diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index a6c3d0fa50..8b969497ba 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -1596,9 +1596,13 @@ help.htmlPath::
 
 http.proxy::
 	Override the HTTP proxy, normally configured using the 'http_proxy',
-	'https_proxy', and 'all_proxy' environment variables (see
-	`curl(1)`).  This can be overridden on a per-remote basis; see
-	remote.<name>.proxy
+	'https_proxy', and 'all_proxy' environment variables (see `curl(1)`). In
+	addition to the syntax understood by curl, it is possible to specify a
+	proxy string with a user name but no password, in which case git will
+	attempt to acquire one in the same way it does for other credentials. See
+	linkgit:gitcredentials[7] for more information. The syntax thus is
+	'[protocol://][user[:password]@]proxyhost[:port]'. This can be overridden
+	on a per-remote basis; see remote.<name>.proxy
 
 http.proxyAuthMethod::
 	Set the method with which to authenticate against the HTTP proxy. This
diff --git a/http.c b/http.c
index f46bfc43f9..dfc53c1e25 100644
--- a/http.c
+++ b/http.c
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ static struct {
 	 * here, too
 	 */
 };
+static struct credential proxy_auth = CREDENTIAL_INIT;
+static const char *curl_proxyuserpwd;
 static const char *curl_cookie_file;
 static int curl_save_cookies;
 struct credential http_auth = CREDENTIAL_INIT;
@@ -177,6 +179,9 @@ static void finish_active_slot(struct active_request_slot *slot)
 #else
 		slot->results->auth_avail = 0;
 #endif
+
+		curl_easy_getinfo(slot->curl, CURLINFO_HTTP_CONNECTCODE,
+			&slot->results->http_connectcode);
 	}
 
 	/* Run callback if appropriate */
@@ -334,8 +339,32 @@ static void var_override(const char **var, char *value)
 	}
 }
 
+static void set_proxyauth_name_password(CURL *result)
+{
+#if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x071301
+		curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_PROXYUSERNAME,
+			proxy_auth.username);
+		curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_PROXYPASSWORD,
+			proxy_auth.password);
+#else
+		struct strbuf s = STRBUF_INIT;
+
+		strbuf_addstr_urlencode(&s, proxy_auth.username, 1);
+		strbuf_addch(&s, ':');
+		strbuf_addstr_urlencode(&s, proxy_auth.password, 1);
+		curl_proxyuserpwd = strbuf_detach(&s, NULL);
+		curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD, curl_proxyuserpwd);
+#endif
+}
+
 static void init_curl_proxy_auth(CURL *result)
 {
+	if (proxy_auth.username) {
+		if (!proxy_auth.password)
+			credential_fill(&proxy_auth);
+		set_proxyauth_name_password(result);
+	}
+
 	var_override(&http_proxy_authmethod, getenv("GIT_HTTP_PROXY_AUTHMETHOD"));
 
 #if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x070a07 /* CURLOPT_PROXYAUTH and CURLAUTH_ANY */
@@ -517,6 +546,31 @@ static CURL *get_curl_handle(void)
 		curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_USE_SSL, CURLUSESSL_TRY);
 #endif
 
+	/*
+	 * CURL also examines these variables as a fallback; but we need to query
+	 * them here in order to decide whether to prompt for missing password (cf.
+	 * init_curl_proxy_auth()).
+	 *
+	 * Unlike many other common environment variables, these are historically
+	 * lowercase only. It appears that CURL did not know this and implemented
+	 * only uppercase variants, which was later corrected to take both - with
+	 * the exception of http_proxy, which is lowercase only also in CURL. As
+	 * the lowercase versions are the historical quasi-standard, they take
+	 * precedence here, as in CURL.
+	 */
+	if (!curl_http_proxy) {
+		if (!strcmp(http_auth.protocol, "https")) {
+			var_override(&curl_http_proxy, getenv("HTTPS_PROXY"));
+			var_override(&curl_http_proxy, getenv("https_proxy"));
+		} else {
+			var_override(&curl_http_proxy, getenv("http_proxy"));
+		}
+		if (!curl_http_proxy) {
+			var_override(&curl_http_proxy, getenv("ALL_PROXY"));
+			var_override(&curl_http_proxy, getenv("all_proxy"));
+		}
+	}
+
 	if (curl_http_proxy) {
 		curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_PROXY, curl_http_proxy);
 #if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x071800
@@ -530,6 +584,16 @@ static CURL *get_curl_handle(void)
 			curl_easy_setopt(result,
 				CURLOPT_PROXYTYPE, CURLPROXY_SOCKS4);
 #endif
+		if (strstr(curl_http_proxy, "://"))
+			credential_from_url(&proxy_auth, curl_http_proxy);
+		else {
+			struct strbuf url = STRBUF_INIT;
+			strbuf_addf(&url, "http://%s", curl_http_proxy);
+			credential_from_url(&proxy_auth, url.buf);
+			strbuf_release(&url);
+		}
+
+		curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_PROXY, proxy_auth.host);
 	}
 	init_curl_proxy_auth(result);
 
@@ -673,6 +737,15 @@ void http_cleanup(void)
 		curl_http_proxy = NULL;
 	}
 
+	if (proxy_auth.password) {
+		memset(proxy_auth.password, 0, strlen(proxy_auth.password));
+		free(proxy_auth.password);
+		proxy_auth.password = NULL;
+	}
+
+	free((void *)curl_proxyuserpwd);
+	curl_proxyuserpwd = NULL;
+
 	free((void *)http_proxy_authmethod);
 	http_proxy_authmethod = NULL;
 
@@ -1005,6 +1078,8 @@ static int handle_curl_result(struct slot_results *results)
 
 	if (results->curl_result == CURLE_OK) {
 		credential_approve(&http_auth);
+		if (proxy_auth.password)
+			credential_approve(&proxy_auth);
 		return HTTP_OK;
 	} else if (missing_target(results))
 		return HTTP_MISSING_TARGET;
@@ -1019,6 +1094,8 @@ static int handle_curl_result(struct slot_results *results)
 			return HTTP_REAUTH;
 		}
 	} else {
+		if (results->http_connectcode == 407)
+			credential_reject(&proxy_auth);
 #if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x070c00
 		if (!curl_errorstr[0])
 			strlcpy(curl_errorstr,
diff --git a/http.h b/http.h
index 4f97b60b5c..f83cfa6868 100644
--- a/http.h
+++ b/http.h
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ struct slot_results {
 	CURLcode curl_result;
 	long http_code;
 	long auth_avail;
+	long http_connectcode;
 };
 
 struct active_request_slot {