diff --git a/cluster/openstack/config-default.sh b/cluster/openstack/config-default.sh
index daad8d161d7..d2cc00c0151 100644
--- a/cluster/openstack/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/openstack/config-default.sh
@@ -53,4 +53,5 @@ CLIENT_PUBLIC_KEY_PATH=${CLIENT_PUBLIC_KEY_PATH:-~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub}
 # Max time period for stack provisioning. Time in minutes.
 STACK_CREATE_TIMEOUT=${STACK_CREATE_TIMEOUT:-60}
 
+# Enable Proxy, if true kube-up will apply your current proxy settings(defined by *_PROXY environment variables) to the deployment.
 ENABLE_PROXY=${ENABLE_PROXY:-false}
diff --git a/cluster/openstack/kubernetes-heat/fragments/configure-proxy.sh b/cluster/openstack/kubernetes-heat/fragments/configure-proxy.sh
index 60fba2f8efe..c6489239d80 100644
--- a/cluster/openstack/kubernetes-heat/fragments/configure-proxy.sh
+++ b/cluster/openstack/kubernetes-heat/fragments/configure-proxy.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ set -o errexit
 set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
 
-#These values are meant to be swapped in by heat
+# The contents of these variables swapped in by heat via environments presented to kube-up.sh
 
 export ETC_ENVIRONMENT='FTP_PROXY=$FTP_PROXY
 HTTP_PROXY=$HTTP_PROXY
@@ -56,8 +56,10 @@ export DOCKER_PROXY='[Service]
       Environment="no_proxy=$NO_PROXY"
 '
 
+# This again is set by heat
 ENABLE_PROXY='$ENABLE_PROXY'
 
+# Heat itself doesn't have conditionals, so this is how we set up our proxy without breaking non-proxy setups.
 if [[ "${ENABLE_PROXY}" == "true" ]]; then
   mkdir -p /etc/systemd/system/docker.service.d/
 
diff --git a/cluster/openstack/kubernetes-heat/kubecluster.yaml b/cluster/openstack/kubernetes-heat/kubecluster.yaml
index 0ee51535b79..af385cd44a0 100644
--- a/cluster/openstack/kubernetes-heat/kubecluster.yaml
+++ b/cluster/openstack/kubernetes-heat/kubecluster.yaml
@@ -354,6 +354,12 @@ resources:
           cluster_name: {get_param: "OS::stack_name"}
           secgroup_base: {get_resource: secgroup_base}
           secgroup_node: {get_resource: secgroup_node}
+          enable_proxy: {get_param: enable_proxy }
+          ftp_proxy: {get_param: ftp_proxy }
+          http_proxy: {get_param: http_proxy }
+          https_proxy: {get_param: https_proxy }
+          socks_proxy: {get_param: socks_proxy }
+          no_proxy: {get_param: no_proxy }
       min_size: {get_param: number_of_minions}
       desired_capacity: {get_param: number_of_minions}
       max_size: {get_param: max_number_of_minions}