diff --git a/crd-docs/cr/kiali.io_v1alpha1_kiali.yaml b/crd-docs/cr/kiali.io_v1alpha1_kiali.yaml
index b7c88baa..543a1e26 100644
--- a/crd-docs/cr/kiali.io_v1alpha1_kiali.yaml
+++ b/crd-docs/cr/kiali.io_v1alpha1_kiali.yaml
@@ -93,6 +93,12 @@ spec:
     # default: configmap_annotations is empty
     configmap_annotations:
       strategy.spinnaker.io/versioned: "false"
+    # default: custom_envs is an empty list
+    custom_envs:
+    - name: "HTTP_PROXY"
+      value: "http://my.proxy.com:1234"
+    - name: "NO_PROXY"
+      value: "hostname.example.com"
     # default: custom_secrets is an empty list
     custom_secrets:
     - name: "a-custom-secret"
diff --git a/crd-docs/crd/kiali.io_kialis.yaml b/crd-docs/crd/kiali.io_kialis.yaml
index 89a44a09..94a73e3c 100644
--- a/crd-docs/crd/kiali.io_kialis.yaml
+++ b/crd-docs/crd/kiali.io_kialis.yaml
@@ -258,6 +258,19 @@ spec:
                     description: "Custom annotations to be created on the Kiali ConfigMap."
                     type: object
                     x-kubernetes-preserve-unknown-fields: true
+                  custom_envs:
+                    description: "Defines additional environment variables to be set in the Kiali server pod. This is typically used for (but not limited to) setting proxy environment variables such as HTTP_PROXY, HTTPS_PROXY, and/or NO_PROXY."
+                    type: array
+                    items:
+                      required: ["name", "value"]
+                      type: object
+                      properties:
+                        name:
+                          description: "The name of the custom environment variable."
+                          type: string
+                        value:
+                          description: "The value of the custom environment variable."
+                          type: string
                   custom_secrets:
                     description: |
                       Defines additional secrets that are to be mounted in the Kiali pod.
diff --git a/molecule/config-values-test/converge.yml b/molecule/config-values-test/converge.yml
index d2d02148..061a971a 100644
--- a/molecule/config-values-test/converge.yml
+++ b/molecule/config-values-test/converge.yml
@@ -165,6 +165,18 @@
     set_fact:
       current_kiali_cr: "{{ current_kiali_cr | combine({'spec': {'deployment': {'custom_secrets': custom_secrets}}}, recursive=True) }}"
 
+  - name: Add custom_envs
+    vars:
+      custom_envs:
+      - name: CUSTOM_ENV_VAR_ONE
+        value: "true"
+      - name: CUSTOM_ENV_VAR_2
+        value: "12345"
+      - name: CUSTOM_ENV_VAR_THREE
+        value: "a: b// :123 *,X,Y,Z"
+    set_fact:
+      current_kiali_cr: "{{ current_kiali_cr | combine({'spec': {'deployment': {'custom_envs': custom_envs}}}, recursive=True) }}"
+
   - name: Set deployment.resources to empty map which means we want to not define the pod resources at all
     set_fact:
       current_kiali_cr: "{{ current_kiali_cr | combine({'spec': {'deployment': {'resources': {}}}}, recursive=True) }}"
@@ -378,3 +390,12 @@
       - kiali_configmap.extensions | length == 1
       - kiali_configmap.extensions[0].name == "skupper"
       - kiali_configmap.extensions[0].enabled == False
+
+  - name: Test custom_envs
+    vars:
+      kiali_pod_envs: "{{ kiali_pod.resources[0].spec.containers[0].env }}"
+    assert:
+      that:
+      - kiali_pod_envs | selectattr('name', 'equalto', 'CUSTOM_ENV_VAR_ONE') | selectattr('value', 'equalto', 'true') | list | length > 0
+      - kiali_pod_envs | selectattr('name', 'equalto', 'CUSTOM_ENV_VAR_2') | selectattr('value', 'equalto', '12345') | list | length > 0
+      - "'a: b// :123 *,X,Y,Z' in kiali_pod_envs | selectattr('name', 'equalto', 'CUSTOM_ENV_VAR_THREE') | map(attribute='value') | list"
diff --git a/roles/default/kiali-deploy/defaults/main.yml b/roles/default/kiali-deploy/defaults/main.yml
index 7dc1540e..7b50fd1f 100644
--- a/roles/default/kiali-deploy/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/default/kiali-deploy/defaults/main.yml
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ kiali_defaults:
       pod_anti: {}
     cluster_wide_access: true
     configmap_annotations: {}
+    custom_envs: []
     custom_secrets: []
     discovery_selectors: {}
     dns:
diff --git a/roles/default/kiali-deploy/templates/kubernetes/deployment.yaml b/roles/default/kiali-deploy/templates/kubernetes/deployment.yaml
index 3bfcffb5..86387709 100644
--- a/roles/default/kiali-deploy/templates/kubernetes/deployment.yaml
+++ b/roles/default/kiali-deploy/templates/kubernetes/deployment.yaml
@@ -113,6 +113,10 @@ spec:
           value: "{{ kiali_vars.deployment.logger.sampler_rate }}"
         - name: LOG_TIME_FIELD_FORMAT
           value: "{{ kiali_vars.deployment.logger.time_field_format }}"
+{% for env in kiali_vars.deployment.custom_envs %}
+        - name: "{{ env.name }}"
+          value: "{{ env.value }}"
+{% endfor %}
         volumeMounts:
         - name: kiali-configuration
           mountPath: "/kiali-configuration"
diff --git a/roles/default/kiali-deploy/templates/openshift/deployment.yaml b/roles/default/kiali-deploy/templates/openshift/deployment.yaml
index 7d5a4f3b..de40c8ce 100644
--- a/roles/default/kiali-deploy/templates/openshift/deployment.yaml
+++ b/roles/default/kiali-deploy/templates/openshift/deployment.yaml
@@ -113,6 +113,10 @@ spec:
           value: "{{ kiali_vars.deployment.logger.sampler_rate }}"
         - name: LOG_TIME_FIELD_FORMAT
           value: "{{ kiali_vars.deployment.logger.time_field_format }}"
+{% for env in kiali_vars.deployment.custom_envs %}
+        - name: "{{ env.name }}"
+          value: "{{ env.value }}"
+{% endfor %}
         volumeMounts:
         - name: kiali-configuration
           mountPath: "/kiali-configuration"