diff --git a/src/scheduler/etc/sched.conf b/src/scheduler/etc/sched.conf
index 7b91494606..b01d3670e3 100644
--- a/src/scheduler/etc/sched.conf
+++ b/src/scheduler/etc/sched.conf
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 #
 #  ONE_XMLRPC: URL to connect to the OpenNebula daemon (oned)
 #
+#  HTTP_PROXY: Proxy for ONE_XMLRPC
+#
 #  SCHED_INTERVAL: Seconds between two scheduling actions
 #
 #  MAX_VM: Maximum number of Virtual Machines scheduled in each scheduling
@@ -95,6 +97,7 @@ MESSAGE_SIZE = 1073741824
 TIMEOUT      = 60
 
 ONE_XMLRPC = "http://localhost:2633/RPC2"
+#HTTP_PROXY   = ""
 
 SCHED_INTERVAL = 15
 
diff --git a/src/scheduler/src/sched/Scheduler.cc b/src/scheduler/src/sched/Scheduler.cc
index ea76511332..044f4bda97 100644
--- a/src/scheduler/src/sched/Scheduler.cc
+++ b/src/scheduler/src/sched/Scheduler.cc
@@ -203,11 +203,16 @@ void Scheduler::start()
     {
         long long    message_size;
         unsigned int timeout;
+        string       proxy;
 
         conf.get("MESSAGE_SIZE", message_size);
 
         conf.get("TIMEOUT", timeout);
 
+        conf.get("HTTP_PROXY", proxy);
+
+        setenv("http_proxy", proxy.c_str(), 1);
+
         Client::initialize("", one_xmlrpc, message_size, timeout);
 
         oss.str("");