diff --git a/modules/icinga2/api.go b/modules/icinga2/api.go
index 62c3664..22fcb2a 100644
--- a/modules/icinga2/api.go
+++ b/modules/icinga2/api.go
@@ -76,9 +76,10 @@ func endpointIsReachable(endpoint string) error {
 func collectStatus(endpoint string, c *collection.Collection) error {
 	c.Log.Debugf("request data from endpoint '%s/v1/status'", endpoint)
 
-	// allow insecure connections because of Icinga 2 certificates
+	// allow insecure connections because of Icinga 2 certificates and add proxy if one is defined in the environments
 	tr := &http.Transport{
-		TLSClientConfig: &tls.Config{InsecureSkipVerify: true},
+		TLSClientConfig: &tls.Config{InsecureSkipVerify: true}, //nolint:gosec
+		Proxy:           http.ProxyFromEnvironment,
 	}
 	client := &http.Client{Transport: tr}