diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cc5d6d758..3c658a2cd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -182,7 +182,16 @@ Thanks to everyone for contributing! For a list of people involved, please see t
 
 # Known Issues and Troubleshooting
 
-##Windows
+## Any OS
+
+### Proxy Settings
+
+cordova-cli will use `npm`'s proxy settings. If you downloaded cordova-cli via `npm` and are behind a proxy, chances are cordova-cli should work for you as it will use those settings in the first place. Make sure that the `https-proxy` and `proxy` npm config variables are set properly. See [npm's configuration documentation](https://npmjs.org/doc/config.html) for more information.
+
+## Windows
+
+### Trouble Adding Android as a Platform
+
 When trying to add a platform on a Windows machine if you run into the following error message:
     cordova library for "android" already exists. No need to download. Continuing.
     Checking if platform "android" passes minimum requirements...
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0edd24123..da12bee2b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "cordova",
-  "version": "3.0.0",
+  "version": "3.0.1",
   "preferGlobal": "true",
   "description": "Cordova command line interface tool",
   "main": "cordova",
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "colors":">=0.6.0",
     "elementtree":"0.1.3",
-    "plugman":"0.9.10",
+    "plugman":"0.9.11",
     "plist":"0.4.x",
     "xcode":"0.5.1",
     "express":"3.0.0",
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@
     "follow-redirects":"0.0.x",
     "prompt":"0.2.7",
     "tar":"0.1.x",
-    "open": "0.0.3"
+    "open": "0.0.3",
+    "npm":"1.3.x"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "jasmine-node":"1.8.x"
diff --git a/spec/lazy_load.spec.js b/spec/lazy_load.spec.js
index 16052402e..b5a54488c 100644
--- a/spec/lazy_load.spec.js
+++ b/spec/lazy_load.spec.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ var lazy_load = require('../src/lazy_load'),
     config = require('../src/config'),
     util = require('../src/util'),
     shell = require('shelljs'),
+    npm = require('npm');
     path = require('path'),
     hooker = require('../src/hooker'),
     request = require('request'),
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ describe('lazy_load module', function() {
 
         describe('remote URLs for libraries', function() {
             var req,
+                load_spy,
                 p1 = jasmine.createSpy().andReturn({
                     on:function() {
                         return {
@@ -68,6 +70,8 @@ describe('lazy_load module', function() {
                 req = spyOn(request, 'get').andReturn({
                     pipe:p2
                 });
+                load_spy = spyOn(npm, 'load').andCallFake(function(cb) { cb(); });
+                npm.config.get = function() { return null; };
             });
 
             it('should call request with appopriate url params', function() {
@@ -77,6 +81,26 @@ describe('lazy_load module', function() {
                     uri:url
                 }, jasmine.any(Function));
             });
+            it('should take into account https-proxy npm configuration var if exists for https:// calls', function() {
+                var proxy = 'https://somelocalproxy.com';
+                npm.config.get = function() { return proxy; };
+                var url = 'https://github.com/apache/someplugin';
+                lazy_load.custom(url, 'random', 'android', '1.0');
+                expect(req).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+                    uri:url,
+                    proxy:proxy
+                }, jasmine.any(Function));
+            });
+            it('should take into account proxy npm config var if exists for http:// calls', function() {
+                var proxy = 'http://somelocalproxy.com';
+                npm.config.get = function() { return proxy; };
+                var url = 'http://github.com/apache/someplugin';
+                lazy_load.custom(url, 'random', 'android', '1.0');
+                expect(req).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+                    uri:url,
+                    proxy:proxy
+                }, jasmine.any(Function));
+            });
         });
 
         describe('local paths for libraries', function() {
diff --git a/src/lazy_load.js b/src/lazy_load.js
index 193f89525..aeda16932 100644
--- a/src/lazy_load.js
+++ b/src/lazy_load.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ var path          = require('path'),
     fs            = require('fs'),
     shell         = require('shelljs'),
     platforms     = require('../platforms'),
+    npm           = require('npm'),
     events        = require('./events'),
     request       = require('request'),
     config        = require('./config'),
@@ -64,10 +65,23 @@ module.exports = {
         }, function() {
             var uri = URL.parse(url);
             if (uri.protocol && uri.protocol[1] != ':') { // second part of conditional is for awesome windows support. fuuu windows
-                shell.mkdir('-p', download_dir);
-                events.emit('log', 'Requesting ' + url + '...');
-                var size = 0;
-                request.get({uri:url}, function(err, req, body) { size = body.length; })
+                npm.load(function() {
+                    // Check if NPM proxy settings are set. If so, include them in the request() call.
+                    var proxy;
+                    if (uri.protocol == 'https:') {
+                        proxy = npm.config.get('https-proxy');
+                    } else if (uri.protocol == 'http:') {
+                        proxy = npm.config.get('proxy');
+                    }
+
+                    shell.mkdir('-p', download_dir);
+                    var size = 0;
+                    var request_options = {uri:url};
+                    if (proxy) {
+                        request_options.proxy = proxy;
+                    }
+                    events.emit('log', 'Requesting ' + JSON.stringify(request_options) + '...');
+                    request.get(request_options, function(err, req, body) { size = body.length; })
                     .pipe(zlib.createUnzip())
                     .pipe(tar.Extract({path:download_dir}))
                     .on('error', function(err) {
@@ -91,6 +105,7 @@ module.exports = {
                         }, function() {
                             if (callback) callback();
                         });
+                    });
                 });
             } else {
                 // local path