diff --git a/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/Hypergrid/GatekeeperServiceConnector.cs b/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/Hypergrid/GatekeeperServiceConnector.cs
index aad3bd220a..eef492d4b4 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/Hypergrid/GatekeeperServiceConnector.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/Hypergrid/GatekeeperServiceConnector.cs
@@ -73,13 +73,15 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.Hypergrid
             return "foreignobject/";
         }
 
-        public bool LinkRegion(GridRegion info, out UUID regionID, out ulong realHandle, out string externalName, out string imageURL, out string reason)
+        public bool LinkRegion(GridRegion info, out UUID regionID, out ulong realHandle, out string externalName, out string imageURL, out string reason, out int sizeX, out int sizeY)
         {
             regionID = UUID.Zero;
             imageURL = string.Empty;
             realHandle = 0;
             externalName = string.Empty;
             reason = string.Empty;
+            sizeX = (int)Constants.RegionSize;
+            sizeY = (int)Constants.RegionSize;
 
             Hashtable hash = new Hashtable();
             hash["region_name"] = info.RegionName;
@@ -134,8 +136,15 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.Hypergrid
                         externalName = (string)hash["external_name"];
                         //m_log.Debug(">> HERE, externalName: " + externalName);
                     }
+                    if (hash["size_x"] != null)
+                    {
+                        Int32.TryParse((string)hash["size_x"], out sizeX);
+                    }
+                    if (hash["size_y"] != null)
+                    {
+                        Int32.TryParse((string)hash["size_y"], out sizeY);
+                    }
                 }
-
             }
             catch (Exception e)
             {
diff --git a/OpenSim/Services/GridService/HypergridLinker.cs b/OpenSim/Services/GridService/HypergridLinker.cs
index 2af617a4f4..db33b1a486 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Services/GridService/HypergridLinker.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Services/GridService/HypergridLinker.cs
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.GridService
 
             mapName = mapName.Trim();
 
-            if (!mapName.StartsWith("http"))
+            if (!mapName.StartsWith("http") && !!mapName.StartsWith("https"))
             {
                 // Formats: grid.example.com:8002:region name
                 //          grid.example.com:region name
@@ -365,7 +365,9 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.GridService
             UUID regionID = UUID.Zero;
             string externalName = string.Empty;
             string imageURL = string.Empty;
-            if (!m_GatekeeperConnector.LinkRegion(regInfo, out regionID, out handle, out externalName, out imageURL, out reason))
+            int sizeX = (int)Constants.RegionSize;
+            int sizeY = (int)Constants.RegionSize;
+            if (!m_GatekeeperConnector.LinkRegion(regInfo, out regionID, out handle, out externalName, out imageURL, out reason, out sizeX, out sizeY))
                 return false;
 
             if (regionID == UUID.Zero)
@@ -397,6 +399,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.GridService
 //            }
 
             regInfo.RegionID = regionID;
+            regInfo.RegionSizeX = sizeX;
+            regInfo.RegionSizeY = sizeY;
 
             if (externalName == string.Empty)
                 regInfo.RegionName = regInfo.ServerURI;
diff --git a/OpenSim/Services/LLLoginService/LLLoginService.cs b/OpenSim/Services/LLLoginService/LLLoginService.cs
index 1ea17b502c..6d63959a2a 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Services/LLLoginService/LLLoginService.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Services/LLLoginService/LLLoginService.cs
@@ -785,7 +785,10 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.LLLoginService
             ulong handle;
             string imageURL = string.Empty, reason = string.Empty;
             string message;
-            if (m_GatekeeperConnector.LinkRegion(gatekeeper, out regionID, out handle, out domainName, out imageURL, out reason))
+            int sizeX = (int)Constants.RegionSize;
+            int sizeY = (int)Constants.RegionSize;
+
+            if (m_GatekeeperConnector.LinkRegion(gatekeeper, out regionID, out handle, out domainName, out imageURL, out reason, out sizeX, out sizeY))
             {
                 string homeURI = null;
                 if (account.ServiceURLs != null && account.ServiceURLs.ContainsKey("HomeURI"))