diff --git a/internal/local/chart/v3.go b/internal/local/chart/v3.go
index 40fb373..f2e5003 100644
--- a/internal/local/chart/v3.go
+++ b/internal/local/chart/v3.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package chart
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"strings"
 
 	config_v1 "github.com/weka/gohomecli/internal/local/config/v1"
 	"github.com/weka/gohomecli/internal/utils"
@@ -193,7 +194,12 @@ func configureCore(configuration *config_v1.Configuration) (yamlMap, error) {
 		cfg = make(yamlMap)
 	)
 
-	err = writeMapEntryIfSet(cfg, "core.proxy.url", configuration.Proxy)
+	if configuration.Proxy.URL != "" {
+		err = errors.Join(
+			writeMapEntryIfSet(cfg, "core.proxy.url", configuration.Proxy.URL),
+			writeMapEntryIfSet(cfg, "core.proxy.noProxy", strings.Join(configuration.Proxy.NoProxy, ",")),
+		)
+	}
 
 	return cfg, err
 }
diff --git a/internal/local/config/v1/v1.go b/internal/local/config/v1/v1.go
index 53505e8..8507936 100644
--- a/internal/local/config/v1/v1.go
+++ b/internal/local/config/v1/v1.go
@@ -33,7 +33,15 @@ type ForwardingConfig struct {
 }
 
 type ProxyConfig struct {
-	URL string `json:"url,omitempty"`
+	URL     string   `json:"url,omitempty"`
+	NoProxy []string `json:"no_proxy,omitempty"`
+}
+
+func (p ProxyConfig) NoProxyWithDefaults() []string {
+	return append([]string{
+		"127.0.0.0/8", "10.0.0.0/8", "172.16.0.0/12", "192.168.0.0/16",
+		"cluster.local", "localhost",
+	}, p.NoProxy...)
 }
 
 // Configuration flat options for the chart, pointers are used to distinguish between empty and unset values
diff --git a/internal/local/k3s/k3s.go b/internal/local/k3s/k3s.go
index b2d12ae..95184f7 100644
--- a/internal/local/k3s/k3s.go
+++ b/internal/local/k3s/k3s.go
@@ -346,16 +346,17 @@ func k3sInstall(ctx context.Context, c Config, fi fs.FileInfo, r io.Reader) erro
 			return fmt.Errorf("url parse: %w", err)
 		}
 
+		// skip internal IP from proxying
+		noProxy := append([]string{
+			fmt.Sprintf("%s/32", c.IP),
+			fmt.Sprintf("%s/32", c.ifaceAddr),
+		}, c.Proxy.NoProxyWithDefaults()...)
+
 		logger.Info().
 			Str("proxy", utils.URLSafe(proxyURL).String()).
+			Strs("no_proxy", noProxy).
 			Msg("Using proxy")
 
-		var noProxy = []string{
-			"127.0.0.0/8", "10.0.0.0/8", "172.16.0.0/12", "192.168.0.0/16",
-			fmt.Sprintf("%s/32", c.IP),
-			fmt.Sprintf("%s/32", c.ifaceAddr),
-		}
-
 		os.Setenv("NO_PROXY", strings.Join(noProxy, ","))
 
 		switch proxyURL.Scheme {