diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 39e64e65..3e919b6b 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -363,3 +363,4 @@ Contributors:
 [     ] Nik Soggia *wget [at] niksoggia.it*
 [     ] Aarni Koskela *akx [at] iki.fi*
 [     ] jinfuchiang *jinfuchiang [at] outlook.com*
+[     ] Jan-Michael Brummer *jan-michael.brummer1 [at] volkswagen.de*
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index aff89c1b..f26f13a6 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -951,6 +951,21 @@ AS_IF([test x"$with_metalink" != xno], [
   ])
 ])
 
+dnl
+dnl libproxy support
+dnl
+with_libproxy=no
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(libproxy,
+  [  --enable-libproxy       libproxy support for system wide proxy configuration])
+AS_IF([test "${enable_libproxy}" = "yes"], [
+  with_libproxy=yes
+  PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBPROXY], [libproxy-1.0], [
+    LIBS="$LIBPROXY_LIBS $LIBS"
+    CFLAGS="$LIBPROXY_CFLAGS $CFLAGS"
+    AC_DEFINE([HAVE_LIBPROXY], [1], [Define if using libproxy.])
+  ])
+])
+
 dnl
 dnl Extended Attribute support
 dnl
@@ -1022,4 +1037,5 @@ AC_MSG_NOTICE([Summary of build options:
   GPGME:             $have_gpg
   IRI:               $iri
   Fuzzing build:     $enable_fuzzing, $LIB_FUZZING_ENGINE
+  libproxy:          $with_libproxy
 ])
diff --git a/src/retr.c b/src/retr.c
index 44cc81c5..01f7c49c 100644
--- a/src/retr.c
+++ b/src/retr.c
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ as that of the covered work.  */
 # include <zlib.h>
 #endif
 
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBPROXY
+# include "proxy.h"
+#endif
+
 #include "exits.h"
 #include "utils.h"
 #include "retr.h"
@@ -1489,7 +1493,39 @@ getproxy (struct url *u)
       break;
     }
   if (!proxy || !*proxy)
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBPROXY
+    {
+      pxProxyFactory *pf = px_proxy_factory_new ();
+      if (!pf)
+        {
+          debug_logprintf ("Allocating memory for libproxy failed");
+         return NULL;
+        }
+
+      debug_logprintf ("asking libproxy about url '%s'\n", u->url);
+      char **proxies = px_proxy_factory_get_proxies (pf, u->url);
+      if (proxies)
+        {
+          if (proxies[0])
+            {
+              debug_logprintf ("libproxy suggest to use '%s'\n", proxies[0]);
+              if (strcmp (proxies[0], "direct://") != 0)
+                {
+                  proxy = xstrdup (proxies[0]);
+                  debug_logprintf ("libproxy setting to use '%s'\n", proxy);
+                }
+            }
+
+           px_proxy_factory_free_proxies (proxies);
+        }
+        px_proxy_factory_free (pf);
+
+      if (!proxy || !*proxy)
+        return NULL;
+    }
+#else
     return NULL;
+#endif
 
   /* Handle shorthands.  `rewritten_storage' is a kludge to allow
      getproxy() to return static storage. */