diff --git a/src/input/plugins/CurlInputPlugin.cxx b/src/input/plugins/CurlInputPlugin.cxx
index cc26067149..864ea57fff 100644
--- a/src/input/plugins/CurlInputPlugin.cxx
+++ b/src/input/plugins/CurlInputPlugin.cxx
@@ -439,6 +439,8 @@ CurlInputStream::InitEasy()
 	request->SetVerifyPeer(verify_peer);
 	request->SetVerifyHost(verify_host);
 	request->SetOption(CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, request_headers.Get());
+	request->SetProxyVerifyPeer(verify_peer);
+	request->SetProxyVerifyHost(verify_host);
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/src/lib/curl/Request.hxx b/src/lib/curl/Request.hxx
index fcd68ca8e1..ce22f90fb0 100644
--- a/src/lib/curl/Request.hxx
+++ b/src/lib/curl/Request.hxx
@@ -123,6 +123,14 @@ public:
 		easy.SetVerifyPeer(value);
 	}
 
+	void SetProxyVerifyHost(bool value) {
+		easy.SetOption(CURLOPT_PROXY_SSL_VERIFYHOST, value ? 2L : 0L);
+	}
+
+	void SetProxyVerifyPeer(bool value) {
+		easy.SetOption(CURLOPT_PROXY_SSL_VERIFYPEER, value);
+	}
+
 	void SetNoBody(bool value=true) {
 		easy.SetNoBody(value);
 	}