diff --git a/packages/compile-solidity/package.json b/packages/compile-solidity/package.json
index ca1dfcbbfb1..5e78990fb5f 100644
--- a/packages/compile-solidity/package.json
+++ b/packages/compile-solidity/package.json
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
     "axios-retry": "^3.1.9",
     "debug": "^4.3.1",
     "fs-extra": "^9.1.0",
+    "https-proxy-agent": "^5.0.0",
     "iter-tools": "^7.0.2",
     "lodash": "^4.17.21",
     "node-abort-controller": "^3.0.1",
diff --git a/packages/compile-solidity/src/compilerSupplier/loadingStrategies/VersionRange.ts b/packages/compile-solidity/src/compilerSupplier/loadingStrategies/VersionRange.ts
index ccba5381081..9744d55b1e1 100644
--- a/packages/compile-solidity/src/compilerSupplier/loadingStrategies/VersionRange.ts
+++ b/packages/compile-solidity/src/compilerSupplier/loadingStrategies/VersionRange.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,19 @@ import originalRequire from "original-require";
 
 // must polyfill AbortController to use axios >=0.20.0, <=0.27.2 on node <= v14.x
 import "../../polyfill";
-import { default as axios, AxiosResponse } from "axios";
+import { default as axiosPlain, AxiosResponse } from "axios";
+import { HttpsProxyAgent } from "https-proxy-agent";
+
+const environmentProxy = process.env.https_proxy || process.env.http_proxy;
+let axios;
+if (environmentProxy) {
+  const agent = new HttpsProxyAgent(environmentProxy);
+  axios = axiosPlain.create({
+    httpsAgent: agent
+  });
+} else {
+  axios = axiosPlain;
+}
 
 import semver from "semver";
 
@@ -186,7 +198,7 @@ export class VersionRange {
     return this.compilerFromString(response.data);
   }
 
-  async getSolcFromCacheOrUrl(versionConstraint: string, index: number = 0) {
+  async getSolcFromCacheOrUrl(versionConstraint: string, index = 0) {
     // go through all sources (compilerRoots) trying to locate a
     // suitable version of the Solidity compiler
     const { compilerRoots, events } = this.config;
@@ -257,7 +269,7 @@ export class VersionRange {
       version.includes("nightly") || version.includes("commit");
 
     if (isPrerelease) {
-      for (let build of allVersions.builds) {
+      for (const build of allVersions.builds) {
         const exists =
           build["prerelease"] === version ||
           build["build"] === version ||