diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index b956df0a5..d9b6a76eb 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -10,11 +10,16 @@
   been changed if no `tile_size` is specified for the target grid mapping. It now 
   defaults to the `tile_size` of the source grid mapping, improving the 
   user-friendliness of resampling and reprojection.
+* The `"https"` data store (`store = new_data_store("https", ...)`) now allows 
+  for lazily accessing NetCDF files.
+  Implementation note: For this to work, the `DatasetNetcdfFsDataAccessor` 
+  class has been adjusted.
 
 ### Fixes
 
 * The function `xcube.core.resample.resample_in_space()` now always operates
-   lazily and therefore supports chunk-wise, parallel processing. (#1079)
+   lazily and therefore supports chunk-wise, parallel processing. (#1
+
 
 ## Changes in 1.7.1
 
diff --git a/test/core/store/fs/impl/test_https_netcdf.py b/test/core/store/fs/impl/test_https_netcdf.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..45aa270b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/core/store/fs/impl/test_https_netcdf.py
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2018-2024 by xcube team and contributors
+# Permissions are hereby granted under the terms of the MIT License:
+# https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
+
+import unittest
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+import xarray as xr
+import numpy as np
+
+from xcube.core.store import new_data_store
+
+
+class HttpsNetcdfTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    """
+    This class tests the access of a NetCDF file from a remote HTTPS server.
+    """
+
+    @patch("xarray.open_dataset")
+    def test_open_netcdf_https(self, mock_open_dataset):
+        # set-up mock
+        mock_data = {
+            "temperature": (("time", "x", "y"), np.random.rand(5, 5, 5)),
+            "precipitation": (("time", "x", "y"), np.random.rand(5, 5, 5)),
+        }
+        mock_ds = xr.Dataset(mock_data)
+        mock_open_dataset.return_value = mock_ds
+
+        fs_path = "mockfile.nc"
+        store = new_data_store("https", root="root.de")
+        ds = store.open_data(fs_path)
+
+        mock_open_dataset.assert_called_once_with(
+            "https://root.de/mockfile.nc#mode=bytes", engine="netcdf4"
+        )
+        self.assertTrue("temperature" in ds)
+        self.assertTrue("precipitation" in ds)
+        self.assertEqual(ds["temperature"].shape, (5, 5, 5))
+        self.assertEqual(ds["precipitation"].shape, (5, 5, 5))
diff --git a/xcube/core/store/fs/impl/dataset.py b/xcube/core/store/fs/impl/dataset.py
index 85b90eaf5..51a2bc194 100644
--- a/xcube/core/store/fs/impl/dataset.py
+++ b/xcube/core/store/fs/impl/dataset.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 from xcube.util.assertions import assert_instance
 from xcube.util.assertions import assert_true
 from xcube.util.fspath import is_local_fs
+from xcube.util.fspath import is_https_fs
 from xcube.util.jsonencoder import to_json_value
 from xcube.util.jsonschema import JsonArraySchema
 from xcube.util.jsonschema import JsonBooleanSchema
@@ -230,9 +231,10 @@ def open_data(self, data_id: str, **open_params) -> xr.Dataset:
         # with fs.open(data_id, 'rb') as file:
         #     return xr.open_dataset(file, engine=engine, **open_params)
 
-        is_local = is_local_fs(fs)
-        if is_local:
+        if is_local_fs(fs):
             file_path = data_id
+        elif is_https_fs(fs):
+            file_path = f"{fs.protocol}://{data_id}#mode=bytes"
         else:
             _, file_path = new_temp_file(suffix=".nc")
             fs.get_file(data_id, file_path)
diff --git a/xcube/util/fspath.py b/xcube/util/fspath.py
index 9b0f44056..10dd480ae 100644
--- a/xcube/util/fspath.py
+++ b/xcube/util/fspath.py
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 # https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
 
 import pathlib
-from typing import Type
 from collections.abc import Iterator
 
 import fsspec
 from fsspec.implementations.local import LocalFileSystem
+from fsspec.implementations.http import HTTPFileSystem
 
 
 def is_local_fs(fs: fsspec.AbstractFileSystem) -> bool:
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ def is_local_fs(fs: fsspec.AbstractFileSystem) -> bool:
     return "file" in fs.protocol or isinstance(fs, LocalFileSystem)
 
 
+def is_https_fs(fs: fsspec.AbstractFileSystem) -> bool:
+    """Check whether *fs* is a local filesystem."""
+    return "https" in fs.protocol or isinstance(fs, HTTPFileSystem)
+
+
 def get_fs_path_class(fs: fsspec.AbstractFileSystem) -> type[pathlib.PurePath]:
     """Get the appropriate ``pathlib.PurePath`` class for the filesystem *fs*."""
     if is_local_fs(fs):