diff --git a/modules/utilities/unix/web_browsers/iceweasel/templates/user.js.erb b/modules/utilities/unix/web_browsers/iceweasel/templates/user.js.erb
index 2262dd5a1..5569fa7f1 100644
--- a/modules/utilities/unix/web_browsers/iceweasel/templates/user.js.erb
+++ b/modules/utilities/unix/web_browsers/iceweasel/templates/user.js.erb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-user_pref("browser.startup.homepage", "<%=@start_pages.join('|')-%>");
+user_pref("browser.startup.homepage", "<%=@start_pages.map { |k| k.start_with?("http") ? k : "http://#{k}" }.join('|')-%>");
 user_pref("browser.startup.homepage_override.buildID", "20170816210634");
 user_pref("browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone", "55.0.2");
 <% if @disable_proxy -%>