diff --git a/cmd/helm/root.go b/cmd/helm/root.go
index f8ed82a60..23fe9d806 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/root.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/root.go
@@ -321,6 +321,7 @@ func newRegistryClientWithTLS(
 		registry.ClientOptHTTPClient(&http.Client{
 			Transport: &http.Transport{
 				TLSClientConfig: tlsConf,
+				Proxy:           http.ProxyFromEnvironment,
 			},
 		}),
 		registry.ClientOptBasicAuth(username, password),