Index: src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/javadoc/JavadocUtil.java
===================================================================
--- src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/javadoc/JavadocUtil.java	(revision 800795)
+++ src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/javadoc/JavadocUtil.java	(working copy)
@@ -735,7 +735,8 @@
             {
                 Proxy activeProxy = settings.getActiveProxy();
 
-                if ( activeProxy != null )
+                if ( activeProxy != null 
+                		&& !JavadocUtil.validateNonProxyHosts(activeProxy.getNonProxyHosts(), url.getHost()))
                 {
                     String proxyHost = settings.getActiveProxy().getHost();
                     int proxyPort = settings.getActiveProxy().getPort();
@@ -791,7 +792,40 @@
             IOUtil.close( in );
         }
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * TODO : use ProxyUtils.java in wagon-provider-api-1.0-beta-6.jar 
+     * Check if the specified host is in the list of non proxy hosts.
+     * 
+     * @param nonProxyHosts list of non proxy hosts separated by |
+     * @param targetHost the target hostname
+     * @return true if the hostname is in the list of non proxy hosts, false otherwise.
+     */
+    protected static boolean validateNonProxyHosts(  String nonProxyHosts, String targetHost )
+    {
+        if ( targetHost == null )
+        {
+            targetHost = new String();
+        }
+        if ( nonProxyHosts == null )
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+        
+        StringTokenizer tokenizer = new StringTokenizer( nonProxyHosts, "|" );
 
+        while ( tokenizer.hasMoreTokens() )
+        {
+            String pattern = tokenizer.nextToken();
+            pattern = pattern.replaceAll( "\\.", "\\\\." ).replaceAll( "\\*", ".*" );
+            if ( targetHost.matches( pattern ) )
+            {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Validate if a charset is supported on this platform.
      *
Index: src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/javadoc/JavadocUtilTest.java
===================================================================
--- src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/javadoc/JavadocUtilTest.java	(revision 800745)
+++ src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/javadoc/JavadocUtilTest.java	(working copy)
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.SocketTimeoutException;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.net.UnknownHostException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -445,6 +446,56 @@
             }
         }
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * Method to test fetchURL() with nonproxyhosts option
+     *
+     * @throws Exception if any
+     */
+    public void testFetchNonProxyHostsURL()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+       URL url = new URL( "http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-javadoc-plugin/apidocs/package-list" );
+       String nonProxyHosts = "maven.apache.org";
+       String host = "proxy";
+       int port = 8080;
+    	 String protocol = "http";
+       
+       try
+       {
+      	   Settings settings = new Settings();
+	      	 Proxy proxy = new Proxy();
+	         proxy.setActive( true );
+	         proxy.setHost( host );
+	         proxy.setPort( port );
+	         proxy.setProtocol( protocol );
+	         proxy.setNonProxyHosts( nonProxyHosts );
+	         settings.addProxy( proxy );
+           JavadocUtil.fetchURL( settings, url );
+           assertTrue( false );
+       }
+       catch ( UnknownHostException e )
+       {
+           assertTrue( true );
+       }
+       
+       try
+       {   
+	      	 Settings settings = new Settings();
+	      	 Proxy proxy = new Proxy();
+	         proxy.setActive( true );
+	         proxy.setHost( host );
+	         proxy.setPort( port );
+	         proxy.setProtocol( protocol );
+	         settings.addProxy( proxy );
+           JavadocUtil.fetchURL( settings, url );
+           assertTrue( true );
+       }
+       catch ( IOException e )
+       {
+           assertTrue( false );
+       }
+    }
 
     /**
      * Method to test copyJavadocResources()