diff --git a/nagios.pl b/nagios.pl
index 6c8a13f..8f22863 100644
--- a/nagios.pl
+++ b/nagios.pl
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@
 
 my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new;
 $ua->timeout(15);
+$ua->env_proxy;
 
 my $req = POST("https://${opt_domain}/services/hooks/nagios?token=${opt_token}", \%event);