diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index df3b31c1dd..1c0e15ca9c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ Main (unreleased)
 
 - Add Prometheus bearer authentication to a `prometheus.write.queue` component (@freak12techno)
 
+- Add `proxy_url` to `otelcol.exporter.otlphttp`. (@wildum)
+
 ### Bugfixes
 
 - Fixed a bug in `import.git` which caused a `"non-fast-forward update"` error message. (@ptodev)
diff --git a/docs/sources/reference/components/otelcol/otelcol.exporter.otlphttp.md b/docs/sources/reference/components/otelcol/otelcol.exporter.otlphttp.md
index 0e9a0914f1..c6dd0c857a 100644
--- a/docs/sources/reference/components/otelcol/otelcol.exporter.otlphttp.md
+++ b/docs/sources/reference/components/otelcol/otelcol.exporter.otlphttp.md
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ The following arguments are supported:
 Name                      | Type                       | Description                                                                                                        | Default    | Required
 --------------------------|----------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|---------
 `endpoint`                | `string`                   | The target URL to send telemetry data to.                                                                          |            | yes
+`proxy_url`               | `string`                   | HTTP proxy to send requests through.                                                                               |            |
 `read_buffer_size`        | `string`                   | Size of the read buffer the HTTP client uses for reading server responses.                                         | `0`        | no
 `write_buffer_size`       | `string`                   | Size of the write buffer the HTTP client uses for writing requests.                                                | `"512KiB"` | no
 `timeout`                 | `duration`                 | Time to wait before marking a request as failed.                                                                   | `"30s"`    | no
diff --git a/internal/component/otelcol/config_http.go b/internal/component/otelcol/config_http.go
index 4bc2d905fb..4c305bfe15 100644
--- a/internal/component/otelcol/config_http.go
+++ b/internal/component/otelcol/config_http.go
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ func (args *CORSArguments) Convert() *otelconfighttp.CORSConfig {
 type HTTPClientArguments struct {
 	Endpoint string `alloy:"endpoint,attr"`
 
+	ProxyUrl string `alloy:"proxy_url,attr,optional"`
+
 	Compression CompressionType `alloy:"compression,attr,optional"`
 
 	TLS TLSClientArguments `alloy:"tls,block,optional"`
@@ -130,6 +132,8 @@ func (args *HTTPClientArguments) Convert() *otelconfighttp.ClientConfig {
 	return &otelconfighttp.ClientConfig{
 		Endpoint: args.Endpoint,
 
+		ProxyURL: args.ProxyUrl,
+
 		Compression: args.Compression.Convert(),
 
 		TLSSetting: *args.TLS.Convert(),
diff --git a/internal/converter/internal/otelcolconvert/converter_otlphttpexporter.go b/internal/converter/internal/otelcolconvert/converter_otlphttpexporter.go
index ced2a49027..12c6f6fcc9 100644
--- a/internal/converter/internal/otelcolconvert/converter_otlphttpexporter.go
+++ b/internal/converter/internal/otelcolconvert/converter_otlphttpexporter.go
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ func toHTTPClientArguments(cfg confighttp.ClientConfig) otelcol.HTTPClientArgume
 	}
 	return otelcol.HTTPClientArguments{
 		Endpoint:        cfg.Endpoint,
+		ProxyUrl:        cfg.ProxyURL,
 		Compression:     otelcol.CompressionType(cfg.Compression),
 		TLS:             toTLSClientArguments(cfg.TLSSetting),
 		ReadBufferSize:  units.Base2Bytes(cfg.ReadBufferSize),
diff --git a/internal/converter/internal/otelcolconvert/testdata/otlphttp.alloy b/internal/converter/internal/otelcolconvert/testdata/otlphttp.alloy
index c8bd19e387..e07350478a 100644
--- a/internal/converter/internal/otelcolconvert/testdata/otlphttp.alloy
+++ b/internal/converter/internal/otelcolconvert/testdata/otlphttp.alloy
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ otelcol.receiver.otlp "default" {
 otelcol.exporter.otlphttp "default" {
 	client {
 		endpoint           = "database:4318"
+		proxy_url          = "http://proxy.example.com:8080"
 		http2_ping_timeout = "0s"
 	}
 }
diff --git a/internal/converter/internal/otelcolconvert/testdata/otlphttp.yaml b/internal/converter/internal/otelcolconvert/testdata/otlphttp.yaml
index 0d57cfe2d5..2773c547e6 100644
--- a/internal/converter/internal/otelcolconvert/testdata/otlphttp.yaml
+++ b/internal/converter/internal/otelcolconvert/testdata/otlphttp.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ receivers:
 exporters:
   otlphttp:
     endpoint: database:4318
+    proxy_url: http://proxy.example.com:8080
 
 service:
   pipelines: