diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c81e445e1..e185bf3bc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
     environmental variable.
   - Removed check and error for the "OSE" version of VirtualBox, since with
     VirtualBox 4 this distinction no longer exists.
+  - Ability to specify proxy settings for chef. [GH-169]
 
 ## 0.7.0.beta (December 24, 2010)
 
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/provisioners/chef.rb b/lib/vagrant/provisioners/chef.rb
index 1e6056dd3..c757b5de7 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/provisioners/chef.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/provisioners/chef.rb
@@ -25,7 +25,14 @@ module Vagrant
 
       def setup_config(template, filename, template_vars)
         config_file = TemplateRenderer.render(template, {
-          :log_level => env.config.chef.log_level.to_sym
+          :log_level => env.config.chef.log_level.to_sym,
+          :http_proxy => env.config.chef.http_proxy,
+          :http_proxy_user => env.config.chef.http_proxy_user,
+          :http_proxy_pass => env.config.chef.http_proxy_pass,
+          :https_proxy => env.config.chef.https_proxy,
+          :https_proxy_user => env.config.chef.https_proxy_user,
+          :https_proxy_pass => env.config.chef.https_proxy_pass,
+          :no_proxy => env.config.chef.no_proxy
         }.merge(template_vars))
 
         vm.ssh.upload!(StringIO.new(config_file), File.join(env.config.chef.provisioning_path, filename))
@@ -80,6 +87,13 @@ module Vagrant
         attr_accessor :provisioning_path
         attr_accessor :log_level
         attr_accessor :json
+        attr_accessor :http_proxy
+        attr_accessor :http_proxy_user
+        attr_accessor :http_proxy_pass
+        attr_accessor :https_proxy
+        attr_accessor :https_proxy_user
+        attr_accessor :https_proxy_pass
+        attr_accessor :no_proxy
 
         def initialize
           @validation_client_name = "chef-validator"
@@ -87,11 +101,17 @@ module Vagrant
 
           @cookbooks_path = ["cookbooks", [:vm, "cookbooks"]]
           @roles_path = []
+
           @provisioning_path = "/tmp/vagrant-chef"
           @log_level = :info
-          @json = {
-            :instance_role => "vagrant",
-          }
+          @json = { :instance_role => "vagrant" }
+          @http_proxy = nil
+          @http_proxy_user = nil
+          @http_proxy_pass = nil
+          @https_proxy = nil
+          @https_proxy_user = nil
+          @https_proxy_pass = nil
+          @no_proxy = nil
         end
 
         # Returns the run list for the provisioning
diff --git a/templates/chef_solo_solo.erb b/templates/chef_solo_solo.erb
index d1936b490..6a1a0910b 100644
--- a/templates/chef_solo_solo.erb
+++ b/templates/chef_solo_solo.erb
@@ -4,8 +4,16 @@ node_name "<%= node_name %>"
 file_cache_path "<%= provisioning_path %>"
 cookbook_path <%= cookbooks_path %>
 role_path <%= roles_path %>
-log_level          <%= log_level.inspect %>
+log_level <%= log_level.inspect %>
 
-<% if recipe_url %>
+<% if recipe_url -%>
 recipe_url "<%= recipe_url %>"
-<% end %>
\ No newline at end of file
+<% end -%>
+
+http_proxy <%= http_proxy.inspect %>
+http_proxy_user <%= http_proxy_user.inspect %>
+http_proxy_pass <%= http_proxy_pass.inspect %>
+https_proxy <%= https_proxy.inspect %>
+https_proxy_user <%= https_proxy_user.inspect %>
+https_proxy_pass <%= https_proxy_pass.inspect %>
+no_proxy <%= no_proxy.inspect %>