diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2d779a7a0..99d74441a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 - bug #3300981 [navi] Table filter is case sensitive
 - bug #3285929 [privileges] Revert temporary fix
 - bug #3302872 [synchronize] Synchronize and user name
+- bug #3302733 [core] Some browsers report an insecure https connection
 
 3.4.0.0 (2011-05-11)
 + rfe #2890226 [view] Enable VIEW rename 
diff --git a/main.php b/main.php
index c7c25bc41..836a25043 100644
--- a/main.php
+++ b/main.php
@@ -202,7 +202,10 @@ echo '<div class="group pmagroup">';
 echo '<h2>phpMyAdmin</h2>';
 echo '<ul>';
 $class = null;
-if ($GLOBALS['cfg']['VersionCheck']) {
+// workaround for bug 3302733; some browsers don't like the situation
+// where phpMyAdmin is called on a secure page but a part of the page
+// (the version check) refers to a non-secure page
+if ($GLOBALS['cfg']['VersionCheck'] && ! $GLOBALS['PMA_Config']->get('is_https')) {
     $class = 'jsversioncheck';
 }
 PMA_printListItem(__('Version information') . ': ' . PMA_VERSION, 'li_pma_version', null, null, null, null, $class);