diff --git a/core/lib/Foswiki.spec b/core/lib/Foswiki.spec
index d596ae4891..4f532f7e96 100644
--- a/core/lib/Foswiki.spec
+++ b/core/lib/Foswiki.spec
@@ -1084,6 +1084,10 @@ $Foswiki::cfg{AccessibleHeaders} = ['Accept-Language', 'User-Agent'];
 # http://username:password@proxy.your.company:8080.
 $Foswiki::cfg{PROXY}{HOST} = undef;
 
+# **STRING 50 LABEL="No Proxy" CHECK="undefok emptyok"**
+# List of domains that are accessed directly instead of going by the proxy.
+$Foswiki::cfg{PROXY}{NoProxy} = '';
+
 # **BOOLEAN LABEL="Client IP" **
 # Foswiki normally uses the REMOTE_ADDRESS as the client IP.  If Foswiki is behind
 # a proxy, Foswiki will see the proxy's address as the Client IP.  Enable this switch if you
diff --git a/core/lib/Foswiki/Net.pm b/core/lib/Foswiki/Net.pm
index df157d7cf9..f9a6a7ce70 100644
--- a/core/lib/Foswiki/Net.pm
+++ b/core/lib/Foswiki/Net.pm
@@ -116,6 +116,11 @@ sub getExternalResource {
     my $uri       = URI::URL->new($url);
     my $proxyHost = $this->{PROXYHOST} || $Foswiki::cfg{PROXY}{HOST};
     my $puri      = $proxyHost ? URI::URL->new($proxyHost) : undef;
+    my @noProxy =
+      ( $puri && $Foswiki::cfg{PROXY}{NoProxy} )
+      ? split( /\s*,\s*/, $Foswiki::cfg{PROXY}{NoProxy} )
+      : undef;
+
     my $request;
 
     require HTTP::Request;
@@ -138,6 +143,7 @@ sub getExternalResource {
       if ( $uri->can("userinfo") && defined $uri->userinfo() );
     my $ua = new Foswiki::Net::UserCredAgent( $user, $pass );
     $ua->proxy( [ 'http', 'https' ], $puri->as_string() ) if $puri;
+    $ua->no_proxy(@noProxy) if @noProxy;
     my $response = $ua->request($request);
     return $response;
 }