diff --git a/searx/engines/gigablast.py b/searx/engines/gigablast.py
index b852de9b..04513cc9 100644
--- a/searx/engines/gigablast.py
+++ b/searx/engines/gigablast.py
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ def response(resp):
     # parse results
     for result in dom.xpath(results_xpath):
         url = result.xpath(url_xpath)[0].text
+        if not url.startswith('http://') and not url.startswith('https://'):
+            url = 'http://' + url
         title = result.xpath(title_xpath)[0].text
         content = escape(result.xpath(content_xpath)[0].text)