diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 43cdd73..99bfa66 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ license = "MIT"
 edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
-bitcoind = { version = "0.24.0" }
+bitcoind = { git = "https://github.com/weareseba/bitcoind", branch = "feature/proxy" }
 electrum-client = { version="0.8.0", default-features = false }
 nix = { version="0.22.0", optional = true }
 log = "0.4"
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
index 2be2820..8a45c5d 100644
--- a/build.rs
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -45,7 +45,16 @@ fn main() {
         let url = format!("{}/{}", GITHUB_URL, download_filename);
         let mut downloaded_bytes = Vec::new();
 
-        let _size = ureq::get(&url)
+        let http_proxy = std::env::var("HTTPS_PROXY").or_else(|_| std::env::var("HTTP_PROXY"));
+        let agent = if let Ok(proxy) = http_proxy {
+            let proxy = ureq::Proxy::new(proxy).unwrap();
+            ureq::AgentBuilder::new().proxy(proxy).build()
+        } else {
+            ureq::AgentBuilder::new().build()
+        };
+
+        let _size = agent
+            .get(&url)
             .call()
             .unwrap()
             .into_reader()