diff --git a/operator/src/main/java/org/keycloak/operator/controllers/KeycloakDeploymentDependentResource.java b/operator/src/main/java/org/keycloak/operator/controllers/KeycloakDeploymentDependentResource.java
index 1987ee14125..4b1c83790aa 100644
--- a/operator/src/main/java/org/keycloak/operator/controllers/KeycloakDeploymentDependentResource.java
+++ b/operator/src/main/java/org/keycloak/operator/controllers/KeycloakDeploymentDependentResource.java
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Base64;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -74,6 +75,8 @@ import static org.keycloak.operator.crds.v2alpha1.CRDUtils.isTlsConfigured;
 @KubernetesDependent(labelSelector = Constants.DEFAULT_LABELS_AS_STRING)
 public class KeycloakDeploymentDependentResource extends CRUDKubernetesDependentResource<StatefulSet, Keycloak> {
 
+    private static final List<String> COPY_ENV = Arrays.asList("HTTP_PROXY", "HTTPS_PROXY", "NO_PROXY");
+
     private static final String SERVICE_ACCOUNT_DIR = "/var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/";
     private static final String SERVICE_CA_CRT = SERVICE_ACCOUNT_DIR + "service-ca.crt";
 
@@ -419,7 +422,14 @@ public class KeycloakDeploymentDependentResource extends CRUDKubernetesDependent
                     }
                     return envBuilder.build();
                 })
-                .collect(Collectors.toList());
+                .collect(Collectors.toCollection(ArrayList::new));
+
+        for (String env : COPY_ENV) {
+            String value = System.getenv(env);
+            if (value != null) {
+                envVars.add(new EnvVarBuilder().withName(env).withValue(value).build());
+            }
+        }
 
         envVars.add(
                 new EnvVarBuilder()