diff --git a/fhem/CHANGED b/fhem/CHANGED
index cbd413f14..826c6a3c0 100644
--- a/fhem/CHANGED
+++ b/fhem/CHANGED
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Add changes at the top of the list. Keep it in ASCII, and 80-char wide.
 # Do not insert empty lines here, update check depends on it.
+  - feature: proxy global attribute for HttpUtils (Forum #60471)
   - bugfix:  93_DbLog: V2.22.5, several fixes Forum:#75894
   - feature: 74_GardenaSmartDevice: check character for create devicenames
   - bugfix:  FHEM2FHEM: addStateEvent attribute (Forum #76229)
diff --git a/fhem/FHEM/HttpUtils.pm b/fhem/FHEM/HttpUtils.pm
index 7790238a8..e92a6cb63 100644
--- a/fhem/FHEM/HttpUtils.pm
+++ b/fhem/FHEM/HttpUtils.pm
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ HttpUtils_Close($)
   delete($hash->{hu_filecount});
   delete($hash->{hu_blocking});
   delete($hash->{hu_portSfx});
+  delete($hash->{hu_proxy});
+  delete($hash->{hu_port});
   delete($hash->{directReadFn});
   delete($hash->{directWriteFn});
 }
@@ -291,10 +293,22 @@ HttpUtils_Connect($)
     $port = ($hash->{protocol} eq "https" ? 443: 80);
   }
   $hash->{hu_portSfx} = ($port =~ m/^(80|443)$/ ? "" : ":$port");
+  $hash->{hu_port} = $port;
   $hash->{path} = '/' unless defined($hash->{path});
   $hash->{addr} = "$hash->{protocol}://$host:$port";
   $hash->{auth} = urlDecode("$user:$pwd") if($authstring);
 
+  my $proxy = AttrVal("global", "proxy", undef);
+  if($proxy) {
+    my $pe = AttrVal("global", "proxyExclude", undef);
+    if(!$pe || $host !~ m/$pe/) {
+      my @hp = split(":", $proxy);
+      $host = $hp[0];
+      $port = $hp[1] if($hp[1]);
+      $hash->{hu_proxy} = 1;
+    }
+  }
+
   return HttpUtils_Connect2($hash) if($hash->{conn} && $hash->{keepalive});
 
   if($hash->{callback}) { # Nonblocking staff
@@ -389,6 +403,20 @@ HttpUtils_Connect2($)
       return $errstr;
     } else {
       $hash->{conn}->blocking(1);
+
+      if($hash->{hu_proxy}) {   # can block!
+        my $hdr = "CONNECT $hash->{host}:$hash->{hu_port} HTTP/1.0\r\n".
+                  "User-Agent: fhem\r\n".
+                  "\r\n";
+        syswrite $hash->{conn}, $hdr;
+        my $buf;
+        my $len = sysread($hash->{conn},$buf,65536);
+        if(!defined($len) || $len <= 0 || $buf !~ m/HTTP.*200/) {
+          HttpUtils_Close($hash);
+          return "Proxy denied CONNECT";
+        }
+      }
+
       my $sslVersion = AttrVal("global", "sslVersion", "SSLv23:!SSLv3:!SSLv2");
       $sslVersion = AttrVal($hash->{NAME}, "sslVersion", $sslVersion)
         if($hash->{NAME});
@@ -453,7 +481,11 @@ HttpUtils_Connect2($)
   $method = ($data ? "POST" : "GET") if( !$method );
 
   my $httpVersion = $hash->{httpversion} ? $hash->{httpversion} : "1.0";
-  my $hdr = "$method $hash->{path} HTTP/$httpVersion\r\n";
+
+  my $path = $hash->{path};
+  $path = "$hash->{protocol}://$hash->{host}$hash->{hu_portSfx}$path"
+        if($hash->{hu_proxy});
+  my $hdr = "$method $path HTTP/$httpVersion\r\n";
   $hdr .= "Host: $hash->{host}$hash->{hu_portSfx}\r\n";
   $hdr .= "User-Agent: fhem\r\n"
         if(!$hash->{header} || $hash->{header} !~ "User-Agent:");
diff --git a/fhem/docs/commandref_frame.html b/fhem/docs/commandref_frame.html
index 27cd1afa4..6888a79f8 100644
--- a/fhem/docs/commandref_frame.html
+++ b/fhem/docs/commandref_frame.html
@@ -1507,7 +1507,7 @@ The following local attributes are used by a wider range of devices:
         Windows.
     </li><br>
 
-    <a name="pidfilename="></a>
+    <a name="pidfilename"></a>
     <li>pidfilename<br>
         Write the process id of the perl process to the specified file. The
         server runs as a daemon, and some distributions would like to check by
@@ -1515,6 +1515,15 @@ The following local attributes are used by a wider range of devices:
         shutdown.
     </li><br>
 
+    <a name="proxy"></a>
+    <li>proxy<br>
+        IP:PORT of the proxy server to be used by HttpUtils.
+    </li><br>
+    <a name="proxyExclude"></a>
+    <li>proxyExclude<br>
+        regexp for hosts to exclude when using a proxy
+    </li><br>
+
     <li><a href="#fheminfo">sendStatistics</a><br>
 
     <a name="statefile"></a>
diff --git a/fhem/docs/commandref_frame_DE.html b/fhem/docs/commandref_frame_DE.html
index 6b125e434..3a61c6c2b 100644
--- a/fhem/docs/commandref_frame_DE.html
+++ b/fhem/docs/commandref_frame_DE.html
@@ -1612,12 +1612,22 @@ Die folgenden lokalen Attribute werden von mehreren Ger&auml;ten verwendet:
 
     <a name="pidfilename="></a>
     <li>pidfilename<br>
-        Schreibt die PERL Prozess-ID in die angegebene Datei. Der Server l&auml;uft 
-    als Daemon und einige Distributionen wollen anhand der PID testen, ob der 
-    FHEM Prozess l&auml;uft. Die Datei wird bei Ausf&uuml;hrung des &quot;shutdown&quot;-Kommandos 
-    gel&ouml;scht.
+        Schreibt die PERL Prozess-ID in die angegebene Datei. Der Server
+        l&auml;uft als Daemon und einige Distributionen wollen anhand der PID
+        testen, ob der FHEM Prozess l&auml;uft. Die Datei wird bei
+        Ausf&uuml;hrung des &quot;shutdown&quot;-Kommandos gel&ouml;scht.
     </li><br>
 
+    <a name="proxy"></a>
+    <li>proxy<br>
+        IP:PORT des proxy Servers, wird von HttpUtils benutzt.
+    </li><br>
+    <a name="proxyExclude"></a>
+    <li>proxyExclude<br>
+        Regexp, um bestimmte Hosts nicht via proxy zu kontaktieren.
+    </li><br>
+
+
     <li><a href="#fheminfo">sendStatistics</a><br>
 
     <a name="statefile"></a>
diff --git a/fhem/fhem.pl b/fhem/fhem.pl
index 4dced4987..3e04068f5 100755
--- a/fhem/fhem.pl
+++ b/fhem/fhem.pl
@@ -308,7 +308,8 @@ my @globalAttrList = qw(
   nrarchive
   perlSyntaxCheck:0,1
   pidfilename
-  port
+  proxy
+  proxyExclude
   restartDelay
   restoreDirs
   sendStatistics:onUpdate,manually,never
@@ -561,14 +562,6 @@ if($pfn) {
   close(PID);
 }
 
-my $gp = $attr{global}{port};
-if($gp) {
-  Log 3, "Converting 'attr global port $gp' to 'define telnetPort telnet $gp'";
-  my $ret = CommandDefine(undef, "telnetPort telnet $gp");
-  Log 1, "$ret" if($ret);
-  delete($attr{global}{port});
-}
-
 my $sc_text = "SecurityCheck:";
 $attr{global}{motd} = "$sc_text\n\n"
         if(!$attr{global}{motd} || $attr{global}{motd} =~ m/^$sc_text/);