diff --git a/tools/python/xen/xend/XendClient.py b/tools/python/xen/xend/XendClient.py
index 4461304cda..920f4fa184 100644
--- a/tools/python/xen/xend/XendClient.py
+++ b/tools/python/xen/xend/XendClient.py
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ class Xend:
 def getHttpServer(srv=None):
     """Create and return a xend client.
     """
-    return Xend(srv=srv, client=XendClientProtocol())
+    return Xend(srv=srv, client=HttpXendClientProtocol())
 
 def getUnixServer(srv=None):
     """Create and return a unix-domain xend client.