diff --git a/lib/wit.js b/lib/wit.js
index 1c1bc3b..eafd327 100644
--- a/lib/wit.js
+++ b/lib/wit.js
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
 const fetch = require('node-fetch');
 const readline = require('readline');
 const uuid = require('node-uuid');
+const Url = require('url');
 const Logger = require('./logger').Logger;
 const logLevels = require('./logger').logLevels;
+const HttpsProxyAgent = require('https-proxy-agent');
 
 const DEFAULT_API_VERSION = '20160516';
 const DEFAULT_MAX_STEPS = 5;
@@ -59,7 +61,7 @@ const validateActions = (actions) => {
   if (!actions.error) {
     throw new Error('The \'error\' action is missing. ' + learnMore);
   }
-  
+
   Object.keys(actions).forEach(key => {
     if (typeof actions[key] !== 'function') {
       l.warn('The \'' + key + '\' action should be a function.');
@@ -109,9 +111,24 @@ const clone = (obj) => {
   }
 };
 
+const getProxyAgent = (wit_url) => {
+  const url = Url.parse(wit_url);
+  const proxy = url.protocol === "http:" ?
+          process.env.http_proxy || process.env.HTTP_PROXY :
+          process.env.https_proxy || process.env.HTTPS_PROXY;
+  const noProxy = process.env.no_proxy || process.env.NO_PROXY;
+
+  const shouldIgnore = noProxy && noProxy.indexOf(url.hostname) > -1;
+  if (proxy && !shouldIgnore) {
+    return new HttpsProxyAgent(proxy);
+  }
+  if(!proxy) return null;
+};
+
 const Wit = function(token, actions, logger) {
   const baseURL = process.env.WIT_URL || 'https://api.wit.ai';
   const version = process.env.WIT_API_VERSION || DEFAULT_API_VERSION;
+  const proxyAgent = getProxyAgent(baseURL);
   const headers = {
     'Authorization': 'Bearer ' + token,
     'Accept': 'application/vnd.wit.' + version + '+json',
@@ -135,6 +152,7 @@ const Wit = function(token, actions, logger) {
     fetch(baseURL + '/message?' + qs, {
       method: 'GET',
       headers: headers,
+      agent: proxyAgent
     })
     .then(response => Promise.all([response.json(), response.status]))
     .then(handler)
@@ -152,6 +170,7 @@ const Wit = function(token, actions, logger) {
       method: 'POST',
       headers: headers,
       body: JSON.stringify(context),
+      agent: proxyAgent
     })
     .then(response => Promise.all([response.json(), response.status]))
     .then(handler)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d5bbf08..2c70be0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
   "repository": "https://github.com/wit-ai/node-wit",
   "author": "Julien Odent <julien@wit.ai>",
   "dependencies": {
+    "https-proxy-agent": "^1.0.0",
     "node-fetch": "^1.5.1",
     "node-uuid": "^1.4.7"
   }