diff --git a/cobbler/snippets/client.rb b/cobbler/snippets/client.rb
index 186c143..ca3a7b7 100644
--- a/cobbler/snippets/client.rb
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/client.rb
@@ -6,9 +6,15 @@ chef_server_url  '$chef_url'
 #if $getVar('proxy', '') != "" 
 http_proxy       '$proxy'
 https_proxy      '$proxy'
+ENV['http_proxy'] = '$proxy'
+ENV['https_proxy'] = '$proxy'
+ENV['HTTP_PROXY'] = '$proxy'
+ENV['HTTPS_PROXY'] = '$proxy'
 #end if
 #if $getVar('ignore_proxy', '') != ""
 no_proxy         '$ignore_proxy'
+ENV['no_proxy'] = '$ignore_proxy'
+ENV['NO_PROXY'] = '$ignore_proxy'
 #end if
 #if $getVar('chef_node_name', '') != ""
 node_name        '$chef_node_name'