diff --git a/lib/libfetch/fetch.3 b/lib/libfetch/fetch.3
index cb37c08593d6..91cb2a224b3b 100644
--- a/lib/libfetch/fetch.3
+++ b/lib/libfetch/fetch.3
@@ -624,9 +624,12 @@ The document part is ignored.
 Only HTTP proxies are supported for HTTP requests.
 If no port number is specified, the default is 3128.
 .Pp
-Note that this proxy will also be used for FTP documents, unless the
+Note that this proxy will also be used for FTP and HTTPS documents,
+unless the
 .Ev FTP_PROXY
-variable is set.
+and
+.Ev HTTPS_PROXY
+variables are set respectively.
 .It Ev http_proxy
 Same as
 .Ev HTTP_PROXY ,
@@ -650,6 +653,20 @@ Specifies the User-Agent string to use for HTTP requests.
 This can be useful when working with HTTP origin or proxy servers that
 differentiate between user agents.
 If defined but empty, no User-Agent header is sent.
+.It Ev HTTPS_PROXY
+URL of the proxy to use for HTTPS requests.
+The document part is ignored.
+Only HTTP proxies are supported for HTTPS requests.
+If no port number is specified, the default is 3128.
+.Pp
+If this variable is set to an empty string, no proxy will be used for
+HTTPS requests, even if the
+.Ev HTTP_PROXY
+variable is set.
+.It Ev https_proxy
+Same as
+.Ev HTTPS_PROXY ,
+for compatibility.
 .It Ev NETRC
 Specifies a file to use instead of
 .Pa ~/.netrc
@@ -847,6 +864,7 @@ examples of this are
 and FTP proxy support.
 .Pp
 There is no way to select a proxy at run-time other than setting the
+.Ev HTTPS_PROXY ,
 .Ev HTTP_PROXY
 or
 .Ev FTP_PROXY
diff --git a/lib/libfetch/http.c b/lib/libfetch/http.c
index 7f37b7d67197..6454766dfed6 100644
--- a/lib/libfetch/http.c
+++ b/lib/libfetch/http.c
@@ -1467,15 +1467,29 @@ http_get_proxy(struct url * url, const char *flags)
 		return (NULL);
 	if (fetch_no_proxy_match(url->host))
 		return (NULL);
-	if (((p = getenv("HTTP_PROXY")) || (p = getenv("http_proxy"))) &&
-	    *p && (purl = fetchParseURL(p))) {
-		if (!*purl->scheme)
-			strcpy(purl->scheme, SCHEME_HTTP);
-		if (!purl->port)
-			purl->port = fetch_default_proxy_port(purl->scheme);
-		if (strcmp(purl->scheme, SCHEME_HTTP) == 0)
-			return (purl);
-		fetchFreeURL(purl);
+	if (strcmp(url->scheme, SCHEME_HTTPS) == 0) {
+		if (((p = getenv("HTTPS_PROXY")) || (p = getenv("https_proxy")) ||
+		(p = getenv("HTTP_PROXY")) || (p = getenv("http_proxy"))) &&
+		*p && (purl = fetchParseURL(p))) {
+			if (!*purl->scheme)
+				strcpy(purl->scheme, SCHEME_HTTP);
+			if (!purl->port)
+				purl->port = fetch_default_proxy_port(purl->scheme);
+			if (strcmp(purl->scheme, SCHEME_HTTP) == 0)
+				return (purl);
+			fetchFreeURL(purl);
+		}
+	} else {
+		if (((p = getenv("HTTP_PROXY")) || (p = getenv("http_proxy"))) &&
+		*p && (purl = fetchParseURL(p))) {
+			if (!*purl->scheme)
+				strcpy(purl->scheme, SCHEME_HTTP);
+			if (!purl->port)
+				purl->port = fetch_default_proxy_port(purl->scheme);
+			if (strcmp(purl->scheme, SCHEME_HTTP) == 0)
+				return (purl);
+			fetchFreeURL(purl);
+		}
 	}
 	return (NULL);
 }