diff --git a/lib/diaspora_federation/federation/sender/hydra_wrapper.rb b/lib/diaspora_federation/federation/sender/hydra_wrapper.rb
index c298e2f..354ea8a 100644
--- a/lib/diaspora_federation/federation/sender/hydra_wrapper.rb
+++ b/lib/diaspora_federation/federation/sender/hydra_wrapper.rb
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ module DiasporaFederation
             method:         :post,
             verbose:        DiasporaFederation.http_verbose,
             cainfo:         DiasporaFederation.certificate_authorities,
-            forbid_reuse:   true
+            forbid_reuse:   true,
+            proxy:          ENV.fetch("http_proxy", nil)
           }
         end