diff --git a/src/cmd/pprof/pprof.go b/src/cmd/pprof/pprof.go
index 5a6e1c14235..24bec07d975 100644
--- a/src/cmd/pprof/pprof.go
+++ b/src/cmd/pprof/pprof.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"cmd/internal/objfile"
+
 	"github.com/google/pprof/driver"
 	"github.com/google/pprof/profile"
 )
@@ -72,7 +73,8 @@ func getProfile(source string, timeout time.Duration) (*profile.Profile, error)
 	client := &http.Client{
 		Transport: &http.Transport{
 			ResponseHeaderTimeout: timeout + 5*time.Second,
-			TLSClientConfig:       tlsConfig,
+			Proxy:           http.ProxyFromEnvironment,
+			TLSClientConfig: tlsConfig,
 		},
 	}
 	resp, err := client.Get(source)