diff --git a/metagpt/provider/zhipuai_api.py b/metagpt/provider/zhipuai_api.py
index e4b066a0c..df8c330b8 100644
--- a/metagpt/provider/zhipuai_api.py
+++ b/metagpt/provider/zhipuai_api.py
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ class ZhiPuAIGPTAPI(BaseLLM):
         zhipuai.api_key = config.zhipuai_api_key
         # due to use openai sdk, set the api_key but it will't be used.
         # openai.api_key = zhipuai.api_key  # due to use openai sdk, set the api_key but it will't be used.
+        if config.openai_proxy:
+            # FIXME: openai v1.x sdk has no proxy support
+            openai.proxy = config.openai_proxy
 
     def _const_kwargs(self, messages: list[dict]) -> dict:
         kwargs = {"model": self.model, "prompt": messages, "temperature": 0.3}
diff --git a/tests/metagpt/provider/test_zhipuai_api.py b/tests/metagpt/provider/test_zhipuai_api.py
index d9cd23281..06f2cba62 100644
--- a/tests/metagpt/provider/test_zhipuai_api.py
+++ b/tests/metagpt/provider/test_zhipuai_api.py
@@ -51,3 +51,13 @@ async def test_zhipuai_acompletion(mocker):
 
     resp = await zhipu_gpt.aask(prompt_msg)
     assert resp == resp_content
+
+
+def test_zhipuai_proxy(mocker):
+    import openai
+
+    from metagpt.config import CONFIG
+
+    CONFIG.openai_proxy = "http://127.0.0.1:8080"
+    _ = ZhiPuAIGPTAPI()
+    assert openai.proxy == CONFIG.openai_proxy