diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api
index 5dcc87f208e..5b86b8e4c16 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api
@@ -2248,7 +2248,7 @@ public abstract interface class com/facebook/react/devsupport/HMRClient : com/fa
 	public abstract fun disable ()V
 	public abstract fun enable ()V
 	public abstract fun registerBundle (Ljava/lang/String;)V
-	public abstract fun setup (Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;IZ)V
+	public abstract fun setup (Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;IZLjava/lang/String;)V
 }
 
 public final class com/facebook/react/devsupport/InspectorFlags {
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/devsupport/DevSupportManagerBase.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/devsupport/DevSupportManagerBase.java
index cc211ab0081..d6541fdcf24 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/devsupport/DevSupportManagerBase.java
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/devsupport/DevSupportManagerBase.java
@@ -696,10 +696,12 @@ public abstract class DevSupportManagerBase implements DevSupportManager {
         URL sourceUrl = new URL(getSourceUrl());
         String path = sourceUrl.getPath().substring(1); // strip initial slash in path
         String host = sourceUrl.getHost();
+        String scheme = sourceUrl.getProtocol();
         int port = sourceUrl.getPort() != -1 ? sourceUrl.getPort() : sourceUrl.getDefaultPort();
         mCurrentContext
             .getJSModule(HMRClient.class)
-            .setup("android", path, host, port, mDevSettings.isHotModuleReplacementEnabled());
+            .setup(
+                "android", path, host, port, mDevSettings.isHotModuleReplacementEnabled(), scheme);
       } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
         showNewJavaError(e.getMessage(), e);
       }
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/devsupport/HMRClient.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/devsupport/HMRClient.java
index 7807ef44901..143d9cd168a 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/devsupport/HMRClient.java
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/devsupport/HMRClient.java
@@ -26,8 +26,11 @@ public interface HMRClient extends JavaScriptModule {
    * @param host The host that the HMRClient should communicate with.
    * @param port The port that the HMRClient should communicate with on the host.
    * @param isEnabled Whether HMR is enabled initially.
+   * @param scheme The protocol that the HMRClient should communicate with on the host (defaults to
+   *     http).
    */
-  void setup(String platform, String bundleEntry, String host, int port, boolean isEnabled);
+  void setup(
+      String platform, String bundleEntry, String host, int port, boolean isEnabled, String scheme);
 
   /** Registers an additional JS bundle with HMRClient. */
   void registerBundle(String bundleUrl);