diff --git a/packages/core/src/shared/request.ts b/packages/core/src/shared/request.ts
index 827e3e3e445..3e4c8d7c3d4 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/shared/request.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/shared/request.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  */
 
 import crossFetch from 'cross-fetch'
+const { HttpsProxyAgent } = require('https-proxy-agent')
 
 const request = {
     /**
@@ -23,7 +24,17 @@ const request = {
         params?: RequestParamsArg,
         wrappedFetch = crossFetch
     ): FetchRequest {
-        return new FetchRequest(url, { ...params, method }, wrappedFetch)
+        const proxy = process.env.HTTPS_PROXY || process.env.HTTP_PROXY
+        const updateParams: any = { ...params }
+        if (proxy) {
+            const proxyAgent = new HttpsProxyAgent(proxy)
+            updateParams.agent = proxyAgent
+            updateParams.headers = {
+                ...(params?.headers || {}), // ???? do we need this?
+            }
+        }
+
+        return new FetchRequest(url, { ...updateParams, method }, wrappedFetch)
     },
 }
 export default request