diff --git a/networking/wget.c b/networking/wget.c
index 0ec4dff19..9b8fedd1f 100644
--- a/networking/wget.c
+++ b/networking/wget.c
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ int wget_main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	FILE *sfp;					/* socket to web server				*/
 	char *uri_host, *uri_path;	/* parsed from command line url		*/
+	char *proxy;
 	int uri_port;
 	char *s, buf[512];
 	int n;
@@ -101,10 +102,20 @@ int wget_main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	if (do_continue && !fname_out)
 		error_msg_and_die("cannot specify continue (-c) without a filename (-O)\n");
+
 	/*
-	 * Parse url into components.
+	 * Use the proxy if necessary.
 	 */
-	parse_url(argv[optind], &uri_host, &uri_port, &uri_path);
+	if ((proxy = getenv("http_proxy")) != NULL) {
+		proxy = xstrdup(proxy);
+		parse_url(proxy, &uri_host, &uri_port, &uri_path);
+		uri_path = argv[optind];
+	} else {
+		/*
+		 * Parse url into components.
+		 */
+		parse_url(argv[optind], &uri_host, &uri_port, &uri_path);
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Open socket to server.
@@ -475,7 +486,7 @@ progressmeter(int flag)
  * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
  * SUCH DAMAGE.
  *
- *	$Id: wget.c,v 1.10 2000/12/07 19:56:48 markw Exp $
+ *	$Id: wget.c,v 1.11 2000/12/07 22:42:11 andersen Exp $
  */
 
 
diff --git a/utility.c b/utility.c
index 2f3486c13..62c472885 100644
--- a/utility.c
+++ b/utility.c
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ int full_read(int fd, char *buf, int len)
  * location, and do something (something specified
  * by the fileAction and dirAction function pointers).
  *
- * Unfortunatly, while nftw(3) could replace this and reduce 
+ * Unfortunately, while nftw(3) could replace this and reduce 
  * code size a bit, nftw() wasn't supported before GNU libc 2.1, 
  * and so isn't sufficiently portable to take over since glibc2.1
  * is so stinking huge.
@@ -1444,7 +1444,7 @@ extern void *xcalloc(size_t nmemb, size_t size)
 }
 #endif
 
-#if defined BB_FEATURE_NFSMOUNT || defined BB_SH || defined BB_LS
+#if defined BB_FEATURE_NFSMOUNT || defined BB_LS || defined BB_SH || defined BB_WGET
 # ifndef DMALLOC
 extern char * xstrdup (const char *s) {
 	char *t;
diff --git a/wget.c b/wget.c
index 0ec4dff19..9b8fedd1f 100644
--- a/wget.c
+++ b/wget.c
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ int wget_main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	FILE *sfp;					/* socket to web server				*/
 	char *uri_host, *uri_path;	/* parsed from command line url		*/
+	char *proxy;
 	int uri_port;
 	char *s, buf[512];
 	int n;
@@ -101,10 +102,20 @@ int wget_main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	if (do_continue && !fname_out)
 		error_msg_and_die("cannot specify continue (-c) without a filename (-O)\n");
+
 	/*
-	 * Parse url into components.
+	 * Use the proxy if necessary.
 	 */
-	parse_url(argv[optind], &uri_host, &uri_port, &uri_path);
+	if ((proxy = getenv("http_proxy")) != NULL) {
+		proxy = xstrdup(proxy);
+		parse_url(proxy, &uri_host, &uri_port, &uri_path);
+		uri_path = argv[optind];
+	} else {
+		/*
+		 * Parse url into components.
+		 */
+		parse_url(argv[optind], &uri_host, &uri_port, &uri_path);
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Open socket to server.
@@ -475,7 +486,7 @@ progressmeter(int flag)
  * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
  * SUCH DAMAGE.
  *
- *	$Id: wget.c,v 1.10 2000/12/07 19:56:48 markw Exp $
+ *	$Id: wget.c,v 1.11 2000/12/07 22:42:11 andersen Exp $
  */