diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bcb1834a..6dfc95f9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Help with preparing the key and certificate files for connection can be found in
 
 ### Connecting through an HTTP proxy
 
-If you need to connect through an HTTP proxy, you simply need to provide the `proxy: {host, port}` option when creating the provider. For example:
+The provider will retrieve HTTP proxy connection info from the system environment variables `apn_proxy`, `http_proxy`/`https_proxy`. If you for some reason need to connect through another specific HTTP proxy, you simply need to provide the `proxy: {host, port}` option when creating the provider. For example:
 
 ```javascript
 var options = {
@@ -81,15 +81,20 @@ var options = {
   },
   proxy: {
     host: "192.168.10.92",
-    port: 8080
-  }
+    port: 8080,
+    username: "user", // optional
+    password: "secretPassword" // optional
+  },
   production: false
 };
 
 var apnProvider = new apn.Provider(options);
 ```
 
-The provider will first send an HTTP CONNECT request to the specified proxy in order to establish an HTTP tunnel. Once established, it will create a new secure connection to the Apple Push Notification provider API through the tunnel.
+To disable the default HTTP proxy behaviour, simply set the `proxy: false`.
+
+When enabled, the provider will first send an HTTP CONNECT request to the specified proxy in order to establish an HTTP tunnel. Once established, it will create a new secure connection to the Apple Push Notification provider API through the tunnel.
+
 
 ### Using a pool of http/2 connections
 
diff --git a/index.d.ts b/index.d.ts
index 331b8f2d..f56d78fe 100644
--- a/index.d.ts
+++ b/index.d.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export interface ProviderOptions {
   /**
    * Connect through an HTTP proxy
    */
-  proxy?: { host: string, port: number|string }
+  proxy?: { host: string, port: number|string, username?: string, password?: string }
 }
 
 export interface MultiProviderOptions extends ProviderOptions {
diff --git a/lib/client.js b/lib/client.js
index d62cbb5e..a9252a1b 100644
--- a/lib/client.js
+++ b/lib/client.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 const VError = require('verror');
 const tls = require('tls');
 const extend = require('./util/extend');
-const createProxySocket = require('./util/proxy');
+const { createProxySocket, shouldProxyHost, getSystemProxy } = require('./util/proxy');
 
 module.exports = function (dependencies) {
   // Used for routine logs such as HTTP status codes, etc.
@@ -96,8 +96,14 @@ module.exports = function (dependencies) {
   Client.prototype.connect = function connect() {
     if (this.sessionPromise) return this.sessionPromise;
 
-    const proxySocketPromise = this.config.proxy
-      ? createProxySocket(this.config.proxy, {
+    const proxyOptions = this.config.proxy || getSystemProxy(this.config.port);
+    const shouldProxy =
+      this.config.proxy !== false &&
+      proxyOptions &&
+      shouldProxyHost(this.config.host, this.config.port);
+
+    const proxySocketPromise = shouldProxy
+      ? createProxySocket(proxyOptions, {
           host: this.config.address,
           port: this.config.port,
         })
diff --git a/lib/util/getEnv.js b/lib/util/getEnv.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9fa5067e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/util/getEnv.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/**
+ * Get environment variable regardless of casing (upper/lowercase).
+ * @param {string} key - Name of the environment variable
+ * @returns {string} Value of the environment variable or empty string
+ */
+module.exports = function getEnv(key) {
+  if (!process || !process.env) return '';
+  return process.env[key.toUpperCase()] || process.env[key.toLowerCase()] || '';
+};
diff --git a/lib/util/proxy.js b/lib/util/proxy.js
index f91e3b0a..cb2d9947 100644
--- a/lib/util/proxy.js
+++ b/lib/util/proxy.js
@@ -1,18 +1,130 @@
 const http = require('http');
+const getEnv = require('./getEnv');
 
-module.exports = function createProxySocket(proxy, target) {
-  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    const req = http.request({
-      host: proxy.host,
-      port: proxy.port,
-      method: 'connect',
-      path: target.host + ':' + target.port,
-      headers: { Connection: 'Keep-Alive' },
+module.exports = {
+  /**
+   * Connects to proxy and returns the socket
+   *
+   * @param {Object} proxy - Proxy connection object containing host, port, username and passord
+   * @param {Object} target - Proxy target containing host and port
+   * @returns {Socket} - HTTP socket
+   */
+  createProxySocket: function (proxy, target) {
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      const proxyRequestOptions = {
+        host: proxy.host,
+        port: proxy.port,
+        method: 'CONNECT',
+        path: `${target.host || ''}${target.port ? `:${target.port}` : ''}`,
+        headers: { Connection: 'Keep-Alive' },
+      };
+
+      // Add proxy basic authentication header
+      if (proxy.username || proxy.password) {
+        const auth = `${proxy.username || ''}:${proxy.password || ''}`;
+        const base64 = Buffer.from(auth, 'utf8').toString('base64');
+
+        proxyRequestOptions.headers['Proxy-Authorization'] = 'Basic ' + base64;
+      }
+
+      const req = http.request(proxyRequestOptions);
+      req.on('error', reject);
+      req.on('connect', (res, socket, head) => resolve(socket));
+      req.end();
     });
-    req.on('error', reject);
-    req.on('connect', (res, socket, head) => {
-      resolve(socket);
+  },
+
+  /**
+   * Get proxy connection info from the system environment variables
+   * Gathers connection info from environment variables in the following order:
+   *   1. apn_proxy
+   *   2. npm_config_http/https_proxy (https if targetPort: 443)
+   *   3. http/https_proxy (https if targetPort: 443)
+   *   4. all_proxy
+   *   5. npm_config_proxy
+   *   6. proxy
+   *
+   * @param {number} targetPort - Port number for the target host/webpage.
+   * @returns {Object} proxy - Object containing proxy information from the environment.
+   * @returns {string} proxy.host - Proxy hostname
+   * @returns {string} proxy.origin - Proxy port number
+   * @returns {string} proxy.port - Proxy port number
+   * @returns {string} proxy.protocol - Proxy connection protocol
+   * @returns {string} proxy.username - Username for connecting to the proxy
+   * @returns {string} proxy.password - Password for connecting to the proxy
+   */
+  getSystemProxy: function (targetPort) {
+    const protocol = targetPort === 443 ? 'https' : 'http';
+    let proxy =
+      getEnv('apn_proxy') ||
+      getEnv(`npm_config_${protocol}_proxy`) ||
+      getEnv(`${protocol}_proxy`) ||
+      getEnv('all_proxy') ||
+      getEnv('npm_config_proxy') ||
+      getEnv('proxy');
+
+    // No proxy environment variable set
+    if (!proxy) return null;
+
+    // Append protocol scheme if missing from proxy url
+    if (proxy.indexOf('://') === -1) {
+      proxy = `${protocol}://${proxy}`;
+    }
+
+    // Parse proxy as Url to easier extract info
+    const parsedProxy = new URL(proxy);
+    return {
+      host: parsedProxy.hostname || parsedProxy.host,
+      origin: parsedProxy.origin,
+      port: parsedProxy.port,
+      protocol: parsedProxy.protocol,
+      username: parsedProxy.username,
+      password: parsedProxy.password,
+    };
+  },
+
+  /**
+   * Checks the `no_proxy` environment variable if a hostname (and port) should be proxied or not.
+   *
+   * @param {string} hostname - Hostname of the page we are connecting to (not the proxy itself)
+   * @param {string} port - Effective port number for the host
+   * @returns {boolean} Whether the hostname should be proxied or not
+   */
+  shouldProxyHost: function (hostname, port) {
+    const noProxy = `${getEnv('no_proxy') || getEnv('npm_config_no_proxy')}`.toLowerCase();
+    if (!noProxy || noProxy === '*') return true; // No proxy restrictions are set or everything should be proxied
+
+    // Loop all excluded paths and check if host matches
+    return noProxy.split(/[,\s]+/).every(function (path) {
+      if (!path) return true;
+
+      // Parse path to separate host and port
+      const match = path.match(/^([^:]+)?(?::(\d+))?$/);
+      const proxyHost = match[1] || '';
+      const proxyPort = match[2] ? parseInt(match[2]) : '';
+
+      // If port is specified and it doesn't match
+      if (proxyPort && proxyPort !== port) return true;
+
+      // No hostname, but matching port is specified
+      if (proxyPort && !proxyHost) return false;
+
+      // If no wildcards or beginning with dot, return if exact match
+      if (!/^[.*]/.test(proxyHost)) {
+        if (hostname === proxyHost) return false;
+      }
+
+      // Escape any special characters in the hostname
+      const escapedProxyHost = proxyHost.replace(/[-/\\^$*+?.()|[\]{}]/g, '\\$&');
+
+      // Replace wildcard characters in the hostname with regular expression wildcards
+      const regexProxyHost = escapedProxyHost
+        .replace(/^\\\./, '\\*.') // Leading dot = wildcard
+        .replace(/\\\.$/, '\\*.') // Trailing dot = wildcard
+        .replace(/\\\*/g, '.*');
+
+      // Test the hostname against the regular expression
+      return !new RegExp(`^${regexProxyHost}$`).test(hostname);
     });
-    req.end();
-  });
+  },
 };