@@ -71,7 +71,13 @@ module Jekyll

     def get_gist_from_web(gist, file)

       gist_url          = get_gist_url_for gist, file

       raw_uri           = URI.parse gist_url

-      https             = Net::HTTP.new raw_uri.host, raw_uri.port

+      proxy             = ENV['http_proxy']

+      if proxy

+        proxy_uri       = URI.parse(proxy)

+        https           = Net::HTTP::Proxy(proxy_uri.host, proxy_uri.port).new raw_uri.host, raw_uri.port

+      else

+        https           = Net::HTTP.new raw_uri.host, raw_uri.port

+      end

       https.use_ssl     = true

       https.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE

       request           = Net::HTTP::Get.new raw_uri.request_uri