diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 62403c9..85857a1 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-VERSION=1.16.6
+VERSION=1.16.7
 RELEASE=1mamba
diff --git a/lib/libnetwork.lib.in b/lib/libnetwork.lib.in
index 363d349..90ae8e0 100644
--- a/lib/libnetwork.lib.in
+++ b/lib/libnetwork.lib.in
@@ -852,6 +852,7 @@ curl $options --user \"***:***\" --quote \"DELE $deletefile\" $1"
 #    -d, --destdir    : target directory
 #    -p, --proxy      : proxy server
 #    -u, --proxy-user : proxy user
+#    --preserve-dot-git : do not remove .git files
 #    $@               : git repository
 #
 # return value:
@@ -860,14 +861,15 @@ curl $options --user \"***:***\" --quote \"DELE $deletefile\" $1"
 function git.download() {
    local ARGS
    ARGS=`LC_ALL=C getopt \
-      -o d:v:p:u: \
-      --long destdir:,pck-version:,proxy:,proxy-user: \
+      -o d:v:p:u:k \
+      --long destdir:,pck-version:,proxy:,proxy-user:,preserve-dot-git: \
       -n "$FUNCNAME" -- "$@"`
    [ $? = 0 ] || notify.error $"(bug)"" -- $FUNCNAME: "$"\`getopt' error"
 
    local destdir
    local proxy proxy_user
    local pck_version
+   local preserve_dot_git=0
 
    eval set -- "$ARGS"
    while :; do
@@ -888,6 +890,10 @@ function git.download() {
          proxy_user="$2"; shift
          notify.debug "$FUNCNAME: proxy_user = \"$proxy_user\""
       ;;
+      --preserve-dot-git)
+         preserve_dot_git="$2"; shift
+         notify.debug "$FUNCNAME: preserve_dot_git = \"$preserve_dot_git\""
+      ;;
       --) shift; break;;
       *) notify.error $"\
 (bug)"" -- $FUNCNAME: "$"\`getopt' error: bad command \`$1'" ;;
@@ -915,7 +921,7 @@ function git.download() {
    git.create_tarball \
       --pck-version "$pck_version" \
       --destdir "$destdir" \
-      --preserve-dot-git "0" --git-branch "$git_branch" \
+      --preserve-dot-git "${preserve_dot_git}" --git-branch "$git_branch" \
       "${token_dirname/\/$git_branch*}"
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/pck-update.in b/plugins/pck-update.in
index a3660e8..2e7d221 100644
--- a/plugins/pck-update.in
+++ b/plugins/pck-update.in
@@ -2052,13 +2052,21 @@ rpmvars.solve "$fullURL" "$SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH")
                notify.debug "fullURL = $fullURL"
 
                case "$fullURL" in
-                  git://*|http://*.git/*|https://*.git/*|http+git://*|https+git://*)
+                  git://*|http://*.git/*|https://*.git/*)
                      fullURL="${fullURL/+git}"
                      [ -e "${source_dir}/${fullURL/*\/}" -a "$force_download" != "1" ] || \
                         git.download \
                            --pck-version "$pck_rpmversion" \
                            --destdir="$source_dir" "$fullURL"
                   ;;
+                  http+git://*|https+git://*)
+                     fullURL="${fullURL/+git}"
+                     [ -e "${source_dir}/${fullURL/*\/}" -a "$force_download" != "1" ] || \
+                        git.download \
+                           --pck-version "$pck_rpmversion" \
+                           --destdir="$source_dir" "$fullURL" \
+                           --preserve-dot-git 1
+                  ;;
                   *) curl.download --options "$curl_options" $sdflag \
 ${proxy:+--proxy $proxy} ${proxy_user:+--proxy-user $proxy_user} \
 --exit-on-err --filenum="$totfilenum" --destdir="$source_dir" "$fullURL"