diff --git a/src/Control/CLIRequestBuilder.php b/src/Control/CLIRequestBuilder.php
index 660ffb7e0..445da1dbd 100644
--- a/src/Control/CLIRequestBuilder.php
+++ b/src/Control/CLIRequestBuilder.php
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 namespace SilverStripe\Control;
 
+use SilverStripe\Core\Environment;
+
 /**
  * CLI specific request building logic
  */
@@ -66,4 +68,19 @@ class CLIRequestBuilder extends HTTPRequestBuilder
         // Parse rest of variables as standard
         return parent::cleanEnvironment($variables);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @param array $variables
+     * @param string $input
+     * @return HTTPRequest
+     */
+    public static function createFromVariables(array $variables, $input, $url = null)
+    {
+        $request = parent::createFromVariables($variables, $input, $url);
+        // unset scheme so that SS_BASE_URL can provide `is_https` information if required
+        $scheme = parse_url(Environment::getEnv('SS_BASE_URL'), PHP_URL_SCHEME);
+        $request->setScheme($scheme);
+
+        return $request;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Control/Email/Email.php b/src/Control/Email/Email.php
index 230af870f..8d79db709 100644
--- a/src/Control/Email/Email.php
+++ b/src/Control/Email/Email.php
@@ -790,6 +790,9 @@ class Email extends ViewableData
             return $this;
         }
 
+        // Do not interfere with emails styles
+        Requirements::clear();
+        
         // Render plain part
         if ($plainTemplate && !$plainPart) {
             $plainPart = $this->renderWith($plainTemplate, $this->getData());
@@ -806,6 +809,9 @@ class Email extends ViewableData
             $htmlPartObject = DBField::create_field('HTMLFragment', $htmlPart);
             $plainPart = $htmlPartObject->Plain();
         }
+        
+        // Rendering is finished
+        Requirements::restore();
 
         // Fail if no email to send
         if (!$plainPart && !$htmlPart) {