diff --git a/src/comm/UDPLink.cc b/src/comm/UDPLink.cc
index 1347880e09b044bd4c4bf549e28318c51b6498fe..f32409c3aefddcd3d590b514eb19402b91b9c123 100644
--- a/src/comm/UDPLink.cc
+++ b/src/comm/UDPLink.cc
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ This file is part of the QGROUNDCONTROL project
 #include <QList>
 #include <QDebug>
 #include <QMutexLocker>
+#include <QNetworkProxy>
 #include <iostream>
 
 #include "UDPLink.h"
@@ -222,6 +223,7 @@ bool UDPLink::_hardwareConnect()
 {
     QHostAddress host = QHostAddress::Any;
     _socket = new QUdpSocket();
+    _socket->setProxy(QNetworkProxy::NoProxy);
     _connectState = _socket->bind(host, _config->localPort());
     QObject::connect(_socket, SIGNAL(readyRead()), this, SLOT(readBytes()));
     if (_connectState) {