Index: src/bootstrap/org/apache/maven/BootstrapTask.java
===================================================================
--- src/bootstrap/org/apache/maven/BootstrapTask.java	(revision 165270)
+++ src/bootstrap/org/apache/maven/BootstrapTask.java	(working copy)
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@
  */
 
 import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileWriter;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -354,7 +351,10 @@
         try
         {
             ArtifactDownloader downloader = new ArtifactDownloader( mavenRepoLocal.getAbsolutePath(), repositoryUrls );
-
+            downloader.setProxyHost(proxyHost);
+            downloader.setProxyPort(proxyPort);
+            downloader.setProxyUserName(proxyUserName);
+            downloader.setProxyPassword(proxyPassword);
             downloader.downloadDependencies( getFiles() );
         }
         catch ( Exception e )
Index: src/bootstrap/org/apache/maven/ArtifactDownloader.java
===================================================================
--- src/bootstrap/org/apache/maven/ArtifactDownloader.java	(revision 165270)
+++ src/bootstrap/org/apache/maven/ArtifactDownloader.java	(working copy)
@@ -240,4 +240,84 @@
     {
         System.out.println( message );
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the proxyHost.
+     *
+     * @return Returns the proxyHost.
+     */
+    protected String getProxyHost()
+    {
+        return this.proxyHost;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the proxyHost.
+     *
+     * @param proxyHost The proxyHost to set.
+     */
+    protected void setProxyHost(String proxyHost)
+    {
+        this.proxyHost = proxyHost;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the proxyPassword.
+     *
+     * @return Returns the proxyPassword.
+     */
+    protected String getProxyPassword()
+    {
+        return this.proxyPassword;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the proxyPassword.
+     *
+     * @param proxyPassword The proxyPassword to set.
+     */
+    protected void setProxyPassword(String proxyPassword)
+    {
+        this.proxyPassword = proxyPassword;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the proxyPort.
+     *
+     * @return Returns the proxyPort.
+     */
+    protected String getProxyPort()
+    {
+        return this.proxyPort;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the proxyPort.
+     *
+     * @param proxyPort The proxyPort to set.
+     */
+    protected void setProxyPort(String proxyPort)
+    {
+        this.proxyPort = proxyPort;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the proxyUserName.
+     *
+     * @return Returns the proxyUserName.
+     */
+    protected String getProxyUserName()
+    {
+        return this.proxyUserName;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the proxyUserName.
+     *
+     * @param proxyUserName The proxyUserName to set.
+     */
+    protected void setProxyUserName(String proxyUserName)
+    {
+        this.proxyUserName = proxyUserName;
+    }
 }