diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b7c604b..e1f2f41 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -2,4 +2,7 @@ module github.com/thoj/go-ircevent
 
 go 1.12
 
-require golang.org/x/text v0.3.2
+require (
+	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210614182718-04defd469f4e
+	golang.org/x/text v0.3.6
+)
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 63c9200..2dc5506 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210614182718-04defd469f4e h1:XpT3nA5TvE525Ne3hInMh6+GETgn27Zfm9dxsThnX2Q=
+golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210614182718-04defd469f4e/go.mod h1:9nx3DQGgdP8bBQD5qxJ1jj9UTztislL4KSBs9R2vV5Y=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20201119102817-f84b799fce68/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210423082822-04245dca01da/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.2 h1:tW2bmiBqwgJj/UpqtC8EpXEZVYOwU0yG4iWbprSVAcs=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.2/go.mod h1:bEr9sfX3Q8Zfm5fL9x+3itogRgK3+ptLWKqgva+5dAk=
+golang.org/x/text v0.3.6 h1:aRYxNxv6iGQlyVaZmk6ZgYEDa+Jg18DxebPSrd6bg1M=
+golang.org/x/text v0.3.6/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20180917221912-90fa682c2a6e/go.mod h1:n7NCudcB/nEzxVGmLbDWY5pfWTLqBcC2KZ6jyYvM4mQ=
diff --git a/irc.go b/irc.go
index 03eb318..a02b2b7 100644
--- a/irc.go
+++ b/irc.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"golang.org/x/net/proxy"
 	"golang.org/x/text/encoding"
 )
 
@@ -461,15 +462,14 @@ func (irc *Connection) Connect(server string) error {
 		return errors.New("empty 'user'")
 	}
 
-	if irc.UseTLS {
-		dialer := &net.Dialer{Timeout: irc.Timeout}
-		irc.socket, err = tls.DialWithDialer(dialer, "tcp", irc.Server, irc.TLSConfig)
-	} else {
-		irc.socket, err = net.DialTimeout("tcp", irc.Server, irc.Timeout)
-	}
+	dialer := proxy.FromEnvironmentUsing(&net.Dialer{Timeout: irc.Timeout})
+	irc.socket, err = dialer.Dial("tcp", irc.Server)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	if irc.UseTLS {
+		irc.socket = tls.Client(irc.socket, irc.TLSConfig)
+	}
 
 	if irc.Encoding == nil {
 		irc.Encoding = encoding.Nop