diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e223977..944a397 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Added
+- Support for running behind a proxy
+
 ## [0.4.1] - 2023-08-15
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/helm/teleport-kube-agent/templates/statefulset.yaml b/helm/teleport-kube-agent/templates/statefulset.yaml
index 4f31010..fb7bf3a 100644
--- a/helm/teleport-kube-agent/templates/statefulset.yaml
+++ b/helm/teleport-kube-agent/templates/statefulset.yaml
@@ -125,6 +125,21 @@ spec:
         imagePullPolicy: {{ toYaml .Values.imagePullPolicy }}
         {{- end }}
         env:
+          {{- $proxy := deepCopy .Values.cluster.proxy |  mustMerge .Values.proxy }}
+          {{- if and $proxy.noProxy $proxy.http $proxy.https }}
+          - name: NO_PROXY
+            value: {{ $proxy.noProxy }}
+          - name: no_proxy
+            value: {{ $proxy.noProxy }}
+          - name: HTTP_PROXY
+            value: {{ $proxy.http }}
+          - name: http_proxy
+            value: {{ $proxy.http }}
+          - name: HTTPS_PROXY
+            value: {{ $proxy.https }}
+          - name: https_proxy
+            value: {{ $proxy.https }}
+          {{- end }}        
           # This variable is set for telemetry purposes.
           # Telemetry is opt-in and controlled at the auth level.
           - name: TELEPORT_INSTALL_METHOD_HELM_KUBE_AGENT
diff --git a/helm/teleport-kube-agent/values.schema.json b/helm/teleport-kube-agent/values.schema.json
index 81f2980..d956cf8 100644
--- a/helm/teleport-kube-agent/values.schema.json
+++ b/helm/teleport-kube-agent/values.schema.json
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@
         "initContainers",
         "resources",
         "tolerations",
-        "probeTimeoutSeconds"
+        "probeTimeoutSeconds",
+        "proxy",
+        "cluster"
     ],
     "properties": {
         "authToken": {
@@ -617,6 +619,41 @@
             "$id": "#/properties/probeTimeoutSeconds",
             "type": "integer",
             "default": 1
+        },
+        "proxy": {
+            "$id": "#/properties/proxy",
+            "type": "object",
+            "properties": {
+                "http": {
+                    "type": ["null", "string"]
+                },
+                "https": {
+                    "type": ["null", "string"]
+                },
+                "noProxy": {
+                    "type": ["null", "string"]
+                }
+            }       
+        },
+        "cluster": {
+            "$id": "#/properties/cluster",
+            "type": "object",
+            "properties": {
+                "proxy": {
+                    "type": "object",
+                    "properties": {
+                        "http": {
+                            "type": ["null", "string"]
+                        },
+                        "https": {
+                            "type": ["null", "string"]
+                        },
+                        "noProxy": {
+                            "type": ["null", "string"]
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }           
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/helm/teleport-kube-agent/values.yaml b/helm/teleport-kube-agent/values.yaml
index 6f336cb..52b1009 100644
--- a/helm/teleport-kube-agent/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/teleport-kube-agent/values.yaml
@@ -426,3 +426,16 @@ tolerations: []
 # Timeouts for the readiness and liveness probes
 # https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/configure-liveness-readiness-startup-probes/
 probeTimeoutSeconds: 1
+
+# set the HTTP_PROXY, HTTPS_PROXY and NO_PROXY variable
+proxy:
+  noProxy:
+  http:
+  https:
+cluster:
+  # is getting overwritten by the top level proxy if set
+  # These values are generated via cluster-apps-operator
+  proxy:
+    noProxy:
+    http:
+    https: