diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v2/template_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v2/template_controller.rb
index a29a731d..194f35c4 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v2/template_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v2/template_controller.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ class TemplateController < ::Api::V2::BaseController
         param :repo, String, :required => false, :desc => N_("Override the default repo from settings.")
         param :filter, String, :required => false, :desc => N_("Export templates with names matching this regex (case-insensitive; snippets are not filtered).")
         param :negate, :bool, :required => false, :desc => N_("Negate the prefix (for purging).")
-        param :dirname, String, :required => false, :desc => N_("The directory within Git repo containing the templates")
+        param :dirname, String, :required => false, :desc => N_("Directory within Git repo containing the templates.")
+        param :http_proxy_policy, ForemanTemplates.http_proxy_policy_types.keys, :required => false, :desc => N_("HTTP proxy policy for template sync.")
+        param :http_proxy_id, :number, :required => false, :desc => N_("ID of an HTTP proxy to use for template sync.")
       end
 
       api :POST, "/templates/import/", N_("Initiate Import")
diff --git a/app/controllers/concerns/foreman/controller/parameters/template_params.rb b/app/controllers/concerns/foreman/controller/parameters/template_params.rb
index b225ac19..3cc01b77 100644
--- a/app/controllers/concerns/foreman/controller/parameters/template_params.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/concerns/foreman/controller/parameters/template_params.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ module TemplateParams
 
         class_methods do
           def filter_params_list
-            %i(verbose repo branch dirname filter negate metadata_export_mode)
+            %i(verbose repo branch dirname filter negate metadata_export_mode http_proxy_policy http_proxy_id)
           end
 
           def extra_import_params
diff --git a/app/controllers/ui_template_syncs_controller.rb b/app/controllers/ui_template_syncs_controller.rb
index f88b9565..ee9e9fd5 100644
--- a/app/controllers/ui_template_syncs_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/ui_template_syncs_controller.rb
@@ -49,6 +49,19 @@ def render_errors(messages, severity = 'danger')
   private
 
   def setting_definitions(short_names)
-    short_names.map { |name| Foreman.settings.find("template_sync_#{name}") }
+    settings = short_names.map { |name| Foreman.settings.find("template_sync_#{name}") }
+    proxy_policy_index = settings.find_index { |setting| setting.name == 'template_sync_http_proxy_policy' }
+    settings.insert(proxy_policy_index + 1, select_http_proxy_setting)
+  end
+
+  def select_http_proxy_setting
+    OpenStruct.new(id: 'template_sync_http_proxy_id',
+      name: 'template_sync_http_proxy_id',
+      value: "",
+      description: N_('Select an HTTP proxy to use for template sync'),
+      settings_type: :string,
+      default: "",
+      full_name: N_('HTTP proxy'),
+      select_values: HttpProxy.authorized(:view_http_proxies).with_taxonomy_scope.each_with_object({}) { |proxy, hash| hash[proxy.id] = proxy.name })
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/services/foreman_templates/action.rb b/app/services/foreman_templates/action.rb
index 9899b657..d9bc9fce 100644
--- a/app/services/foreman_templates/action.rb
+++ b/app/services/foreman_templates/action.rb
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ def self.repo_start_with
     end
 
     def self.setting_overrides
-      %i(verbose prefix dirname filter repo negate branch)
+      %i(verbose prefix dirname filter repo negate branch http_proxy_policy http_proxy_id)
     end
 
     def method_missing(method, *args, &block)
@@ -53,9 +53,34 @@ def verify_path!(path)
     private
 
     def assign_attributes(args = {})
+      @http_proxy_id = args[:http_proxy_id]
       self.class.setting_overrides.each do |attribute|
         instance_variable_set("@#{attribute}", args[attribute.to_sym] || Setting["template_sync_#{attribute}".to_sym])
       end
     end
+
+    protected
+
+    def init_git_repo
+      git_repo = Git.init(@dir)
+      clone_msg = "cloned '#{@repo}' to '#{@dir}'"
+
+      http_proxy = case @http_proxy_policy
+                   when 'global'
+                     Setting[:http_proxy]
+                   when 'selected'
+                     HttpProxy.authorized(:view_http_proxies).with_taxonomy_scope.find(@http_proxy_id)
+                   end
+
+      if http_proxy.present?
+        git_repo.config('http.proxy', http_proxy)
+        clone_msg += " through http proxy '#{http_proxy}'"
+      end
+
+      git_repo.add_remote('origin', @repo)
+      git_repo.fetch
+      logger.debug clone_msg
+      git_repo
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/services/foreman_templates/template_exporter.rb b/app/services/foreman_templates/template_exporter.rb
index 1ecf0061..229d2103 100644
--- a/app/services/foreman_templates/template_exporter.rb
+++ b/app/services/foreman_templates/template_exporter.rb
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ def export_to_git
       @dir = Dir.mktmpdir
       return if branch_missing?
 
-      git_repo = Git.clone(@repo, @dir)
-      logger.debug "cloned '#{@repo}' to '#{@dir}'"
+      git_repo = init_git_repo
 
       setup_git_branch git_repo
       dump_files!
diff --git a/app/services/foreman_templates/template_importer.rb b/app/services/foreman_templates/template_importer.rb
index 8a2477d5..79d40d88 100644
--- a/app/services/foreman_templates/template_importer.rb
+++ b/app/services/foreman_templates/template_importer.rb
@@ -32,9 +32,8 @@ def import_from_git
       @dir = Dir.mktmpdir
 
       begin
-        logger.debug "cloned '#{@repo}' to '#{@dir}'"
-        gitrepo = Git.clone(@repo, @dir)
-        if @branch
+        gitrepo = init_git_repo
+        if @branch.present?
           logger.debug "checking out branch '#{@branch}'"
           gitrepo.checkout(@branch)
         end
diff --git a/lib/foreman_templates.rb b/lib/foreman_templates.rb
index b36343a6..cf0032c7 100644
--- a/lib/foreman_templates.rb
+++ b/lib/foreman_templates.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require 'foreman_templates/engine'
 
 module ForemanTemplates
-  BASE_SETTING_NAMES = %w(repo branch dirname filter negate).freeze
+  BASE_SETTING_NAMES = %w(repo branch dirname filter negate http_proxy_policy).freeze
   IMPORT_SETTING_NAMES = (BASE_SETTING_NAMES | %w(prefix associate force lock)).freeze
   EXPORT_SETTING_NAMES = (BASE_SETTING_NAMES | %w(metadata_export_mode commit_msg)).freeze
 
@@ -16,4 +16,8 @@ def self.lock_types
   def self.metadata_export_mode_types
     { 'refresh' => _('Refresh'), 'keep' => _('Keep'), 'remove' => _('Remove') }
   end
+
+  def self.http_proxy_policy_types
+    { 'global' => _('Global default HTTP proxy'), 'none' => _('No HTTP proxy'), 'selected' => _('Use selected HTTP proxy') }
+  end
 end
diff --git a/lib/foreman_templates/engine.rb b/lib/foreman_templates/engine.rb
index bdf0ab62..a18ae613 100644
--- a/lib/foreman_templates/engine.rb
+++ b/lib/foreman_templates/engine.rb
@@ -94,6 +94,12 @@ class Engine < ::Rails::Engine
               description: N_('Custom commit message for templates export'),
               default: 'Templates export made by a Foreman user',
               full_name: N_('Commit message'))
+            setting('template_sync_http_proxy_policy',
+              type: :string,
+              description: N_('HTTP proxy policy for template sync'),
+              default: 'global',
+              full_name: N_('HTTP proxy policy'),
+              collection: -> { ForemanTemplates.http_proxy_policy_types })
           end
         end