diff --git a/lib/atom-io-client.coffee b/lib/atom-io-client.coffee
index f5ce0da1..54805a35 100644
--- a/lib/atom-io-client.coffee
+++ b/lib/atom-io-client.coffee
@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@ class AtomIoClient
     @expiry = 1000 * 60 * 60 * 12
     @createAvatarCache()
     @expireAvatarCache()
+    @packageManager?.isStrictSsl()
+      .then (resolve) =>
+        @strictSsl = resolve
+    @packageManager?.getHttpsProxy()
+      .then (resolve) =>
+        @httpsProxy = resolve
+
 
   # Public: Get an avatar image from the filesystem, fetching it first if necessary
   avatar: (login, callback) ->
@@ -70,6 +77,10 @@ class AtomIoClient
       url: "#{@baseURL}#{path}"
       headers: {'User-Agent': navigator.userAgent}
     }
+    if @httpsProxy?
+      options.proxy = @httpsProxy
+    if @strictSsl is false
+      options.rejectUnauthorized = false
 
     request options, (err, res, body) =>
       try
diff --git a/lib/package-manager.coffee b/lib/package-manager.coffee
index 1a717bbf..0efc6cd7 100644
--- a/lib/package-manager.coffee
+++ b/lib/package-manager.coffee
@@ -214,6 +214,45 @@ class PackageManager
 
     handleProcessErrors(apmProcess, errorMessage, callback)
 
+  isStrictSsl: ->
+    new Promise (resolve, reject) =>
+      args = ['config' , 'get', 'strict-ssl']
+      errorMessage = 'Checking strict-ssl configuration failed'
+      apmProcess = @runCommand args, (code, stdout, stderr) ->
+        if code is 0
+          if stdout.trim() is 'false'
+            resolve(false)
+          else
+            resolve(true)
+        else
+          error = new Error(errorMessage)
+          error.stdout = stdout
+          error.stderr = stderr
+          reject(error)
+
+      handleProcessErrors apmProcess, errorMessage, (error) ->
+        reject(error)
+
+  getHttpsProxy: ->
+    new Promise (resolve, reject) =>
+      args = ['config' , 'get', 'https-proxy']
+      errorMessage = 'Checking https-proxy configuration failed'
+      apmProcess = @runCommand args, (code, stdout, stderr) ->
+        if code is 0
+          result = stdout.trim()
+          if result isnt 'null'
+            resolve(result)
+          else
+            resolve(null)
+        else
+          error = new Error(errorMessage)
+          error.stdout = stdout
+          error.stderr = stderr
+          reject(error)
+
+      handleProcessErrors apmProcess, errorMessage, (error) ->
+        reject(error)
+
   getInstalled: ->
     new Promise (resolve, reject) =>
       @loadInstalled (error, result) ->