diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2ad64bac..a85497c9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ Inspired from [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 - Enhanced YAML test runner to use OpenSearch rest-api-spec YAML tests ([#414](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-py/pull/414)
 - Added `Search#collapse` ([#409](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-py/issues/409))
 - Added support for the ISM API ([#398](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-py/pull/398))
+- Added `trust_env` to `AIOHttpConnection` ([#398](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-py/pull/438))
+
 ### Changed
 - Upgrading pytest-asyncio to latest version - 0.21.0 ([#339](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-py/pull/339))
 - Fixed flaky CI tests by replacing httpbin with a simple http_server ([#395](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-py/pull/395))
diff --git a/USER_GUIDE.md b/USER_GUIDE.md
index 568a6c46..39fac299 100644
--- a/USER_GUIDE.md
+++ b/USER_GUIDE.md
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
       - [Pre-requisites to use `AWSV4SignerAuth`](#pre-requisites-to-use-awsv4signerauth)
   - [Using IAM authentication with an async client](#using-iam-authentication-with-an-async-client)
     - [Using Kerberos](#using-kerberos)
+  - [Using environment settings for proxy configuration](#using-environment-settings-for-proxy-configuration)
 
 # User guide of OpenSearch Python client
 
@@ -686,3 +687,33 @@ client = OpenSearch(
 
 health = client.cluster.health()
 ```
+
+## Using environment settings for proxy configuration
+
+Tell connection to get proxy information from `HTTP_PROXY` / `HTTPS_PROXY` environment variables or `~/.netrc` file if present.
+
+```python
+from opensearchpy import OpenSearch, RequestsHttpConnection
+
+
+OpenSearch(
+    hosts=["htps://..."],
+    use_ssl=True,
+    verify_certs=True,
+    connection_class=RequestsHttpConnection,
+    trust_env=True,
+)
+```
+
+
+```python
+from opensearchpy import AsyncOpenSearch, AIOHttpConnection
+
+client = AsyncOpenSearch(
+    hosts=["htps://..."],
+    use_ssl=True,
+    verify_certs=True,
+    connection_class=AIOHttpConnection,
+    trust_env=True,
+)
+```
diff --git a/opensearchpy/_async/http_aiohttp.py b/opensearchpy/_async/http_aiohttp.py
index f630a3bd..cc426164 100644
--- a/opensearchpy/_async/http_aiohttp.py
+++ b/opensearchpy/_async/http_aiohttp.py
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ def __init__(
         http_compress=None,
         opaque_id=None,
         loop=None,
+        trust_env=False,
         **kwargs
     ):
         """
@@ -219,6 +220,7 @@ def __init__(
         self._limit = maxsize
         self._http_auth = http_auth
         self._ssl_context = ssl_context
+        self._trust_env = trust_env
 
     async def perform_request(
         self, method, url, params=None, body=None, timeout=None, ignore=(), headers=None
@@ -367,6 +369,7 @@ async def _create_aiohttp_session(self):
             connector=aiohttp.TCPConnector(
                 limit=self._limit, use_dns_cache=True, ssl=self._ssl_context
             ),
+            trust_env=self._trust_env,
         )
 
 
diff --git a/opensearchpy/_async/http_aiohttp.pyi b/opensearchpy/_async/http_aiohttp.pyi
index f148830c..4dea4317 100644
--- a/opensearchpy/_async/http_aiohttp.pyi
+++ b/opensearchpy/_async/http_aiohttp.pyi
@@ -66,5 +66,6 @@ class AIOHttpConnection(AsyncConnection):
         http_compress: Optional[bool] = ...,
         opaque_id: Optional[str] = ...,
         loop: Any = ...,
+        trust_env: bool = ...,
         **kwargs: Any
     ) -> None: ...
diff --git a/test_opensearchpy/test_async/test_connection.py b/test_opensearchpy/test_async/test_connection.py
index 323237d2..147a6a3a 100644
--- a/test_opensearchpy/test_async/test_connection.py
+++ b/test_opensearchpy/test_async/test_connection.py
@@ -274,6 +274,20 @@ async def test_uses_no_ca_certs(self, load_verify_locations):
         AIOHttpConnection(use_ssl=True, verify_certs=False)
         load_verify_locations.assert_not_called()
 
+    async def test_trust_env(self):
+        con = AIOHttpConnection(trust_env=True)
+        await con._create_aiohttp_session()
+
+        assert con._trust_env is True
+        assert con.session.trust_env is True
+
+    async def test_trust_env_default_value_is_false(self):
+        con = AIOHttpConnection()
+        await con._create_aiohttp_session()
+
+        assert con._trust_env is False
+        assert con.session.trust_env is False
+
     @patch("opensearchpy.connection.base.logger")
     async def test_uncompressed_body_logged(self, logger):
         con = await self._get_mock_connection(connection_params={"http_compress": True})