diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index a2903ecce..c80d202c0 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@
 # cli_try_sleep = 10 (default)
 #   Seconds between tries to contact jenkins API
 #
+# repo_proxy = undef (default)
+#   If you environment requires a proxy to download packages
 #
 # proxy_host = undef (default)
 # proxy_port = undef (default)
@@ -153,6 +155,7 @@
   $user_hash          = {},
   $configure_firewall = undef,
   $install_java       = $jenkins::params::install_java,
+  $repo_proxy         = undef,
   $proxy_host         = undef,
   $proxy_port         = undef,
   $no_proxy_list      = undef,
diff --git a/manifests/repo/el.pp b/manifests/repo/el.pp
index 9b0ab63b1..0acede621 100644
--- a/manifests/repo/el.pp
+++ b/manifests/repo/el.pp
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
     fail("Use of private class ${name} by ${caller_module_name}")
   }
 
+  $repo_proxy = $::jenkins::repo_proxy
+
   if $::jenkins::lts  {
     yumrepo {'jenkins':
       descr    => 'Jenkins',
@@ -14,6 +16,7 @@
       gpgcheck => 1,
       gpgkey   => 'http://pkg.jenkins-ci.org/redhat/jenkins-ci.org.key',
       enabled  => 1,
+      proxy    => $repo_proxy
     }
   }
 
@@ -24,6 +27,7 @@
       gpgcheck => 1,
       gpgkey   => 'http://pkg.jenkins-ci.org/redhat/jenkins-ci.org.key',
       enabled  => 1,
+      proxy    => $repo_proxy
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/spec/classes/jenkins_repo_el_spec.rb b/spec/classes/jenkins_repo_el_spec.rb
index 23b33da87..8def46463 100644
--- a/spec/classes/jenkins_repo_el_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/jenkins_repo_el_spec.rb
@@ -7,11 +7,18 @@
   context 'repo::el' do
     describe 'default' do
       it { should contain_yumrepo('jenkins').with_baseurl('http://pkg.jenkins-ci.org/redhat/') }
+      it { should contain_yumrepo('jenkins').with_proxy(nil) }
     end
 
     describe 'lts = true' do
       let(:params) { { :lts => true } }
       it { should contain_yumrepo('jenkins').with_baseurl('http://pkg.jenkins-ci.org/redhat-stable/') }
+      it { should contain_yumrepo('jenkins').with_proxy(nil) }
+    end
+
+    describe 'repo_proxy is set' do
+      let(:params) { { :repo_proxy => 'http://proxy:8080/' }}
+      it { should contain_yumrepo('jenkins').with_proxy('http://proxy:8080/') }
     end
   end