diff --git a/plugins/inventory/vmware_vm_inventory.py b/plugins/inventory/vmware_vm_inventory.py
index d26b8984c..4b07d2a75 100644
--- a/plugins/inventory/vmware_vm_inventory.py
+++ b/plugins/inventory/vmware_vm_inventory.py
@@ -494,6 +494,13 @@ def _login_vapi(self):
             # Disable warning shown at stdout
             requests.packages.urllib3.disable_warnings()
 
+        if self.proxy_host and self.proxy_port:
+            proxies = {
+                'http': f'http://{self.proxy_host}:{self.proxy_port}',
+                'https': f'http://{self.proxy_host}:{self.proxy_port}',
+            }
+            session.proxies.update(proxies)
+
         server = self.hostname
         if self.port:
             server += ":" + str(self.port)