diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/all.yml b/inventory/group_vars/all.yml
index 836e40107..aa6ac5426 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/all.yml
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/all.yml
@@ -123,3 +123,8 @@ dns_server: "{{ kube_service_addresses|ipaddr('net')|ipaddr(2)|ipaddr('address')
 #    server master2 10.99.0.27:443
 #    balance roundrobin
 # apiserver_loadbalancer_domain_name: "lb-apiserver.kubernetes.local"
+
+##Set these proxy values in order to update docker daemon to use proxies
+#http_proxy: ""
+#https_proxy: ""
+#no_proxy: ""
diff --git a/roles/docker/handlers/main.yml b/roles/docker/handlers/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4153d123d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/docker/handlers/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+---
+- name: restart docker
+  command: /bin/true
+  notify:
+    - reload systemd
+    - reload docker
+
+- name : reload systemd
+  shell: systemctl daemon-reload
+  when: ansible_service_mgr == "systemd"
+
+- name: reload docker
+  service:
+    name: docker
+    state: restarted
diff --git a/roles/docker/tasks/main.yml b/roles/docker/tasks/main.yml
index 47e5d24a1..c15d148c8 100644
--- a/roles/docker/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/docker/tasks/main.yml
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@
   with_items: "{{ docker_package_info.pkgs }}"
   when: docker_package_info.pkgs|length > 0
 
+- name: allow for proxies on systems using systemd
+  include: systemd-proxies.yml
+  when: ansible_service_mgr == "systemd" and
+        (http_proxy is defined or https_proxy is defined or no_proxy is defined)
+
 - meta: flush_handlers
 
 - name: ensure docker service is started and enabled
diff --git a/roles/docker/tasks/systemd-proxies.yml b/roles/docker/tasks/systemd-proxies.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4bbc423c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/docker/tasks/systemd-proxies.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+- name: create docker service directory for systemd
+  file: path=/etc/systemd/system/docker.service.d state=directory
+
+- name: drop docker environment conf to enable proxy usage
+  template:
+    src: http-proxy.conf.j2
+    dest: /etc/systemd/system/docker.service.d/http-proxy.conf
+  notify: restart docker
diff --git a/roles/docker/templates/http-proxy.conf.j2 b/roles/docker/templates/http-proxy.conf.j2
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7e558837c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/docker/templates/http-proxy.conf.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[Service]
+
+Environment={% if http_proxy %}"HTTP_PROXY={{ http_proxy }}"{% endif %} {% if https_proxy %}"HTTPS_PROXY={{ https_proxy }}"{% endif %} {% if no_proxy %}"NO_PROXY={{ no_proxy }}"{% endif %}