diff --git a/metagpt/provider/zhipuai_api.py b/metagpt/provider/zhipuai_api.py
index 650720d6f9..b258d28838 100644
--- a/metagpt/provider/zhipuai_api.py
+++ b/metagpt/provider/zhipuai_api.py
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ def __init_zhipuai(self, config: CONFIG):
         assert config.zhipuai_api_key
         zhipuai.api_key = config.zhipuai_api_key
         openai.api_key = zhipuai.api_key  # due to use openai sdk, set the api_key but it will't be used.
+        if config.openai_proxy:
+            openai.proxy = config.openai_proxy
 
     def _const_kwargs(self, messages: list[dict]) -> dict:
         kwargs = {"model": self.model, "prompt": messages, "temperature": 0.3}
diff --git a/tests/metagpt/provider/test_zhipuai_api.py b/tests/metagpt/provider/test_zhipuai_api.py
index 4684e8887e..dc8b63cc3b 100644
--- a/tests/metagpt/provider/test_zhipuai_api.py
+++ b/tests/metagpt/provider/test_zhipuai_api.py
@@ -35,3 +35,10 @@ async def test_zhipuai_acompletion(mocker):
 
     assert resp["code"] == 200
     assert "chatglm-turbo" in resp["data"]["choices"][0]["content"]
+
+def test_zhipuai_proxy(mocker):
+    import openai
+    from metagpt.config import CONFIG
+    CONFIG.openai_proxy = 'http://127.0.0.1:8080'
+    _ = ZhiPuAIGPTAPI()
+    assert openai.proxy == CONFIG.openai_proxy