diff --git a/plugins/RSS/plugin.py b/plugins/RSS/plugin.py
index f1a7bbc2a..49442852e 100644
--- a/plugins/RSS/plugin.py
+++ b/plugins/RSS/plugin.py
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ import supybot.callbacks as callbacks
 from supybot.i18n import PluginInternationalization, internationalizeDocstring
 _ = PluginInternationalization('RSS')
 
+if minisix.PY2:
+    from urllib2 import ProxyHandler
+else:
+    from urllib.request import ProxyHandler
+
 def get_feedName(irc, msg, args, state):
     if ircutils.isChannel(args[0]):
         state.errorInvalid('feed name', args[0], 'must not be channel names.')
@@ -289,9 +294,15 @@ class RSS(callbacks.Plugin):
     # Feed fetching
 
     def update_feed(self, feed):
+        handlers = []
+        if utils.web.proxy():
+            handlers.append(ProxyHandler(
+                {'http': utils.force(utils.web.proxy())}))
+            handlers.append(ProxyHandler(
+                {'https': utils.force(utils.web.proxy())}))
         with feed.lock:
             d = feedparser.parse(feed.url, etag=feed.etag,
-                    modified=feed.modified)
+                    modified=feed.modified, handlers=handlers)
             if 'status' not in d or d.status != 304: # Not modified
                 if 'etag' in d:
                     feed.etag = d.etag