0,5.0.0)",
  org.apache.http.client.methods;version="[4.1.0,5.0.0)",
  org.apache.http.client.params;version="[4.1.0,5.0.0)",
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 567fd0575..bd09e4e74 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ Bundle-Vendor: %provider_name
 Bundle-ActivationPolicy: lazy
 Bundle-Localization: plugin
 Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.7
-Import-Package: org.apache.commons.compress.archivers;version="[1.3,2.0)",
+Import-Package: org.apache.commons.codec.binary;version="[1.6.0,2.0.0)",
+ org.apache.commons.compress.archivers;version="[1.3,2.0)",
  org.apache.commons.compress.archivers.tar;version="[1.3,2.0)",
  org.apache.commons.compress.archivers.zip;version="[1.3,2.0)",
  org.eclipse.jgit.api;version="[4.2.0,4.3.0)",
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ Import-Package: org.apache.commons.compress.archivers;version="[1.3,2.0)",
  org.eclipse.jgit.storage.file;version="[4.2.0,4.3.0)",
  org.eclipse.jgit.storage.pack;version="[4.2.0,4.3.0)",
  org.eclipse.jgit.transport;version="[4.2.0,4.3.0)",
+ org.eclipse.jgit.transport.http.apache;version="[4.2.0,4.3.0)",
  org.eclipse.jgit.transport.resolver;version="[4.2.0,4.3.0)",
  org.eclipse.jgit.treewalk;version="[4.2.0,4.3.0)",
  org.eclipse.jgit.treewalk.filter;version="[4.2.0,4.3.0)",
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/pom.xml b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/pom.xml
index ca2ead292..264249132 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/pom.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/pom.xml
@@ -94,6 +94,17 @@
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.eclipse.jgit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>org.eclipse.jgit.http.apache</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
+      <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/Main.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/Main.java
index ceb0d6b2f..9c72b4aad 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/Main.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/Main.java
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@
 import org.eclipse.jgit.pgm.internal.CLIText;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.pgm.opt.CmdLineParser;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.pgm.opt.SubcommandHandler;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.HttpTransport;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.http.apache.HttpClientConnectionFactory;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.util.CachedAuthenticator;
 import org.kohsuke.args4j.Argument;
 import org.kohsuke.args4j.CmdLineException;
@@ -95,6 +97,7 @@ public class Main {
 	 *            arguments.
 	 */
 	public static void main(final String[] argv) {
+		HttpTransport.setConnectionFactory(new HttpClientConnectionFactory());
 		new Main().run(argv);
 	}
 
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/TransportCommand.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/TransportCommand.java
index 1aeb6109e..3d2e46b26 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/TransportCommand.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/TransportCommand.java
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ public abstract class TransportCommand<C extends GitCommand, T> extends
 	 */
 	protected TransportCommand(final Repository repo) {
 		super(repo);
+		setCredentialsProvider(CredentialsProvider.getDefault());
 	}
 
 	/**