diff --git a/src/remote.c b/src/remote.c
index 8da7346fb..1f5c58bd2 100644
--- a/src/remote.c
+++ b/src/remote.c
@@ -773,6 +773,18 @@ int git_remote__get_http_proxy(git_remote *remote, bool use_ssl, char **proxy_ur
 	/* HTTP_PROXY / HTTPS_PROXY environment variables */
 	error = git__getenv(&val, use_ssl ? "HTTPS_PROXY" : "HTTP_PROXY");
 
+	if (error < 0) {
+		if (error != GIT_ENOTFOUND) {
+			return error;
+		}
+
+		giterr_clear();
+		error = 0;
+	}
+
+	/* try lowercase environment variables */
+	error = git__getenv(&val, use_ssl ? "https_proxy" : "http_proxy");
+
 	if (error < 0) {
 		if (error == GIT_ENOTFOUND) {
 			giterr_clear();