diff --git a/aws-cpp-sdk-core/include/aws/core/client/ClientConfiguration.h b/aws-cpp-sdk-core/include/aws/core/client/ClientConfiguration.h
index 23b5368a41ee..e16838d62802 100644
--- a/aws-cpp-sdk-core/include/aws/core/client/ClientConfiguration.h
+++ b/aws-cpp-sdk-core/include/aws/core/client/ClientConfiguration.h
@@ -49,8 +49,12 @@ namespace Aws
         */
         struct AWS_CORE_API ClientConfigurationPerRequest
         {
-            ClientConfigurationPerRequest() : proxyPort(0) {}
+            ClientConfigurationPerRequest() : proxyScheme(Aws::Http::Scheme::HTTPS), proxyPort(0) {}
 
+            /**
+            * If you have users going through a proxy, set the proxy scheme here. Default HTTP
+            */
+            Aws::Http::Scheme proxyScheme;
             /**
              * If you have users going through a proxy, set the host here.
              */
diff --git a/aws-cpp-sdk-core/source/http/curl/CurlHttpClient.cpp b/aws-cpp-sdk-core/source/http/curl/CurlHttpClient.cpp
index 7eec0fb05e1c..53075526cc9d 100644
--- a/aws-cpp-sdk-core/source/http/curl/CurlHttpClient.cpp
+++ b/aws-cpp-sdk-core/source/http/curl/CurlHttpClient.cpp
@@ -575,7 +575,8 @@ void CurlHttpClient::MakeRequestInternal(HttpRequest& request,
         if (usingProxy)
         {
             Aws::StringStream ss;
-            ss << m_proxyScheme << "://" << try_redefine(m_proxyHost, requestConfiguration.proxyHost);
+            ss << try_redefine(m_proxyScheme, Aws::String(SchemeMapper::ToString(requestConfiguration.proxyScheme)))
+              << "://" << try_redefine(m_proxyHost, requestConfiguration.proxyHost);
             curl_easy_setopt(connectionHandle, CURLOPT_PROXY, ss.str().c_str());
             curl_easy_setopt(connectionHandle, CURLOPT_PROXYPORT, (long) try_redefine(m_proxyPort, requestConfiguration.proxyPort, 0U));
             if (!m_proxyUserName.empty() || !m_proxyPassword.empty())