diff --git a/Readme.md b/Readme.md
index 60ea79e..1067d3d 100644
--- a/Readme.md
+++ b/Readme.md
@@ -231,6 +231,13 @@ bandwidth costs might be applicable. Since bandwidth from Github Packages within
 Github Container Registry to also be usable for free within Github Actions in the future. If that were not to be the
 case, I might publish the Docker image to a different platform.
 
+### Proxy support
+
+Kubeconform will respect the HTTPS_PROXY variable when downloading schema files.
+
+```
+$ HTTPS_PROXY=proxy.local bin/kubeconform fixtures/valid.yaml
+```
 ### Speed comparison with Kubeval
 
 Running on a pretty large kubeconfigs setup, on a laptop with 4 cores:
diff --git a/acceptance.bats b/acceptance.bats
index 2f963b0..7958b82 100755
--- a/acceptance.bats
+++ b/acceptance.bats
@@ -281,3 +281,10 @@ resetCacheFolder() {
   [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
   [ "$output" = 'Summary: 2 resources found in 1 file - Valid: 2, Invalid: 0, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0' ]
 }
+
+@test "Should support HTTPS_PROXY" {
+  # This only tests that the HTTPS_PROXY variable is picked up and that it tries to use it
+  run bash -c "HTTPS_PROXY=127.0.0.1:1234 bin/kubeconform fixtures/valid.yaml"
+  [ "$status" -eq 1 ]
+  [[ "$output" == *"proxyconnect tcp: dial tcp 127.0.0.1:1234: connect: connection refused"* ]]
+}
diff --git a/pkg/registry/http.go b/pkg/registry/http.go
index 73bcbc8..7bfbf44 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/http.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/http.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ func newHTTPRegistry(schemaPathTemplate string, cacheFolder string, strict bool,
 		MaxIdleConns:       100,
 		IdleConnTimeout:    3 * time.Second,
 		DisableCompression: true,
+		Proxy:              http.ProxyFromEnvironment,
 	}
 
 	if skipTLS {