diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/ohio/ais/rundeck/HttpBuilder.java b/src/main/java/edu/ohio/ais/rundeck/HttpBuilder.java
index 756cf87..50cf752 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/ohio/ais/rundeck/HttpBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/ohio/ais/rundeck/HttpBuilder.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import org.apache.http.entity.ContentType;
 import org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient;
 import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClientBuilder;
+import org.apache.http.impl.conn.SystemDefaultRoutePlanner;
 import org.apache.http.ssl.SSLContextBuilder;
 import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils;
 import org.dom4j.DocumentHelper;
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@
 import org.yaml.snakeyaml.constructor.SafeConstructor;
 
 import java.io.*;
+import java.net.ProxySelector;
 import java.security.GeneralSecurityException;
 import java.security.cert.CertificateException;
 import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
@@ -109,13 +111,18 @@ public boolean isTrusted(X509Certificate[] x509Certificates, String s) throws Ce
             httpClientBuilder.setSSLContext(sslContextBuilder.build());
         }
         if(options.containsKey("proxySettings") && Boolean.parseBoolean(options.get("proxySettings").toString())){
-            log.log(5, "using proxy IP: " + options.get("proxyIP").toString());
-            log.log(5, "using proxy Port: " + options.get("proxyPort").toString());
+            log.log(5, "proxy IP set in job: " + options.get("proxyIP").toString());
 
             HttpHost proxy = new HttpHost(options.get("proxyIP").toString(), Integer.valueOf((String)options.get("proxyPort")), "http");
             httpClientBuilder.setProxy(proxy);
         }
 
+        if(options.get("useSystemProxySettings").equals("true")) {
+
+            httpClientBuilder.setRoutePlanner(new SystemDefaultRoutePlanner(ProxySelector.getDefault()));
+
+        }
+
         return httpClientBuilder.build();
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/ohio/ais/rundeck/HttpDescription.java b/src/main/java/edu/ohio/ais/rundeck/HttpDescription.java
index db1034f..5cead91 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/ohio/ais/rundeck/HttpDescription.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/ohio/ais/rundeck/HttpDescription.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import com.dtolabs.rundeck.core.plugins.configuration.Describable;
 import com.dtolabs.rundeck.core.plugins.configuration.Description;
+import com.dtolabs.rundeck.core.plugins.configuration.PropertyScope;
 import com.dtolabs.rundeck.core.plugins.configuration.StringRenderingConstants;
 import com.dtolabs.rundeck.plugins.util.DescriptionBuilder;
 import com.dtolabs.rundeck.plugins.util.PropertyBuilder;
@@ -165,6 +166,12 @@ public Description getDescription() {
                         .defaultValue("false")
                         .renderingOption(StringRenderingConstants.GROUP_NAME,"Print")
                         .build())
+                .property(PropertyBuilder.builder()
+                        .booleanType("useSystemProxySettings")
+                        .description("Choose whether to use proxy settings set on the JVM.")
+                        .defaultValue("false")
+                        .scope(PropertyScope.Project)
+                        .build())
                 .build();
     }
 }