diff --git a/CHANGES/4648.bugfix b/CHANGES/4648.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..094eb9d492
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGES/4648.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix supporting WebSockets proxies configured via environment variables.
diff --git a/aiohttp/helpers.py b/aiohttp/helpers.py
index 9ea3d7acbd..dd73eb8da3 100644
--- a/aiohttp/helpers.py
+++ b/aiohttp/helpers.py
@@ -240,14 +240,20 @@ class ProxyInfo:
 
 
 def proxies_from_env() -> Dict[str, ProxyInfo]:
-    proxy_urls = {k: URL(v) for k, v in getproxies().items() if k in ("http", "https")}
+    proxy_urls = {
+        k: URL(v)
+        for k, v in getproxies().items()
+        if k in ("http", "https", "ws", "wss")
+    }
     netrc_obj = netrc_from_env()
     stripped = {k: strip_auth_from_url(v) for k, v in proxy_urls.items()}
     ret = {}
     for proto, val in stripped.items():
         proxy, auth = val
-        if proxy.scheme == "https":
-            client_logger.warning("HTTPS proxies %s are not supported, ignoring", proxy)
+        if proxy.scheme in ("https", "wss"):
+            client_logger.warning(
+                "%s proxies %s are not supported, ignoring", proxy.scheme.upper(), proxy
+            )
             continue
         if netrc_obj and auth is None:
             auth_from_netrc = None
diff --git a/docs/client_advanced.rst b/docs/client_advanced.rst
index 55a014d9d3..43d7dd251e 100644
--- a/docs/client_advanced.rst
+++ b/docs/client_advanced.rst
@@ -555,13 +555,17 @@ Contrary to the ``requests`` library, it won't read environment
 variables by default. But you can do so by passing
 ``trust_env=True`` into :class:`aiohttp.ClientSession`
 constructor for extracting proxy configuration from
-*HTTP_PROXY* or *HTTPS_PROXY* *environment variables* (both are case
-insensitive)::
+*HTTP_PROXY*, *HTTPS_PROXY*, *WS_PROXY* or *WSS_PROXY* *environment
+variables* (all are case insensitive)::
 
    async with aiohttp.ClientSession(trust_env=True) as session:
        async with session.get("http://python.org") as resp:
            print(resp.status)
 
+.. versionadded:: 3.8
+
+   *WS_PROXY* and *WSS_PROXY* are supported since aiohttp v3.8.
+
 Proxy credentials are given from ``~/.netrc`` file if present (see
 :class:`aiohttp.ClientSession` for more details).
 
diff --git a/tests/test_helpers.py b/tests/test_helpers.py
index 7038fe9be6..d43e963789 100644
--- a/tests/test_helpers.py
+++ b/tests/test_helpers.py
@@ -462,32 +462,26 @@ def test_set_content_disposition_bad_param() -> None:
 # --------------------- proxies_from_env ------------------------------
 
 
-def test_proxies_from_env_http(mocker) -> None:
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("protocol", ["http", "https", "ws", "wss"])
+def test_proxies_from_env(monkeypatch, protocol) -> None:
     url = URL("http://aiohttp.io/path")
-    mocker.patch.dict(os.environ, {"http_proxy": str(url)})
-    ret = helpers.proxies_from_env()
-    assert ret.keys() == {"http"}
-    assert ret["http"].proxy == url
-    assert ret["http"].proxy_auth is None
-
-
-def test_proxies_from_env_http_proxy_for_https_proto(mocker) -> None:
-    url = URL("http://aiohttp.io/path")
-    mocker.patch.dict(os.environ, {"https_proxy": str(url)})
+    monkeypatch.setenv(protocol + "_proxy", str(url))
     ret = helpers.proxies_from_env()
-    assert ret.keys() == {"https"}
-    assert ret["https"].proxy == url
-    assert ret["https"].proxy_auth is None
+    assert ret.keys() == {protocol}
+    assert ret[protocol].proxy == url
+    assert ret[protocol].proxy_auth is None
 
 
-def test_proxies_from_env_https_proxy_skipped(mocker) -> None:
-    url = URL("https://aiohttp.io/path")
-    mocker.patch.dict(os.environ, {"https_proxy": str(url)})
-    log = mocker.patch("aiohttp.log.client_logger.warning")
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("protocol", ["https", "wss"])
+def test_proxies_from_env_skipped(monkeypatch, caplog, protocol) -> None:
+    url = URL(protocol + "://aiohttp.io/path")
+    monkeypatch.setenv(protocol + "_proxy", str(url))
     assert helpers.proxies_from_env() == {}
-    log.assert_called_with(
-        "HTTPS proxies %s are not supported, ignoring", URL("https://aiohttp.io/path")
+    assert len(caplog.records) == 1
+    log_message = "{proto!s} proxies {url!s} are not supported, ignoring".format(
+        proto=protocol.upper(), url=url
     )
+    assert caplog.record_tuples == [("aiohttp.client", 30, log_message)]
 
 
 def test_proxies_from_env_http_with_auth(mocker) -> None: