diff --git a/ibis/backends/snowflake/__init__.py b/ibis/backends/snowflake/__init__.py
index e263ce30a33f..088dff1fec6f 100644
--- a/ibis/backends/snowflake/__init__.py
+++ b/ibis/backends/snowflake/__init__.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import warnings
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
+from urllib.request import urlretrieve
 
 import pyarrow as pa
 import pyarrow_hotfix  # noqa: F401
@@ -777,10 +778,17 @@ def read_csv(
             )
             con.exec_driver_sql(create_infer_fmt)
 
-            # copy the local file to the stage
-            con.exec_driver_sql(
-                f"PUT 'file://{Path(path).absolute()}' @{stage} PARALLEL = {threads:d}"
-            )
+            if path.startswith("https://"):
+                with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile() as tmp:
+                    urlretrieve(path, filename=tmp.name)
+                    tmp.flush()
+                    con.exec_driver_sql(
+                        f"PUT 'file://{tmp.name}' @{stage} PARALLEL = {threads:d} AUTO_COMPRESS = TRUE"
+                    )
+            else:
+                con.exec_driver_sql(
+                    f"PUT 'file://{Path(path).absolute()}' @{stage} PARALLEL = {threads:d} AUTO_COMPRESS = TRUE"
+                )
 
             # handle setting up the schema in python because snowflake is
             # broken for csv globs: it cannot parse the result of the following
diff --git a/ibis/backends/snowflake/tests/test_client.py b/ibis/backends/snowflake/tests/test_client.py
index d03c21b5470b..c6bbccec1430 100644
--- a/ibis/backends/snowflake/tests/test_client.py
+++ b/ibis/backends/snowflake/tests/test_client.py
@@ -197,6 +197,22 @@ def test_read_csv_options(con, tmp_path):
     assert t.schema() == ibis.schema(dict(a="int64", b="int64"))
 
 
+def test_read_csv_https(con):
+    t = con.read_csv(
+        "https://storage.googleapis.com/ibis-tutorial-data/wowah_data/locations.csv",
+        field_optionally_enclosed_by='"',
+    )
+    assert t.schema() == ibis.schema(
+        {
+            "Map_ID": "int64",
+            "Location_Type": "string",
+            "Location_Name": "string",
+            "Game_Version": "string",
+        }
+    )
+    assert t.count().execute() == 151
+
+
 @pytest.fixture(scope="module")
 def json_data():
     return [