diff --git a/modules/selenium/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/BrowserWebDriverContainer.java b/modules/selenium/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/BrowserWebDriverContainer.java
index 94374235cbb..b92a4877cd2 100644
--- a/modules/selenium/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/BrowserWebDriverContainer.java
+++ b/modules/selenium/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/BrowserWebDriverContainer.java
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ public class BrowserWebDriverContainer<SELF extends BrowserWebDriverContainer<SE
     private static final int SELENIUM_PORT = 4444;
     private static final int VNC_PORT = 5900;
 
+    private static final String NO_PROXY_KEY = "no_proxy";
+
     @Nullable
     private Capabilities capabilities;
     private boolean customImageNameIsSet = false;
@@ -156,7 +158,11 @@ protected void configure() {
 
         addExposedPorts(SELENIUM_PORT, VNC_PORT);
         addEnv("TZ", timeZone);
-        addEnv("no_proxy", "localhost");
+
+        if (!getEnvMap().containsKey(NO_PROXY_KEY)) {
+            addEnv(NO_PROXY_KEY, "localhost");
+        }
+
         setCommand("/opt/bin/entry_point.sh");
 
         /*
diff --git a/modules/selenium/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/junit/BrowserWebDriverContainerTest.java b/modules/selenium/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/junit/BrowserWebDriverContainerTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..036262a6bd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/selenium/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/junit/BrowserWebDriverContainerTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package org.testcontainers.junit;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeOptions;
+import org.testcontainers.containers.BrowserWebDriverContainer;
+
+import static org.rnorth.visibleassertions.VisibleAssertions.assertEquals;
+
+public class BrowserWebDriverContainerTest {
+
+    private static final String NO_PROXY_KEY = "no_proxy";
+
+    private static final String NO_PROXY_VALUE = "localhost,.noproxy-domain.com";
+
+    @Test
+    public void honorPresetNoProxyEnvironment() {
+        try (
+            BrowserWebDriverContainer chromeWithNoProxySet = (BrowserWebDriverContainer) new BrowserWebDriverContainer()
+                .withCapabilities(new ChromeOptions())
+                .withEnv(NO_PROXY_KEY, NO_PROXY_VALUE)
+        ) {
+            chromeWithNoProxySet.start();
+
+            Object noProxy = chromeWithNoProxySet.getEnvMap().get(NO_PROXY_KEY);
+            assertEquals("no_proxy should be preserved by the container rule", NO_PROXY_VALUE, noProxy);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void provideDefaultNoProxyEnvironmentIfNotSet() {
+        try (
+            BrowserWebDriverContainer chromeWithoutNoProxySet = new BrowserWebDriverContainer()
+                .withCapabilities(new ChromeOptions())
+
+        ) {
+            chromeWithoutNoProxySet.start();
+
+            Object noProxy = chromeWithoutNoProxySet.getEnvMap().get(NO_PROXY_KEY);
+            assertEquals("no_proxy should be set to default if not already present", "localhost", noProxy);
+        }
+    }
+}