diff --git a/bin/io/setGlobalProxyAgent.js b/bin/io/setGlobalProxyAgent.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..08b319e37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/io/setGlobalProxyAgent.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import https from 'https';
+import HttpsProxyAgent from 'https-proxy-agent';
+
+const setGlobalProxyAgent = ({ log }) => {
+  const httpsProxy = process.env.HTTPS_PROXY || process.env.https_proxy;
+  const httpProxy = process.env.HTTP_PROXY || process.env.http_proxy;
+  const noProxy = process.env.NO_PROXY || process.env.no_proxy;
+
+  if ((httpsProxy || httpProxy) && !noProxy) {
+    https.globalAgent = new HttpsProxyAgent(httpsProxy || httpProxy);
+    log.info(`Using proxy server: ${httpsProxy || httpProxy}`);
+  }
+};
+
+export default setGlobalProxyAgent;
diff --git a/bin/main.js b/bin/main.js
index d647608db..6df70ced3 100755
--- a/bin/main.js
+++ b/bin/main.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import pkgUp from 'pkg-up';
 import { v4 as uuid } from 'uuid';
 
 import GraphQLClient from './io/GraphQLClient';
+import setGlobalProxyAgent from './io/setGlobalProxyAgent';
 import checkForUpdates from './lib/checkForUpdates';
 import checkPackageJson from './lib/checkPackageJson';
 import getEnv from './lib/getEnv';
@@ -37,6 +38,9 @@ export async function main(argv) {
 }
 
 export async function runAll(ctx) {
+  // Configure the proxy (if available) before we make any requests.
+  setGlobalProxyAgent(ctx);
+
   // Run these in parallel; neither should ever reject
   await Promise.all([runBuild(ctx), checkForUpdates(ctx)]);
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c6b4e5ff4..7e8fa82ea 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
     "execa": "^5.0.0",
     "fake-tag": "^2.0.0",
     "fs-extra": "^9.1.0",
+    "https-proxy-agent": "^5.0.0",
     "jsonfile": "^6.0.1",
     "junit-report-builder": "2.1.0",
     "listr": "0.14.3",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 86eeee386..61e942bde 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3308,6 +3308,13 @@ address@1.1.2, address@^1.0.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/address/-/address-1.1.2.tgz#bf1116c9c758c51b7a933d296b72c221ed9428b6"
   integrity sha512-aT6camzM4xEA54YVJYSqxz1kv4IHnQZRtThJJHhUMRExaU5spC7jX5ugSwTaTgJliIgs4VhZOk7htClvQ/LmRA==
 
+agent-base@6:
+  version "6.0.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/agent-base/-/agent-base-6.0.2.tgz#49fff58577cfee3f37176feab4c22e00f86d7f77"
+  integrity sha512-RZNwNclF7+MS/8bDg70amg32dyeZGZxiDuQmZxKLAlQjr3jGyLx+4Kkk58UO7D2QdgFIQCovuSuZESne6RG6XQ==
+  dependencies:
+    debug "4"
+
 aggregate-error@^3.0.0:
   version "3.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/aggregate-error/-/aggregate-error-3.1.0.tgz#92670ff50f5359bdb7a3e0d40d0ec30c5737687a"
@@ -5222,6 +5229,13 @@ debug@2.6.9, debug@^2.2.0, debug@^2.3.3, debug@^2.6.0, debug@^2.6.9:
   dependencies:
     ms "2.0.0"
 
+debug@4, debug@^4.0.0, debug@^4.0.1, debug@^4.1.0, debug@^4.1.1, debug@^4.2.0, debug@^4.3.1:
+  version "4.3.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/debug/-/debug-4.3.1.tgz#f0d229c505e0c6d8c49ac553d1b13dc183f6b2ee"
+  integrity sha512-doEwdvm4PCeK4K3RQN2ZC2BYUBaxwLARCqZmMjtF8a51J2Rb0xpVloFRnCODwqjpwnAoao4pelN8l3RJdv3gRQ==
+  dependencies:
+    ms "2.1.2"
+
 debug@^3.0.0, debug@^3.0.1:
   version "3.2.7"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/debug/-/debug-3.2.7.tgz#72580b7e9145fb39b6676f9c5e5fb100b934179a"
@@ -5229,13 +5243,6 @@ debug@^3.0.0, debug@^3.0.1:
   dependencies:
     ms "^2.1.1"
 
-debug@^4.0.0, debug@^4.0.1, debug@^4.1.0, debug@^4.1.1, debug@^4.2.0, debug@^4.3.1:
-  version "4.3.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/debug/-/debug-4.3.1.tgz#f0d229c505e0c6d8c49ac553d1b13dc183f6b2ee"
-  integrity sha512-doEwdvm4PCeK4K3RQN2ZC2BYUBaxwLARCqZmMjtF8a51J2Rb0xpVloFRnCODwqjpwnAoao4pelN8l3RJdv3gRQ==
-  dependencies:
-    ms "2.1.2"
-
 decamelize-keys@^1.1.0:
   version "1.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/decamelize-keys/-/decamelize-keys-1.1.0.tgz#d171a87933252807eb3cb61dc1c1445d078df2d9"
@@ -7255,6 +7262,14 @@ https-browserify@^1.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/https-browserify/-/https-browserify-1.0.0.tgz#ec06c10e0a34c0f2faf199f7fd7fc78fffd03c73"
   integrity sha1-7AbBDgo0wPL68Zn3/X/Hj//QPHM=
 
+https-proxy-agent@^5.0.0:
+  version "5.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/https-proxy-agent/-/https-proxy-agent-5.0.0.tgz#e2a90542abb68a762e0a0850f6c9edadfd8506b2"
+  integrity sha512-EkYm5BcKUGiduxzSt3Eppko+PiNWNEpa4ySk9vTC6wDsQJW9rHSa+UhGNJoRYp7bz6Ht1eaRIa6QaJqO5rCFbA==
+  dependencies:
+    agent-base "6"
+    debug "4"
+
 human-signals@^1.1.1:
   version "1.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/human-signals/-/human-signals-1.1.1.tgz#c5b1cd14f50aeae09ab6c59fe63ba3395fe4dfa3"