diff --git a/src/QtLocationPlugin/QGCTileCacheWorker.cpp b/src/QtLocationPlugin/QGCTileCacheWorker.cpp
index 6c6709e6122a3e31e08ab8f6c556e5dce1c693bb..6ec60c71724f5bf9614332ac34753ccbe21c7160 100644
--- a/src/QtLocationPlugin/QGCTileCacheWorker.cpp
+++ b/src/QtLocationPlugin/QGCTileCacheWorker.cpp
@@ -1071,6 +1071,9 @@ QGCCacheWorker::_lookupReady(QHostInfo info)
     _hostLookupID = 0;
     if(info.error() == QHostInfo::NoError && info.addresses().size()) {
         QTcpSocket socket;
+        QNetworkProxy tempProxy;
+        tempProxy.setType(QNetworkProxy::DefaultProxy);
+        socket.setProxy(tempProxy);
         socket.connectToHost(info.addresses().first(), 80);
         if (socket.waitForConnected(2000)) {
             qCDebug(QGCTileCacheLog) << "Yes Internet Access";
diff --git a/src/VideoStreaming/VideoReceiver.cc b/src/VideoStreaming/VideoReceiver.cc
index d41ce35243f3fd05050f91137d831f74cb2c9fab..7fcde9f1cdc99340d9a093b61bb155a6f62ba3e4 100644
--- a/src/VideoStreaming/VideoReceiver.cc
+++ b/src/VideoStreaming/VideoReceiver.cc
@@ -188,7 +188,9 @@ VideoReceiver::_timeout()
         //   found to be working, only then we actually start the stream.
         QUrl url(_uri);
         _socket = new QTcpSocket;
-        _socket->setProxy(QNetworkProxy::NoProxy);
+        QNetworkProxy tempProxy;
+        tempProxy.setType(QNetworkProxy::DefaultProxy);
+        _socket->setProxy(tempProxy);
         connect(_socket, static_cast<void (QTcpSocket::*)(QAbstractSocket::SocketError)>(&QTcpSocket::error), this, &VideoReceiver::_socketError);
         connect(_socket, &QTcpSocket::connected, this, &VideoReceiver::_connected);
         _socket->connectToHost(url.host(), url.port());