diff --git a/src/core/providers/gdal/qgsgdalprovider.cpp b/src/core/providers/gdal/qgsgdalprovider.cpp
index 9783938304335..762eb91ab5f85 100644
--- a/src/core/providers/gdal/qgsgdalprovider.cpp
+++ b/src/core/providers/gdal/qgsgdalprovider.cpp
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ QgsGdalProvider::QgsGdalProvider( const QString &uri, const ProviderOptions &opt
   QgsGdalProviderBase::registerGdalDrivers();
 
 #ifndef QT_NO_NETWORKPROXY
-  QgsGdalUtils::setupProxy();
+  QgsGdalUtils::setupProxy(uri);
 #endif
 
   std::unique_ptr< QgsScopedRuntimeProfile > profile;
@@ -3761,6 +3761,10 @@ QList<QgsProviderSublayerDetails> QgsGdalProviderMetadata::querySublayers( const
   QString gdalUri = QgsGdalProvider::expandAuthConfig( uri );
   QString npGdalUri = gdalUri;
 
+#ifndef QT_NO_NETWORKPROXY
+  QgsGdalUtils::setupProxy(gdalUri);
+#endif
+
   QVariantMap uriParts = decodeUri( gdalUri );
 
   // Try to open using VSIFileHandler
diff --git a/src/core/providers/ogr/qgsogrprovider.cpp b/src/core/providers/ogr/qgsogrprovider.cpp
index f57446b51bee0..08f8245e4626e 100644
--- a/src/core/providers/ogr/qgsogrprovider.cpp
+++ b/src/core/providers/ogr/qgsogrprovider.cpp
@@ -397,6 +397,10 @@ QgsOgrProvider::QgsOgrProvider( QString const &uri, const ProviderOptions &optio
 {
   QgsApplication::registerOgrDrivers();
 
+#ifndef QT_NO_NETWORKPROXY
+  QgsGdalUtils::setupProxy(uri);
+#endif
+
   QgsSettings settings;
   // we always disable GDAL side shapefile encoding handling, and do it on the QGIS side.
   // why? it's not the ideal choice, but...
@@ -407,10 +411,6 @@ QgsOgrProvider::QgsOgrProvider( QString const &uri, const ProviderOptions &optio
   //   a user does want/need to manually specify the encoding
   CPLSetConfigOption( "SHAPE_ENCODING", "" );
 
-#ifndef QT_NO_NETWORKPROXY
-  QgsGdalUtils::setupProxy();
-#endif
-
   // make connection to the data source
 
   QgsDebugMsgLevel( "Data source uri is [" + uri + ']', 2 );
diff --git a/src/core/providers/ogr/qgsogrprovidermetadata.cpp b/src/core/providers/ogr/qgsogrprovidermetadata.cpp
index b2720cc6212f8..a7086865f6708 100644
--- a/src/core/providers/ogr/qgsogrprovidermetadata.cpp
+++ b/src/core/providers/ogr/qgsogrprovidermetadata.cpp
@@ -1160,6 +1160,10 @@ QList<QgsProviderSublayerDetails> QgsOgrProviderMetadata::querySublayers( const
   QStringList options { QStringLiteral( "@LIST_ALL_TABLES=YES" ) };
   QVariantMap uriParts = decodeUri( uri );
 
+#ifndef QT_NO_NETWORKPROXY
+  QgsGdalUtils::setupProxy(uri);
+#endif
+
   // Try to open using VSIFileHandler
   QString vsiPrefix = QgsZipItem::vsiPrefix( uriParts.value( QStringLiteral( "path" ) ).toString() );
   if ( !vsiPrefix.isEmpty() && uriParts.value( QStringLiteral( "vsiPrefix" ) ).toString().isEmpty() )
diff --git a/src/core/qgsgdalutils.cpp b/src/core/qgsgdalutils.cpp
index 4590c4b5d156d..baef39ae686f2 100644
--- a/src/core/qgsgdalutils.cpp
+++ b/src/core/qgsgdalutils.cpp
@@ -364,8 +364,12 @@ void *QgsGdalUtils::rpcAwareCreateTransformer( GDALDatasetH hSrcDS, GDALDatasetH
 }
 
 #ifndef QT_NO_NETWORKPROXY
-void QgsGdalUtils::setupProxy()
+void QgsGdalUtils::setupProxy(const QString& uri)
 {
+  QString url = uri;
+  if (uri.startsWith("/vsicurl/")) {
+    url = uri.mid(9);
+  }
   // Check proxy configuration, they are application level but
   // instead of adding an API and complex signal/slot connections
   // given the limited cost of checking them on every provider instantiation
@@ -376,7 +380,8 @@ void QgsGdalUtils::setupProxy()
   if ( settings.value( QStringLiteral( "proxy/proxyEnabled" ), false ).toBool() )
   {
     // Get the first configured proxy
-    QList<QNetworkProxy> proxies( QgsNetworkAccessManager::instance()->proxyFactory()->queryProxy( ) );
+    QList<QNetworkProxy> proxies = QNetworkProxyFactory::systemProxyForQuery( QNetworkProxyQuery( url ) );
+    }
     if ( ! proxies.isEmpty() )
     {
       const QNetworkProxy proxy( proxies.first() );
diff --git a/src/core/qgsgdalutils.h b/src/core/qgsgdalutils.h
index e167c35f070e9..49b20f2b323a2 100644
--- a/src/core/qgsgdalutils.h
+++ b/src/core/qgsgdalutils.h
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ class CORE_EXPORT QgsGdalUtils
 
 #ifndef QT_NO_NETWORKPROXY
     //! Sets the gdal proxy variables
-    static void setupProxy();
+    static void setupProxy(const QString& uri);
 #endif
 
     /**