diff --git a/packages/create-app/src/lib/tasks.ts b/packages/create-app/src/lib/tasks.ts
index 230590e99c..327094f7cd 100644
--- a/packages/create-app/src/lib/tasks.ts
+++ b/packages/create-app/src/lib/tasks.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+maybeBootstrapProxy();
+
 import chalk from 'chalk';
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import handlebars from 'handlebars';
@@ -30,6 +32,26 @@ import { packageVersions } from './versions';
 import { promisify } from 'util';
 import os from 'os';
 
+function maybeBootstrapProxy() {
+  // see https://www.npmjs.com/package/global-agent
+  const globalAgentNamespace =
+    process.env.GLOBAL_AGENT_ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE_NAMESPACE ?? 'GLOBAL_AGENT_';
+  if (
+    process.env[`${globalAgentNamespace}HTTP_PROXY`] ||
+    process.env[`${globalAgentNamespace}HTTPS_PROXY`]
+  ) {
+    const globalAgent =
+      require('global-agent') as typeof import('global-agent');
+    globalAgent.bootstrap();
+  }
+
+  if (process.env.HTTP_PROXY || process.env.HTTPS_PROXY) {
+    const { setGlobalDispatcher, EnvHttpProxyAgent } =
+      require('undici') as typeof import('undici');
+    setGlobalDispatcher(new EnvHttpProxyAgent());
+  }
+}
+
 const TASK_NAME_MAX_LENGTH = 14;
 const TEN_MINUTES_MS = 1000 * 60 * 10;
 const exec = promisify(execCb);