diff --git a/src/konqmainwindow.h b/src/konqmainwindow.h
--- a/src/konqmainwindow.h
+++ b/src/konqmainwindow.h
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@
 
     void slotAddClosedUrl(KonqFrameBase *tab);
 
-    void slotConfigure();
+    void slotConfigure(QString startingModule = QString());
     void slotConfigureDone();
     void slotConfigureToolbars();
     void slotConfigureExtensions();
@@ -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";
@@ -1720,8 +1727,9 @@
     extensionManager.exec();
 }
 
-void KonqMainWindow::slotConfigure()
+void KonqMainWindow::slotConfigure(const QString startingModule)
 {
+    KPageWidgetItem *startingItem = Q_NULLPTR;
     if (!m_configureDialog) {
         m_configureDialog = new KCMultiDialog(this);
         m_configureDialog->setObjectName(QStringLiteral("configureDialog"));
@@ -1754,7 +1762,10 @@
                 };
                 for (uint i = 0; i < sizeof(fmModules) / sizeof(char *); ++i)
                     if (KAuthorized::authorizeControlModule(fmModules[i])) {
-                        m_configureDialog->addModule(KCModuleInfo(QString(fmModules[i]) + ".desktop"), fileManagementGroup);
+                        KPageWidgetItem *it = m_configureDialog->addModule(KCModuleInfo(QString(fmModules[i]) + ".desktop"), fileManagementGroup);
+                        if (!startingItem && !startingModule.isEmpty() && startingModule == fmModules[i]) {
+                            startingItem = it;
+                        }
                     }
             } else {
                 qCWarning(KONQUEROR_LOG) << "Unable to load the \"File Management\" configuration module";
@@ -1780,7 +1791,10 @@
                 };
                 for (uint i = 0; i < sizeof(webModules) / sizeof(char *); ++i)
                     if (KAuthorized::authorizeControlModule(webModules[i])) {
-                        m_configureDialog->addModule(KCModuleInfo(QString(webModules[i]) + ".desktop"), webGroup);
+                        KPageWidgetItem *it= m_configureDialog->addModule(KCModuleInfo(QString(webModules[i]) + ".desktop"), webGroup);
+                        if (!startingItem && !startingModule.isEmpty() && startingModule == webModules[i]) {
+                            startingItem = it;
+                        }
                     }
             } else {
                 qCWarning(KONQUEROR_LOG) << "Unable to load the \"Web Browsing\" configuration module";
@@ -1790,7 +1804,9 @@
         //END SYNC with initActions()
 
     }
-
+    if (startingItem) {
+        m_configureDialog->setCurrentPage(startingItem);
+    }
     m_configureDialog->show();
 
 }
@@ -5463,7 +5479,7 @@
         }
         return true;
     }
-    
+
     if (KParts::OpenUrlEvent::test(e)) {
         KParts::OpenUrlEvent *ev = static_cast<KParts::OpenUrlEvent *>(e);
 
@@ -5503,3 +5519,44 @@
     return m_combo ? m_combo->lineEdit() : nullptr;
 }
 
+void KonqMainWindow::updateProxyForWebEngine(bool updateProtocolManager)
+{
+    if (updateProtocolManager) {
+        KProtocolManager::reparseConfiguration();
+    }
+    KProtocolManager::ProxyType proxyType = KProtocolManager::proxyType();
+    if (proxyType == KProtocolManager::WPADProxy || proxyType == KProtocolManager::PACProxy) {
+        QString msg = i18n("Your proxy configuration can't be used with the QtWebEngine HTML engine. "
+            "No proxy will be used\n\n QtWebEngine only support a fixed proxy, so proxy auto-configuration (PAC) "
+            "and Web Proxy Auto-Discovery protocol can't be used with QtWebEngine. If you need a proxy, please select "
+            "the system proxy configuration or specify a proxy URL manually in the settings dialog. Do you want to "
+            "change proxy settings now?");
+        KMessageBox::ButtonCode ans = KMessageBox::warningYesNo(this, msg, i18n("Unsupported proxy configuration"), KGuiItem(i18n("Don't use a proxy")),
+                                                                KGuiItem(i18n("Show proxy configuration dialog")), "WebEngineUnsupportedProxyType");
+        QNetworkProxy::setApplicationProxy(QNetworkProxy(QNetworkProxy::NoProxy));
+        if (ans == KMessageBox::No) {
+            slotConfigure("proxy");
+        }
+        return;
+    }
+    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) {
+            QString msg = i18n("QtWebEngine doesn't support different proxies for HTTP and HTTPs protocols. Which settings do you want to use?");
+            KMessageBox::ButtonCode ans = KMessageBox::questionYesNoCancel(this, msg, i18n("Conflicting proxy configuration"),
+                KGuiItem(i18n("Settings for HTTP proxy")), KGuiItem(i18n("Settings for HTTPS proxy")), KGuiItem(i18n("Show proxy configuration dialog")),
+                "WebEngineConflictingProxy");
+            if (ans == KMessageBox::Yes) {
+                url = QUrl(httpProxy);
+            } else if (ans == KMessageBox::Cancel) {
+                slotConfigure("proxy");
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+        QNetworkProxy::setApplicationProxy(QNetworkProxy(QNetworkProxy::HttpProxy, url.host(), url.port(), url.userName(), url.password()));
+    }
+}