diff --git a/src/calibre/__init__.py b/src/calibre/__init__.py
index 7df3699234..1456b62638 100644
--- a/src/calibre/__init__.py
+++ b/src/calibre/__init__.py
@@ -353,9 +353,14 @@ def browser(honor_time=True, max_time=2, mobile_browser=False, user_agent=None):
     if user_agent is None:
         user_agent = USER_AGENT_MOBILE if mobile_browser else USER_AGENT
     opener.addheaders = [('User-agent', user_agent)]
-    http_proxy = get_proxies().get('http', None)
+    proxies = get_proxies()
+    http_proxy = proxies.get('http', None)
     if http_proxy:
         opener.set_proxies({'http':http_proxy})
+    https_proxy = proxies.get('https', None)
+    if https_proxy:
+        opener.set_proxies({'https':https_proxy})
+
     return opener
 
 def fit_image(width, height, pwidth, pheight):