diff --git a/docker/frontend/Dockerfile b/docker/frontend/Dockerfile
index 1203d66b3..da4026a36 100644
--- a/docker/frontend/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/frontend/Dockerfile
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ ENV CHROME_BIN=chromium
 # RUN npm install -g n
 # RUN n 20.17.0
 
+# configure npm to use given proxy if given
+RUN ${HTTP_PROXY} && npm config set proxy ${HTTP_PROXY}
+RUN ${FRAPORT_NOPROXY} && npm config set noproxy "${FRAPORT_NOPROXY}"
+ENV NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS: "/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt"
+
 # locally these two should be identical, so that compilation results are written out into the file dir.
 # in CI-pipelines these two should be different, so that the container caches the compilation results.
 ARG MOUNT_DIR=/mnt/fradrive