diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5e96d683..75be5cc4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Express middleware to proxy request to another host and pass response back to original caller.
 
-## NOTE: version 1.0.0 released: breaking changes, transition guide at bottom of doc. 
+## NOTE: version 1.0.0 released: breaking changes, transition guide at bottom of doc.
 
 ## Install
 
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ app.use('/proxy', proxy('www.google.com'));
 
 ### Promises
 
-Many function hooks support Promises.    
+Many function hooks support Promises.
 If any Promise is rejected, ```next(x)``` is called in the hosting application, where ```x``` is whatever you pass to ```Promise.reject```;
 
 
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ REMOVED:  See ```proxyReqOptDecorator``` and ```proxyReqBodyDecorator```.
 
 
 #### skipToNextHandlerFilter(supports Promise form)
-(experimental: this interface may change in upcoming versions) 
+(experimental: this interface may change in upcoming versions)
 
 Allows you to inspect the proxy response, and decide if you want to continue processing (via express-http-proxy) or call ```next()``` to return control to express.
 
@@ -360,8 +360,8 @@ app.use('/post', proxy('httpbin.org', {
 
 #### timeout
 
-By default, node does not express a timeout on connections.   
-Use timeout option to impose a specific timeout.    
+By default, node does not express a timeout on connections.
+Use timeout option to impose a specific timeout.
 Timed-out requests will respond with 504 status code and a X-Timeout-Reason header.
 
 ```js
@@ -443,6 +443,10 @@ The library will automatically use https if the provided path has 'https://' or
 
 You can use ```proxyReqOptDecorator``` to ammend any auth or challenge headers required to succeed https.
 
+### Q: Does it work behind a corporate firewall?
+
+The library will respect `http_proxy` or `HTTP_PROXY` and `no_proxy` environment variables if set and route outside requests through configured corporate firewall proxy.
+
 ### Q: How can I support non-standard certificate chains?
 
 You can use the ability to decorate the proxy request prior to sending.    See ```proxyReqOptDecorator``` for more details.
diff --git a/app/steps/sendProxyRequest.js b/app/steps/sendProxyRequest.js
index 5bf08e00..5b4c5eb2 100644
--- a/app/steps/sendProxyRequest.js
+++ b/app/steps/sendProxyRequest.js
@@ -8,6 +8,23 @@ function sendProxyRequest(Container) {
   var bodyContent = Container.proxy.bodyContent;
   var reqOpt = Container.proxy.reqBuilder;
   var options = Container.options;
+  // jscs:disable requireCamelCaseOrUpperCaseIdentifiers
+  var corporateProxyServer = process.env.http_proxy || process.env.HTTP_PROXY ||
+        process.env.https_proxy || process.env.HTTPS_PROXY;
+  var noProxyVal = process.env.no_proxy;
+  // jscs:enable requireCamelCaseOrUpperCaseIdentifiers
+  var noProxy = [];
+  if (noProxyVal) {
+    noProxy = noProxyVal.split(',');
+  }
+
+  function isHostOutside() {
+    return !noProxy.includes(reqOpt.host);
+  }
+  if (corporateProxyServer && isHostOutside()) {
+    var HttpsProxyAgent = require('https-proxy-agent');
+    reqOpt.agent =  new HttpsProxyAgent(corporateProxyServer);
+  }
 
   return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
     var protocol = Container.proxy.requestModule;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e4f82b9c..4d8439a8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {
     "test": "npm -s run mocha && npm run -s lint && npm run -s jscs",
+    "pretest:corp-firewall": "if [ -z \"$http_proxy\" ]; then echo 'ERROR: you must set http_proxy first'; exit 1; else exit 0; fi",
+    "test:corp-firewall": "NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED=0 no_proxy='127.0.0.1,localhost' npm test",
     "test:debug": "mocha debug -R spec test --recursive",
     "mocha": "mocha -R spec test --recursive",
     "lint": "jshint index.js test/*.js test/**/*js lib/*js app/**/*js ",
@@ -42,6 +44,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "debug": "^3.0.1",
     "es6-promise": "^4.1.1",
+    "https-proxy-agent": "^2.1.0",
     "raw-body": "^2.3.0"
   },
   "contributors": [