diff --git a/lib/feed_handler.rb b/lib/feed_handler.rb
index 94ba012..103f364 100644
--- a/lib/feed_handler.rb
+++ b/lib/feed_handler.rb
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ class FeedHandler
           if !valid_url?(address)
             raise InvalidUrl.new("\"%s\" is not a valid URL" % address)
           end
-          open(address, "User-Agent" => "Noosfero/#{Noosfero::VERSION}", &block)
+          header = {"User-Agent" => "Noosfero/#{Noosfero::VERSION}"}
+          header.merge!(:proxy => ENV['FEED_HTTP_PROXY']) if ENV['FEED_HTTP_PROXY']
+          open(address, header, &block)
         end
       return content
     rescue Exception => ex
diff --git a/test/unit/feed_handler_test.rb b/test/unit/feed_handler_test.rb
index 0990b3b..969ada0 100644
--- a/test/unit/feed_handler_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/feed_handler_test.rb
@@ -141,4 +141,10 @@ class FeedHandlerTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     end
   end
 
+  should 'set proxy when FEED_HTTP_PROXY is setted from env' do
+    ENV.stubs('[]').with('FEED_HTTP_PROXY').returns('http://127.0.0.1:3128')
+    handler.expects(:open).with('http://site.org/feed.xml', {"User-Agent" => "Noosfero/#{Noosfero::VERSION}", :proxy => 'http://127.0.0.1:3128'}, anything).returns('bli content')
+    assert_equal 'bli content', handler.fetch('http://site.org/feed.xml')
+  end
+
 end
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