diff --git a/src/konqmainwindow.h b/src/konqmainwindow.h
--- a/src/konqmainwindow.h
+++ b/src/konqmainwindow.h
@@ -437,6 +437,8 @@
 
     void slotOpenWith();
 
+    void updateProxyForWebEngine(bool updateProtocolManager = true);
+
 #if 0
     void slotGoMenuAboutToShow();
 #endif
diff --git a/src/konqmainwindow.cpp b/src/konqmainwindow.cpp
--- a/src/konqmainwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/konqmainwindow.cpp
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
 #include <QList>
 #include <QPixmap>
 #include <QLineEdit>
+#include <QNetworkProxy>
 
 #include <kaboutdata.h>
 #include <ktoolbar.h>
@@ -147,6 +148,8 @@
 #include <QStandardPaths>
 #include <KSharedConfig>
 
+#include <KProtocolManager>
+
 template class QList<QPixmap *>;
 template class QList<KToggleAction *>;
 
@@ -290,6 +293,10 @@
     }
 
     resize(700, 480);
+
+    updateProxyForWebEngine(false);
+    QDBusConnection::sessionBus().connect("", QStringLiteral("/KIO/Scheduler"), QStringLiteral("org.kde.KIO.Scheduler"),
+                                          QStringLiteral("reparseSlaveConfiguration"), this, SLOT(updateProxyForWebEngine()));
     setAutoSaveSettings();
 
     //qCDebug(KONQUEROR_LOG) << this << "created";
@@ -5463,7 +5470,7 @@
         }
         return true;
     }
-    
+
     if (KParts::OpenUrlEvent::test(e)) {
         KParts::OpenUrlEvent *ev = static_cast<KParts::OpenUrlEvent *>(e);
 
@@ -5503,3 +5510,23 @@
     return m_combo ? m_combo->lineEdit() : nullptr;
 }
 
+void KonqMainWindow::updateProxyForWebEngine(bool updateProtocolManager)
+{
+    if (updateProtocolManager) {
+        KProtocolManager::reparseConfiguration();
+    }
+    QString httpProxy = KProtocolManager::proxyForUrl(QUrl("http://fakeurl.test.com"));
+    QString httpsProxy = KProtocolManager::proxyForUrl(QUrl("https://fakeurl.test.com"));
+    if (httpProxy == "DIRECT" && httpsProxy == "DIRECT") {
+        QNetworkProxy::setApplicationProxy(QNetworkProxy(QNetworkProxy::NoProxy));
+    } else {
+        QUrl url(httpsProxy);
+        if (httpProxy != httpsProxy) {
+            KMessageBox::ButtonCode ans = KMessageBox::questionYesNo(this, i18n("QtWebEngine doesn't support different proxies for HTTP and HTTPs protocols. Which settings do you want to use?"), i18n("Conflicting proxy configuration"), KGuiItem(i18n("Settings for HTTP proxy")), KGuiItem(i18n("Settings for HTTPS proxy")), "WebEngineConflictingProxy");
+            if (ans == KMessageBox::Yes) {
+                url = QUrl(httpProxy);
+            }
+        }
+        QNetworkProxy::setApplicationProxy(QNetworkProxy(QNetworkProxy::HttpProxy, url.host(), url.port(), url.userName(), url.password()));
+    }
+}