diff --git a/fhem/FHEM/HttpUtils.pm b/fhem/FHEM/HttpUtils.pm
index e92a6cb63..8744fd51f 100644
--- a/fhem/FHEM/HttpUtils.pm
+++ b/fhem/FHEM/HttpUtils.pm
@@ -392,6 +392,7 @@ sub
 HttpUtils_Connect2($)
 {
   my ($hash) = @_;
+  my $usingSSL;
 
   $hash->{host} =~ s/:.*//;
   if($hash->{protocol} eq "https" && $hash->{conn} && !$hash->{hu_sslAdded}) {
@@ -403,11 +404,13 @@ HttpUtils_Connect2($)
       return $errstr;
     } else {
       $hash->{conn}->blocking(1);
+      $usingSSL = 1;
 
       if($hash->{hu_proxy}) {   # can block!
+        my $pw = AttrVal("global", "proxyAuth", "");
+        $pw = "Proxy-Authorization: Basic $pw\r\n" if($pw);
         my $hdr = "CONNECT $hash->{host}:$hash->{hu_port} HTTP/1.0\r\n".
-                  "User-Agent: fhem\r\n".
-                  "\r\n";
+                  "User-Agent: fhem\r\n$pw\r\n";
         syswrite $hash->{conn}, $hdr;
         my $buf;
         my $len = sysread($hash->{conn},$buf,65536);
@@ -504,6 +507,10 @@ HttpUtils_Connect2($)
     $hdr .= "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\r\n"
                 if ($hdr !~ "Content-Type:");
   }
+  if(!$usingSSL) {
+    my $pw = AttrVal("global", "proxyAuth", "");
+    $hdr .= "Proxy-Authorization: Basic $pw\r\n" if($pw);
+  }
   Log3 $hash, $hash->{loglevel}+1, "HttpUtils request header:\n$hdr";
   $hdr .= "\r\n";
 
diff --git a/fhem/docs/commandref_frame.html b/fhem/docs/commandref_frame.html
index 6888a79f8..228f338da 100644
--- a/fhem/docs/commandref_frame.html
+++ b/fhem/docs/commandref_frame.html
@@ -1519,6 +1519,10 @@ The following local attributes are used by a wider range of devices:
     <li>proxy<br>
         IP:PORT of the proxy server to be used by HttpUtils.
     </li><br>
+    <a name="proxyAuth"></a>
+    <li>proxyAuth<br>
+        Base64 encoded username:password
+    </li><br>
     <a name="proxyExclude"></a>
     <li>proxyExclude<br>
         regexp for hosts to exclude when using a proxy
diff --git a/fhem/docs/commandref_frame_DE.html b/fhem/docs/commandref_frame_DE.html
index 3a61c6c2b..0ae5c5209 100644
--- a/fhem/docs/commandref_frame_DE.html
+++ b/fhem/docs/commandref_frame_DE.html
@@ -1622,6 +1622,10 @@ Die folgenden lokalen Attribute werden von mehreren Ger&auml;ten verwendet:
     <li>proxy<br>
         IP:PORT des proxy Servers, wird von HttpUtils benutzt.
     </li><br>
+    <a name="proxyAuth"></a>
+    <li>proxyAuth<br>
+        Base64 kodiertes Benutzername:Passwort
+    </li><br>
     <a name="proxyExclude"></a>
     <li>proxyExclude<br>
         Regexp, um bestimmte Hosts nicht via proxy zu kontaktieren.
diff --git a/fhem/fhem.pl b/fhem/fhem.pl
index 3e04068f5..b22fb2bcd 100755
--- a/fhem/fhem.pl
+++ b/fhem/fhem.pl
@@ -309,6 +309,7 @@ my @globalAttrList = qw(
   perlSyntaxCheck:0,1
   pidfilename
   proxy
+  proxyAuth
   proxyExclude
   restartDelay
   restoreDirs