diff --git a/common/djangoapps/track/segment.py b/common/djangoapps/track/segment.py
index 9b2b1dbadab165afdfe4dd15cd810def6b5a6a0f..e1470a83f05df7b84a166acb08fe993e02b778a3 100644
--- a/common/djangoapps/track/segment.py
+++ b/common/djangoapps/track/segment.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ required by server-side events.
 To use, call "from track import segment", then call segment.track() or segment.identify().
 
 """
-from urlparse import urljoin
+from urlparse import urlunsplit
 
 import analytics
 from django.conf import settings
@@ -39,10 +39,12 @@ def track(user_id, event_name, properties=None, context=None):
         page = tracking_context.get('page')
 
         if path and not page:
-            # Try to put together a url from host and path:
+            # Try to put together a url from host and path, hardcoding the schema.
+            # (Segment doesn't care about the schema for GA, but will extract the host and path from the url.)
             host = tracking_context.get('host')
             if host:
-                page = urljoin("//{host}".format(host=host), path)
+                parts = ("https", host, path, "", "")
+                page = urlunsplit(parts)
 
         if path is not None or referer is not None or page is not None:
             if 'page' not in segment_context:
diff --git a/common/djangoapps/track/tests/test_segment.py b/common/djangoapps/track/tests/test_segment.py
index aef0421269a2e4ff36527eb15837092f26470294..90f45a51782b90dd1cfe327167b39dd21a56bfbd 100644
--- a/common/djangoapps/track/tests/test_segment.py
+++ b/common/djangoapps/track/tests/test_segment.py
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ class SegmentTrackTestCase(TestCase):
             'page': {
                 'path': '/this/is/a/path',
                 'referrer': sentinel.referer,
-                'url': '//hostname/this/is/a/path'  # Synthesized URL value.
+                'url': 'https://hostname/this/is/a/path'  # Synthesized URL value.
             }
         }
         self.assertEqual((sentinel.user_id, sentinel.name, self.properties, expected_segment_context), args)
diff --git a/requirements/edx/base.txt b/requirements/edx/base.txt
index 8c8a5328b406a1907ad16bb96cf28f46c83a6f2d..d7c3bcdad5a0f7aeb6c83378d39addbf4a4c5228 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/base.txt
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ edx-user-state-client==1.0.4
 edxval==0.1.22
 elasticsearch==1.9.0      # via edx-search
 enum34==1.1.6
-event-tracking==0.2.6
+event-tracking==0.2.7
 feedparser==5.1.3
 firebase-token-generator==1.3.2
 fs-s3fs==0.1.8
diff --git a/requirements/edx/development.txt b/requirements/edx/development.txt
index 4a9e263f7234f24bd049eb023b2bd1985acd8185..dcf4d6c50c338f20a0ab0e60a846ef89cddfd812 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/development.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/development.txt
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ edx-user-state-client==1.0.4
 edxval==0.1.22
 elasticsearch==1.9.0
 enum34==1.1.6
-event-tracking==0.2.6
+event-tracking==0.2.7
 execnet==1.5.0
 extras==1.0.0
 factory_boy==2.8.1
diff --git a/requirements/edx/testing.txt b/requirements/edx/testing.txt
index e514c6601614b9d6cc086a3731a028ff259da22c..2562e0f61eb565a4111d1cea3f8bc19eb14ee672 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/testing.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/testing.txt
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ edx-user-state-client==1.0.4
 edxval==0.1.22
 elasticsearch==1.9.0
 enum34==1.1.6
-event-tracking==0.2.6
+event-tracking==0.2.7
 execnet==1.5.0            # via pytest-xdist
 extras==1.0.0             # via python-subunit, testtools
 factory_boy==2.8.1