Index: lib/libfetch/common.h
===================================================================
--- lib/libfetch/common.h
+++ lib/libfetch/common.h
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@
 		     const char *, const char *);
 FILE		*ftp_request(struct url *, const char *,
 		     struct url_stat *, struct url *, const char *);
+struct url	*ftp_get_proxy(struct url *, const char *);
 
 /*
  * Check whether a particular flag is set
Index: lib/libfetch/ftp.c
===================================================================
--- lib/libfetch/ftp.c
+++ lib/libfetch/ftp.c
@@ -1064,7 +1064,7 @@
 /*
  * Check the proxy settings
  */
-static struct url *
+struct url *
 ftp_get_proxy(struct url * url, const char *flags)
 {
 	struct url *purl;
Index: lib/libfetch/http.c
===================================================================
--- lib/libfetch/http.c
+++ lib/libfetch/http.c
@@ -1952,6 +1952,15 @@
 		if (url != URL)
 			fetchFreeURL(url);
 		url = new;
+		if (!direct) {
+			if (purl)
+				fetchFreeURL(purl);
+			if (strcmp(url->scheme, SCHEME_FTP) == 0)
+				purl = ftp_get_proxy(url, flags);
+			else if (strcmp(url->scheme, SCHEME_HTTP) == 0
+				|| strcmp(url->scheme, SCHEME_HTTPS) == 0)
+				purl = http_get_proxy(url, flags);
+		}
 	} while (++i < n);
 
 	/* we failed, or ran out of retries */