diff --git a/dependency-check-maven/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/maven/BaseDependencyCheckMojo.java b/dependency-check-maven/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/maven/BaseDependencyCheckMojo.java
index b2c005199..c6ff64a13 100644
--- a/dependency-check-maven/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/maven/BaseDependencyCheckMojo.java
+++ b/dependency-check-maven/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/maven/BaseDependencyCheckMojo.java
@@ -667,6 +667,7 @@ public abstract class BaseDependencyCheckMojo extends AbstractMojo implements Ma
             final String password = proxy.getPassword();
             Settings.setStringIfNotNull(Settings.KEYS.PROXY_USERNAME, userName);
             Settings.setStringIfNotNull(Settings.KEYS.PROXY_PASSWORD, password);
+            Settings.setStringIfNotNull(Settings.KEYS.PROXY_NON_PROXY_HOSTS, proxy.getNonProxyHosts());
         }
 
         Settings.setStringIfNotEmpty(Settings.KEYS.CONNECTION_TIMEOUT, connectionTimeout);
diff --git a/dependency-check-utils/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/utils/Settings.java b/dependency-check-utils/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/utils/Settings.java
index 2cabc9b87..1ef117eb8 100644
--- a/dependency-check-utils/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/utils/Settings.java
+++ b/dependency-check-utils/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/utils/Settings.java
@@ -165,6 +165,10 @@ public final class Settings {
          * The properties key for the proxy password.
          */
         public static final String PROXY_PASSWORD = "proxy.password";
+        /**
+         * The properties key for the non proxy hosts.
+         */
+        public static final String PROXY_NON_PROXY_HOSTS = "proxy.nonproxyhosts";
         /**
          * The properties key for the connection timeout.
          */
diff --git a/dependency-check-utils/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/utils/URLConnectionFactory.java b/dependency-check-utils/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/utils/URLConnectionFactory.java
index c11e3ecf9..b949d07ec 100644
--- a/dependency-check-utils/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/utils/URLConnectionFactory.java
+++ b/dependency-check-utils/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/utils/URLConnectionFactory.java
@@ -53,13 +53,15 @@ public final class URLConnectionFactory {
     public static HttpURLConnection createHttpURLConnection(URL url) throws URLConnectionFailureException {
         HttpURLConnection conn = null;
         final String proxyUrl = Settings.getString(Settings.KEYS.PROXY_SERVER);
+
         try {
-            if (proxyUrl != null) {
+            if (proxyUrl != null && !skipProxy(url)) {
                 final int proxyPort = Settings.getInt(Settings.KEYS.PROXY_PORT);
                 final SocketAddress address = new InetSocketAddress(proxyUrl, proxyPort);
 
                 final String username = Settings.getString(Settings.KEYS.PROXY_USERNAME);
                 final String password = Settings.getString(Settings.KEYS.PROXY_PASSWORD);
+
                 if (username != null && password != null) {
                     final Authenticator auth = new Authenticator() {
                         @Override
@@ -94,6 +96,24 @@ public final class URLConnectionFactory {
         return conn;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Checks of for the given URL the proxy shall be used or not checking the nonProxyHosts configuration.
+     * @param url The URL to check.
+     * @return If the proxy shall be skip for the given URL or not.
+     */
+    private static boolean skipProxy(URL url) {
+        boolean skip = false;
+        final String nonProxySettings = Settings.getString(Settings.KEYS.PROXY_NON_PROXY_HOSTS);
+        String[] nonProxyHosts = nonProxySettings.split(",");
+        for (int i = 0; i < nonProxyHosts.length; i++) {
+            if (url.getHost().matches(nonProxyHosts[i])) {
+                skip = true;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        return skip;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Utility method to create an HttpURLConnection. The use of a proxy here is optional as there may be cases where a proxy is
      * configured but we don't want to use it (for example, if there's an internal repository configured)