diff --git a/cpr/session.cpp b/cpr/session.cpp
index fc9df926c..7d2f76b83 100644
--- a/cpr/session.cpp
+++ b/cpr/session.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "cpr/session.h"
 
+#include <array>
 #include <atomic>
 #include <cassert>
 #include <cstdint>
@@ -180,6 +181,15 @@ void Session::prepareCommonShared() {
             curl_easy_setopt(curl_->handle, CURLOPT_PROXYPASSWORD, proxyAuth_.GetPassword(protocol));
         }
     }
+    // handle NO_PROXY override passed through Proxies object
+    // Example: Proxies{"no_proxy": ""} will override environment variable definition with an empty list
+    const std::array<std::string, 2> no_proxy{"no_proxy", "NO_PROXY"};
+    for (const auto& item : no_proxy) {
+        if (proxies_.has(item)) {
+            curl_easy_setopt(curl_->handle, CURLOPT_NOPROXY, proxies_[item].c_str());
+            break;
+        }
+    }
 
 #if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x071506 // 7.21.6
     if (acceptEncoding_.empty()) {
diff --git a/test/proxy_tests.cpp b/test/proxy_tests.cpp
index ce5126dcb..a5a821c6f 100644
--- a/test/proxy_tests.cpp
+++ b/test/proxy_tests.cpp
@@ -1,15 +1,23 @@
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 
+#include <chrono>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string>
+#include <sstream>
 
 #include "cpr/cpr.h"
 
 // TODO: This uses public servers for proxies and endpoints. This should be replaced with a source
 // code implementation inside server.cpp
 
+// NOTES:
+// * For no-proxy testing need to run the tests with direct connection to the internet
+// * List of free proxies for testing can be found at https://proxy-list.org/english/index.php
+//   Example: #define HTTP_PROXY "http://162.223.90.130:80"
 #define HTTP_PROXY "51.159.4.98:80"
 #define HTTPS_PROXY "51.104.53.182:8000"
 
+
 using namespace cpr;
 
 TEST(ProxyTests, SingleProxyTest) {
@@ -79,6 +87,7 @@ TEST(ProxyTests, ReferenceProxySessionTest) {
     Session session;
     session.SetUrl(url);
     session.SetProxies(proxies);
+    session.SetTimeout(std::chrono::seconds(10));
     Response response = session.Get();
     EXPECT_EQ(url, response.url);
     EXPECT_EQ(std::string{"application/json"}, response.header["content-type"]);
@@ -86,6 +95,49 @@ TEST(ProxyTests, ReferenceProxySessionTest) {
     EXPECT_EQ(ErrorCode::OK, response.error.code);
 }
 
+TEST(ProxyTests, NoProxyTest) {
+    setenv("NO_PROXY", "httpbin.org", 1);
+    try {
+        Url url{"http://www.httpbin.org/get"};
+        Proxies proxies{{"http", HTTP_PROXY}, {"no_proxy", ""}};
+        Session session;
+        session.SetUrl(url);
+        session.SetProxies(proxies);
+        session.SetTimeout(std::chrono::seconds(10));
+        Response response = session.Get();
+        EXPECT_EQ(url, response.url);
+        EXPECT_EQ(std::string{"application/json"}, response.header["content-type"]);
+        EXPECT_EQ(200, response.status_code);
+        EXPECT_EQ(ErrorCode::OK, response.error.code);
+
+        // check that access was performed through the proxy
+        std::string proxy_ip = HTTP_PROXY;
+        if (proxy_ip[0] == 'h') {
+            // drop protocol:
+            proxy_ip = proxy_ip.substr(proxy_ip.find(':') + 3);
+        }
+        // drop port:
+        proxy_ip = proxy_ip.substr(0, proxy_ip.find(':'));
+
+        // find "origin": "ip" in response:
+        bool found = false;
+        std::istringstream body(response.text);
+        std::string line;
+        while (std::getline(body, line)) {
+            // example: "origin": "123.456.789.123"
+            if (line.find("\"origin\":") != std::string::npos) {
+                found = line.find(proxy_ip) != std::string::npos;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        EXPECT_TRUE(found);
+    } catch (...) {
+        unsetenv("NO_PROXY");
+        throw;
+    }
+    unsetenv("NO_PROXY");
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char** argv) {
     ::testing::InitGoogleTest(&argc, argv);
     return RUN_ALL_TESTS();