diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fa130906dbb..d767df10560 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -23,8 +23,10 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "debug": "^2.6.8",
     "extract-zip": "^1.6.5",
+    "https-proxy-agent": "^2.1.0",
     "mime": "^1.3.4",
     "progress": "^2.0.0",
+    "proxy-from-env": "^1.0.0",
     "rimraf": "^2.6.1",
     "ws": "^3.0.0"
   },
diff --git a/utils/ChromiumDownloader.js b/utils/ChromiumDownloader.js
index b905d7e81ee..27df99e9bbd 100644
--- a/utils/ChromiumDownloader.js
+++ b/utils/ChromiumDownloader.js
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ const extract = require('extract-zip');
 const util = require('util');
 const URL = require('url');
 const removeRecursive = require('rimraf');
+const ProxyAgent = require('https-proxy-agent');
+const getProxyForUrl = require('proxy-from-env').getProxyForUrl;
 
 const DOWNLOADS_FOLDER = path.join(__dirname, '..', '.local-chromium');
 
@@ -61,12 +63,9 @@ module.exports = {
    */
   canDownloadRevision: function(platform, revision) {
     console.assert(downloadURLs[platform], 'Unknown platform: ' + platform);
-    const url = URL.parse(util.format(downloadURLs[platform], revision));
-    const options = {
-      method: 'HEAD',
-      host: url.host,
-      path: url.pathname,
-    };
+
+    const options = requestOptions(util.format(downloadURLs[platform], revision), 'HEAD');
+
     let resolve;
     const promise = new Promise(x => resolve = x);
     const request = https.request(options, response => {
@@ -184,8 +183,11 @@ function parseFolderPath(folderPath) {
  */
 function downloadFile(url, destinationPath, progressCallback) {
   let fulfill, reject;
+
   const promise = new Promise((x, y) => { fulfill = x; reject = y; });
-  const request = https.get(url, response => {
+
+  const options = requestOptions(url);
+  const request = https.get(options, response => {
     if (response.statusCode !== 200) {
       const error = new Error(`Download failed: server returned code ${response.statusCode}. URL: ${url}`);
       // consume response data to free up memory
@@ -217,3 +219,18 @@ function downloadFile(url, destinationPath, progressCallback) {
 function extractZip(zipPath, folderPath) {
   return new Promise(fulfill => extract(zipPath, {dir: folderPath}, fulfill));
 }
+
+function requestOptions(url, method = 'GET') {
+  const result = URL.parse(url);
+  result.method = method;
+
+  const proxyURL = getProxyForUrl(url);
+  if (proxyURL) {
+    const parsedProxyURL = URL.parse(proxyURL);
+    parsedProxyURL.secureProxy = parsedProxyURL.protocol === 'https:';
+
+    result.agent = new ProxyAgent(parsedProxyURL);
+  }
+
+  return result;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 5f79848b319..71bc158c91c 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ acorn@^5.0.1:
   version "5.0.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/acorn/-/acorn-5.0.3.tgz#c460df08491463f028ccb82eab3730bf01087b3d"
 
+agent-base@^4.1.0:
+  version "4.1.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/agent-base/-/agent-base-4.1.1.tgz#92d8a4fc2524a3b09b3666a33b6c97960f23d6a4"
+  dependencies:
+    es6-promisify "^5.0.0"
+
 ajv-keywords@^1.0.0:
   version "1.5.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ajv-keywords/-/ajv-keywords-1.5.1.tgz#314dd0a4b3368fad3dfcdc54ede6171b886daf3c"
@@ -196,7 +202,7 @@ debug@2.2.0:
   dependencies:
     ms "0.7.1"
 
-debug@^2.6.8:
+debug@^2.4.1, debug@^2.6.8:
   version "2.6.8"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/debug/-/debug-2.6.8.tgz#e731531ca2ede27d188222427da17821d68ff4fc"
   dependencies:
@@ -237,6 +243,16 @@ emojis-list@^2.0.0:
   version "1.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/entities/-/entities-1.1.1.tgz#6e5c2d0a5621b5dadaecef80b90edfb5cd7772f0"
 
+es6-promise@^4.0.3:
+  version "4.1.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/es6-promise/-/es6-promise-4.1.1.tgz#8811e90915d9a0dba36274f0b242dbda78f9c92a"
+
+es6-promisify@^5.0.0:
+  version "5.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/es6-promisify/-/es6-promisify-5.0.0.tgz#5109d62f3e56ea967c4b63505aef08291c8a5203"
+  dependencies:
+    es6-promise "^4.0.3"
+
 escape-string-regexp@^1.0.2, escape-string-regexp@^1.0.5:
   version "1.0.5"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/escape-string-regexp/-/escape-string-regexp-1.0.5.tgz#1b61c0562190a8dff6ae3bb2cf0200ca130b86d4"
@@ -464,6 +480,13 @@ has-ansi@^2.0.0:
   dependencies:
     ansi-regex "^2.0.0"
 
+https-proxy-agent@^2.1.0:
+  version "2.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/https-proxy-agent/-/https-proxy-agent-2.1.0.tgz#1391bee7fd66aeabc0df2a1fa90f58954f43e443"
+  dependencies:
+    agent-base "^4.1.0"
+    debug "^2.4.1"
+
 iconv-lite@^0.4.17:
   version "0.4.18"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/iconv-lite/-/iconv-lite-0.4.18.tgz#23d8656b16aae6742ac29732ea8f0336a4789cf2"
@@ -864,6 +887,10 @@ progress@^2.0.0:
   version "2.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/progress/-/progress-2.0.0.tgz#8a1be366bf8fc23db2bd23f10c6fe920b4389d1f"
 
+proxy-from-env@^1.0.0:
+  version "1.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/proxy-from-env/-/proxy-from-env-1.0.0.tgz#33c50398f70ea7eb96d21f7b817630a55791c7ee"
+
 randomatic@^1.1.3:
   version "1.1.7"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/randomatic/-/randomatic-1.1.7.tgz#c7abe9cc8b87c0baa876b19fde83fd464797e38c"