diff --git a/readme.markdown b/readme.markdown
index 4afb915..3cf746f 100644
--- a/readme.markdown
+++ b/readme.markdown
@@ -306,6 +306,10 @@ You can currently configure the following in this file:
 * ``cloneUsingHttps`` - Whether to replace any ``git://`` inside URLs with
   ``https://``.
   **Default: true**
+* ``httpProxy`` - The URL of the proxy to use when downloading package listings.
+  Nimble will also attempt to read the ``http_proxy`` and ``https_proxy``
+  environment variables.
+  **Default: ""**
 
 ## Creating Packages
 
diff --git a/src/nimble.nim b/src/nimble.nim
index 2a3d585..41be28c 100644
--- a/src/nimble.nim
+++ b/src/nimble.nim
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # BSD License. Look at license.txt for more info.
 
 import httpclient, parseopt, os, strutils, osproc, pegs, tables, parseutils,
-       strtabs, json, algorithm, sets
+       strtabs, json, algorithm, sets, uri
 
 from sequtils import toSeq
 
@@ -66,8 +66,16 @@ proc update(options: Options) =
       let url = list.urls[i]
       echo("Trying ", url, "...")
       let tempPath = options.getNimbleDir() / "packages_temp.json"
+
+      # Grab the proxy
+      let proxy = getProxy(options)
+      if not proxy.isNil:
+        var maskedUrl = proxy.url
+        if maskedUrl.password.len > 0: maskedUrl.password = "***"
+        echo("Using proxy ", maskedUrl)
+
       try:
-        downloadFile(url, tempPath)
+        downloadFile(url, tempPath, proxy = getProxy(options))
       except:
         if i == <list.urls.len:
           raise
diff --git a/src/nimblepkg/config.nim b/src/nimblepkg/config.nim
index 967749f..faeff6e 100644
--- a/src/nimblepkg/config.nim
+++ b/src/nimblepkg/config.nim
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Copyright (C) Dominik Picheta. All rights reserved.
 # BSD License. Look at license.txt for more info.
-import parsecfg, streams, strutils, os, tables
+import parsecfg, streams, strutils, os, tables, Uri
 
 import tools, version, nimbletypes
 
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ type
     chcp*: bool # Whether to change the code page in .cmd files on Win.
     packageLists*: Table[string, PackageList] ## URLs to packages.json files
     cloneUsingHttps*: bool # Whether to replace git:// for https://
+    httpProxy*: Uri # Proxy for package list downloads.
 
   PackageList* = object
     name*: string
@@ -21,6 +22,8 @@ proc initConfig(): Config =
   else:
     result.nimbleDir = getHomeDir() / ".babel"
 
+  result.httpProxy = initUri()
+
   result.chcp = true
   result.cloneUsingHttps = true
 
@@ -83,6 +86,8 @@ proc parseConfig*(): Config =
           result.chcp = parseBool(e.value)
         of "cloneusinghttps":
           result.cloneUsingHttps = parseBool(e.value)
+        of "httpproxy":
+          result.httpProxy = parseUri(e.value)
         of "name":
           case currentSection.normalize
           of "packagelist":
diff --git a/src/nimblepkg/options.nim b/src/nimblepkg/options.nim
index 41f22f9..750e7e7 100644
--- a/src/nimblepkg/options.nim
+++ b/src/nimblepkg/options.nim
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 # Copyright (C) Dominik Picheta. All rights reserved.
 # BSD License. Look at license.txt for more info.
 
-import json, strutils, os, parseopt, strtabs
+import json, strutils, os, parseopt, strtabs, uri
+from httpclient import Proxy, newProxy
 
 import nimblepkg/config, nimblepkg/version,
        nimblepkg/tools
@@ -295,3 +296,22 @@ proc parseCmdLine*(): Options =
     # Rename deprecated babel dir.
     renameBabelToNimble(result)
 
+proc getProxy*(options: Options): Proxy =
+  ## Returns ``nil`` if no proxy is specified.
+  var url = initUri()
+  if ($options.config.httpProxy).len > 0:
+    url = options.config.httpProxy
+  else:
+    try:
+      if existsEnv("http_proxy"):
+        parseUri(getEnv("http_proxy"), url)
+      elif existsEnv("https_proxy"):
+        parseUri(getEnv("https_proxy"), url)
+    except ValueError:
+      echo("WARNING: Unable to parse proxy from environment: ",
+          getCurrentExceptionMsg())
+
+  if ($url).len > 0:
+    return newProxy($url, url.username & ":" & url.password)
+  else:
+    return nil
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