diff --git a/lib/proxy.spec.ts b/lib/proxy.spec.ts
index c999ed909f9d3d7d3836ada0a3e98e92a96ea19e..408b9a275d51715c0b5672249d0ce7b60a5d9ab1 100644
--- a/lib/proxy.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/proxy.spec.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ describe('proxy', () => {
 
   beforeEach(() => {
     delete process.env.HTTP_PROXY;
+    delete process.env.http_proxy;
     delete process.env.HTTPS_PROXY;
+    delete process.env.https_proxy;
     delete process.env.NO_PROXY;
     delete process.env.no_proxy;
   });
@@ -17,11 +19,35 @@ describe('proxy', () => {
     bootstrap();
     expect(hasProxy()).toBeTrue();
   });
+  it('copies upper case HTTP_PROXY to http_proxy', () => {
+    process.env.HTTP_PROXY = httpProxy;
+    bootstrap();
+    expect(hasProxy()).toBeTrue();
+    expect(process.env.HTTP_PROXY).toBeDefined();
+    expect(process.env.http_proxy).toBeDefined();
+
+    expect(process.env.HTTPS_PROXY).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(process.env.https_proxy).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(process.env.NO_PROXY).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(process.env.no_proxy).toBeUndefined();
+  });
   it('respects HTTPS_PROXY', () => {
     process.env.HTTPS_PROXY = httpsProxy;
     bootstrap();
     expect(hasProxy()).toBeTrue();
   });
+  it('copies upper case HTTPS_PROXY to https_proxy', () => {
+    process.env.HTTPS_PROXY = httpsProxy;
+    bootstrap();
+    expect(hasProxy()).toBeTrue();
+    expect(process.env.HTTPS_PROXY).toBeDefined();
+    expect(process.env.https_proxy).toBeDefined();
+
+    expect(process.env.HTTP_PROXY).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(process.env.http_proxy).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(process.env.NO_PROXY).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(process.env.no_proxy).toBeUndefined();
+  });
   it('does nothing', () => {
     process.env.no_proxy = noProxy;
     bootstrap();
diff --git a/lib/proxy.ts b/lib/proxy.ts
index a1f7ca6d61a8a835877b97e0229509de0eaccf99..cb577b55c3f2adaadddc274cb8ee5d43f9d622e5 100644
--- a/lib/proxy.ts
+++ b/lib/proxy.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ export function bootstrap(): void {
     ) {
       process.env[envVar] = process.env[envVar.toLowerCase()];
     }
+
+    if (process.env[envVar]) {
+      process.env[envVar.toLowerCase()] = process.env[envVar];
+    }
   });
 
   if (
diff --git a/lib/util/exec/env.spec.ts b/lib/util/exec/env.spec.ts
index ebc1c16900a513423e15850c6bbda3dc6f69f9bc..b0e67ddf965d81d016159a6db4e86e4dea7a698c 100644
--- a/lib/util/exec/env.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/util/exec/env.spec.ts
@@ -21,18 +21,16 @@ describe('getChildProcess environment when trustlevel set to low', () => {
     envVars.forEach((env) => delete process.env[env]);
   });
   it('returns default environment variables', () => {
-    expect(getChildProcessEnv()).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
-      Object {
-        "DOCKER_HOST": "DOCKER_HOST",
-        "HOME": "HOME",
-        "HTTPS_PROXY": "HTTPS_PROXY",
-        "HTTP_PROXY": "HTTP_PROXY",
-        "LANG": "LANG",
-        "LC_ALL": "LC_ALL",
-        "NO_PROXY": "NO_PROXY",
-        "PATH": "PATH",
-      }
-    `);
+    expect(getChildProcessEnv()).toMatchObject({
+      DOCKER_HOST: 'DOCKER_HOST',
+      HOME: 'HOME',
+      HTTPS_PROXY: 'HTTPS_PROXY',
+      HTTP_PROXY: 'HTTP_PROXY',
+      LANG: 'LANG',
+      LC_ALL: 'LC_ALL',
+      NO_PROXY: 'NO_PROXY',
+      PATH: 'PATH',
+    });
   });
   it('returns environment variable only if defined', () => {
     delete process.env.PATH;
@@ -40,19 +38,17 @@ describe('getChildProcess environment when trustlevel set to low', () => {
   });
   it('returns custom environment variables if passed and defined', () => {
     process.env.FOOBAR = 'FOOBAR';
-    expect(getChildProcessEnv(['FOOBAR'])).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
-      Object {
-        "DOCKER_HOST": "DOCKER_HOST",
-        "FOOBAR": "FOOBAR",
-        "HOME": "HOME",
-        "HTTPS_PROXY": "HTTPS_PROXY",
-        "HTTP_PROXY": "HTTP_PROXY",
-        "LANG": "LANG",
-        "LC_ALL": "LC_ALL",
-        "NO_PROXY": "NO_PROXY",
-        "PATH": "PATH",
-      }
-    `);
+    expect(getChildProcessEnv(['FOOBAR'])).toMatchObject({
+      DOCKER_HOST: 'DOCKER_HOST',
+      FOOBAR: 'FOOBAR',
+      HOME: 'HOME',
+      HTTPS_PROXY: 'HTTPS_PROXY',
+      HTTP_PROXY: 'HTTP_PROXY',
+      LANG: 'LANG',
+      LC_ALL: 'LC_ALL',
+      NO_PROXY: 'NO_PROXY',
+      PATH: 'PATH',
+    });
     delete process.env.LANG;
   });
 
diff --git a/lib/util/exec/env.ts b/lib/util/exec/env.ts
index faffd61bf8152631c87d651775975781671f743b..480338560ec826e584d7cf3591c6427f35a3d443 100644
--- a/lib/util/exec/env.ts
+++ b/lib/util/exec/env.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ const basicEnvVars = [
   'HTTP_PROXY',
   'HTTPS_PROXY',
   'NO_PROXY',
+  'http_proxy',
+  'https_proxy',
+  'no_proxy',
   'HOME',
   'PATH',
   'LC_ALL',