--- libghttp-1.0.9~/ghttp.c	2001-01-23 00:32:15 +0000
+++ libghttp-1.0.9/ghttp.c	2004-05-15 09:04:59 +0000
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ ghttp_request_new(void)
 {
   struct _ghttp_request *l_return = NULL;
 
+	char *proxy_env = NULL;
+
   /* create everything */
   l_return = malloc(sizeof(struct _ghttp_request));
   memset(l_return, 0, sizeof(struct _ghttp_request));
@@ -65,6 +67,11 @@ ghttp_request_new(void)
   l_return->req = http_req_new();
   l_return->resp = http_resp_new();
   l_return->conn = http_trans_conn_new();
+
+	/* FIXME: Should this be done here or somewhere else? */
+	if((proxy_env = getenv("http_proxy")))
+		ghttp_set_proxy(l_return, proxy_env);
+
   return l_return;
 }