diff --git a/fdbbackup/backup.actor.cpp b/fdbbackup/backup.actor.cpp
index 6b986a510a9..a8dd6a8f4e4 100644
--- a/fdbbackup/backup.actor.cpp
+++ b/fdbbackup/backup.actor.cpp
@@ -4076,6 +4076,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
 		    .detail("CommandLine", commandLine)
 		    .setMaxFieldLength(0)
 		    .detail("MemoryLimit", memLimit)
+		    .detail("Proxy", proxy.orDefault(""))
 		    .trackLatest("ProgramStart");
 
 		// Ordinarily, this is done when the network is run. However, network thread should be set before TraceEvents
diff --git a/fdbclient/BackupContainer.actor.cpp b/fdbclient/BackupContainer.actor.cpp
index 416d15c5484..1c3a8906d9f 100644
--- a/fdbclient/BackupContainer.actor.cpp
+++ b/fdbclient/BackupContainer.actor.cpp
@@ -270,11 +270,20 @@ Reference<IBackupContainer> IBackupContainer::openContainer(const std::string& u
 			r = makeReference<BackupContainerLocalDirectory>(url, encryptionKeyFileName);
 		} else if (u.startsWith("blobstore://"_sr)) {
 			std::string resource;
+			Optional<std::string> blobstoreProxy;
+
+			// If no proxy is passed down to the openContainer method, try to fallback to the
+			// fileBackupAgentProxy which is a global variable and will be set for the backup_agent.
+			if (proxy.present()) {
+				blobstoreProxy = proxy.get();
+			} else if (fileBackupAgentProxy.present()) {
+				blobstoreProxy = fileBackupAgentProxy.get();
+			}
 
 			// The URL parameters contain blobstore endpoint tunables as well as possible backup-specific options.
 			S3BlobStoreEndpoint::ParametersT backupParams;
 			Reference<S3BlobStoreEndpoint> bstore =
-			    S3BlobStoreEndpoint::fromString(url, proxy, &resource, &lastOpenError, &backupParams);
+			    S3BlobStoreEndpoint::fromString(url, blobstoreProxy, &resource, &lastOpenError, &backupParams);
 
 			if (resource.empty())
 				throw backup_invalid_url();
diff --git a/fdbclient/BackupContainerFileSystem.actor.cpp b/fdbclient/BackupContainerFileSystem.actor.cpp
index 634cba1c15e..1a1e1fcedbf 100644
--- a/fdbclient/BackupContainerFileSystem.actor.cpp
+++ b/fdbclient/BackupContainerFileSystem.actor.cpp
@@ -1516,11 +1516,20 @@ Reference<BackupContainerFileSystem> BackupContainerFileSystem::openContainerFS(
 			r = makeReference<BackupContainerLocalDirectory>(url, encryptionKeyFileName);
 		} else if (u.startsWith("blobstore://"_sr)) {
 			std::string resource;
+			Optional<std::string> blobstoreProxy;
+
+			// If no proxy is passed down to the openContainer method, try to fallback to the
+			// fileBackupAgentProxy which is a global variable and will be set for the backup_agent.
+			if (proxy.present()) {
+				blobstoreProxy = proxy.get();
+			} else if (fileBackupAgentProxy.present()) {
+				blobstoreProxy = fileBackupAgentProxy.get();
+			}
 
 			// The URL parameters contain blobstore endpoint tunables as well as possible backup-specific options.
 			S3BlobStoreEndpoint::ParametersT backupParams;
 			Reference<S3BlobStoreEndpoint> bstore =
-			    S3BlobStoreEndpoint::fromString(url, proxy, &resource, &lastOpenError, &backupParams);
+			    S3BlobStoreEndpoint::fromString(url, blobstoreProxy, &resource, &lastOpenError, &backupParams);
 
 			if (resource.empty())
 				throw backup_invalid_url();
diff --git a/fdbclient/S3BlobStore.actor.cpp b/fdbclient/S3BlobStore.actor.cpp
index 446c8792f86..eec2c6f3a87 100644
--- a/fdbclient/S3BlobStore.actor.cpp
+++ b/fdbclient/S3BlobStore.actor.cpp
@@ -714,7 +714,8 @@ ACTOR Future<S3BlobStoreEndpoint::ReusableConnection> connect_impl(Reference<S3B
 			TraceEvent("S3BlobStoreEndpointReusingConnected")
 			    .suppressFor(60)
 			    .detail("RemoteEndpoint", rconn.conn->getPeerAddress())
-			    .detail("ExpiresIn", rconn.expirationTime - now());
+			    .detail("ExpiresIn", rconn.expirationTime - now())
+			    .detail("Proxy", b->proxyHost.orDefault(""));
 			return rconn;
 		}
 	}
@@ -747,7 +748,8 @@ ACTOR Future<S3BlobStoreEndpoint::ReusableConnection> connect_impl(Reference<S3B
 	TraceEvent("S3BlobStoreEndpointNewConnection")
 	    .suppressFor(60)
 	    .detail("RemoteEndpoint", conn->getPeerAddress())
-	    .detail("ExpiresIn", b->knobs.max_connection_life);
+	    .detail("ExpiresIn", b->knobs.max_connection_life)
+	    .detail("Proxy", b->proxyHost.orDefault(""));
 
 	if (b->lookupKey || b->lookupSecret || b->knobs.sdk_auth)
 		wait(b->updateSecret());
@@ -960,7 +962,10 @@ ACTOR Future<Reference<HTTP::Response>> doRequest_impl(Reference<S3BlobStoreEndp
 		else
 			event.detail("RemoteHost", bstore->host);
 
-		event.detail("Verb", verb).detail("Resource", resource).detail("ThisTry", thisTry);
+		event.detail("Verb", verb)
+		    .detail("Resource", resource)
+		    .detail("ThisTry", thisTry)
+		    .detail("Proxy", bstore->proxyHost.orDefault(""));
 
 		// If r is not valid or not code 429 then increment the try count.  429's will not count against the attempt
 		// limit.