diff --color -uNr a/agents/gce/fence_gce.py b/agents/gce/fence_gce.py
--- a/agents/gce/fence_gce.py	2021-06-11 14:57:01.138390529 +0200
+++ b/agents/gce/fence_gce.py	2021-06-11 15:12:45.829855806 +0200
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!@PYTHON@ -tt
 
 import atexit
+import httplib2
 import logging
 import os
 import sys
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@
 from fencing import fail_usage, run_delay, all_opt, atexit_handler, check_input, process_input, show_docs, fence_action
 try:
   import googleapiclient.discovery
+  import socks
   try:
     from google.oauth2.credentials import Credentials as GoogleCredentials
   except:
@@ -189,13 +191,30 @@
 		"required" : "0",
 		"order" : 9
 	}
+	all_opt["proxyhost"] = {
+		"getopt" : ":",
+		"longopt" : "proxyhost",
+		"help" : "--proxyhost=[proxy_host]       The proxy host to use, if one is needed to access the internet (Example: 10.122.0.33)",
+		"shortdesc" : "If a proxy is used for internet access, the proxy host should be specified.",
+		"required" : "0",
+		"order" : 10
+	}
+	all_opt["proxyport"] = {
+		"getopt" : ":",
+		"type" : "integer",
+		"longopt" : "proxyport",
+		"help" : "--proxyport=[proxy_port]       The proxy port to use, if one is needed to access the internet (Example: 3127)",
+		"shortdesc" : "If a proxy is used for internet access, the proxy port should be specified.",
+		"required" : "0",
+		"order" : 11
+	}
 
 
 def main():
 	conn = None
 
 	device_opt = ["port", "no_password", "zone", "project", "stackdriver-logging",
-		"method", "serviceaccount"]
+		"method", "serviceaccount", "proxyhost", "proxyport"]
 
 	atexit.register(atexit_handler)
 
@@ -259,7 +278,17 @@
 				credentials = GoogleCredentials.get_application_default()
 			logging.debug("using application default credentials")
 
-		conn = googleapiclient.discovery.build('compute', 'v1', credentials=credentials)
+		if options.get("--proxyhost") and options.get("--proxyport"):
+			proxy_info = httplib2.ProxyInfo(
+				proxy_type=socks.PROXY_TYPE_HTTP,
+				proxy_host=options.get("--proxyhost"),
+				proxy_port=int(options.get("--proxyport")))
+			http = credentials.authorize(httplib2.Http(proxy_info=proxy_info))
+			conn = googleapiclient.discovery.build(
+				'compute', 'v1', http=http, cache_discovery=False)
+		else:
+			conn = googleapiclient.discovery.build(
+				'compute', 'v1', credentials=credentials, cache_discovery=False)
 	except Exception as err:
 		fail_usage("Failed: Create GCE compute v1 connection: {}".format(str(err)))