diff --git a/wp-includes/class-http.php b/wp-includes/class-http.php
index 692b499778..8360abcb03 100644
--- a/wp-includes/class-http.php
+++ b/wp-includes/class-http.php
@@ -347,6 +347,17 @@ class WP_Http {
 		 */
 		$options['verify'] = apply_filters( 'https_ssl_verify', $options['verify'] );
 
+		// Check for proxies.
+		$proxy = new WP_HTTP_Proxy();
+		if ( $proxy->is_enabled() && $proxy->send_through_proxy( $url ) ) {
+			$options['proxy'] = new Requests_Proxy_HTTP( $proxy->host() . ':' . $proxy->port() );
+
+			if ( $proxy->use_authentication() ) {
+				$options['proxy']->user = $proxy->username();
+				$options['proxy']->pass = $proxy->password();
+			}
+		}
+
 		try {
 			$requests_response = Requests::request( $url, $headers, $data, $type, $options );
 
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index 3ffda2fb2c..8f9637005c 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '4.6-beta2-38053';
+$wp_version = '4.6-beta2-38054';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.