diff --git a/src/app/rpmostree-compose-builtin-tree.c b/src/app/rpmostree-compose-builtin-tree.c
index c99e2e1b..d92c6674 100644
--- a/src/app/rpmostree-compose-builtin-tree.c
+++ b/src/app/rpmostree-compose-builtin-tree.c
@@ -192,7 +192,9 @@ install_packages_in_root (RpmOstreeTreeComposeContext  *self,
                                             NULL);
   gs_free char *ret_new_inputhash = NULL;
 
-  hifctx = _rpmostree_libhif_get_default ();
+  hifctx = _rpmostree_libhif_new_default ();
+  if (opt_proxy)
+    hif_context_set_http_proxy (hifctx, opt_proxy);
   hif_context_set_install_root (hifctx, gs_file_get_path_cached (yumroot));
   hif_context_set_cache_dir (hifctx, cachedir);
   hif_context_set_cache_age (hifctx, G_MAXUINT);
diff --git a/src/libpriv/rpmostree-hif.c b/src/libpriv/rpmostree-hif.c
index b79ec67e..78532b00 100644
--- a/src/libpriv/rpmostree-hif.c
+++ b/src/libpriv/rpmostree-hif.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 #include "rpmostree-cleanup.h"
 
 HifContext *
-_rpmostree_libhif_get_default (void)
+_rpmostree_libhif_new_default (void)
 {
   HifContext *hifctx;
 
diff --git a/src/libpriv/rpmostree-hif.h b/src/libpriv/rpmostree-hif.h
index 23f4f936..d4dd3f5c 100644
--- a/src/libpriv/rpmostree-hif.h
+++ b/src/libpriv/rpmostree-hif.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #include <libhif.h>
 #include <libhif/hif-utils.h>
 
-HifContext *_rpmostree_libhif_get_default (void);
+HifContext *_rpmostree_libhif_new_default (void);
 
 gboolean _rpmostree_libhif_setup (HifContext    *context,
                                   GCancellable  *cancellable,