diff --git a/.changes/http_proxy.md b/.changes/http_proxy.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5c2a319c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/http_proxy.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"cargo-packager": patch
+---
+
+Read `HTTP_PROXY` env var when downloading resources.
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 72b37c9d..c181c124 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -740,7 +740,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cargo-packager"
-version = "0.1.2"
+version = "0.2.0"
 dependencies = [
  "ar",
  "base64 0.21.4",
diff --git a/crates/packager/src/util.rs b/crates/packager/src/util.rs
index 7120bbd9..458cdcc3 100644
--- a/crates/packager/src/util.rs
+++ b/crates/packager/src/util.rs
@@ -130,7 +130,8 @@ pub fn target_triple() -> crate::Result<String> {
 
 pub(crate) fn download(url: &str) -> crate::Result<Vec<u8>> {
     tracing::info!("Downloading {}", url);
-    let response = ureq::get(url).call().map_err(Box::new)?;
+    let agent = ureq::AgentBuilder::new().try_proxy_from_env(true).build();
+    let response = agent.get(url).call().map_err(Box::new)?;
     let mut bytes = Vec::new();
     response.into_reader().read_to_end(&mut bytes)?;
     Ok(bytes)