diff --git a/src/net/http/request.go b/src/net/http/request.go
index 924ca1b390b..037be35aae8 100644
--- a/src/net/http/request.go
+++ b/src/net/http/request.go
@@ -951,6 +951,17 @@ func (r *Request) BasicAuth() (username, password string, ok bool) {
 	return parseBasicAuth(auth)
 }
 
+// ProxyBasicAuth returns the username and password provided in the request's
+// Proxy-Authorization header, if the request uses HTTP Basic Authentication.
+// See RFC 2068, Section 14.
+func (r *Request) ProxyBasicAuth() (username, password string, ok bool) {
+	auth := r.Header.Get("Proxy-Authorization")
+	if auth == "" {
+		return "", "", false
+	}
+	return parseBasicAuth(auth)
+}
+
 // parseBasicAuth parses an HTTP Basic Authentication string.
 // "Basic QWxhZGRpbjpvcGVuIHNlc2FtZQ==" returns ("Aladdin", "open sesame", true).
 func parseBasicAuth(auth string) (username, password string, ok bool) {
@@ -986,6 +997,10 @@ func (r *Request) SetBasicAuth(username, password string) {
 	r.Header.Set("Authorization", "Basic "+basicAuth(username, password))
 }
 
+func (r *Request) SetProxyBasicAuth(username, password string) {
+	r.Header.Set("Proxy-Authorization", "Basic "+basicAuth(username, password))
+}
+
 // parseRequestLine parses "GET /foo HTTP/1.1" into its three parts.
 func parseRequestLine(line string) (method, requestURI, proto string, ok bool) {
 	method, rest, ok1 := strings.Cut(line, " ")
diff --git a/src/net/http/request_test.go b/src/net/http/request_test.go
index 2f348284de9..24868e6be6b 100644
--- a/src/net/http/request_test.go
+++ b/src/net/http/request_test.go
@@ -366,6 +366,14 @@ func TestSetBasicAuth(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestSetProxyBasicAuth(t *testing.T) {
+	r, _ := NewRequest("GET", "http://example.com/", nil)
+	r.SetProxyBasicAuth("Aladdin", "open sesame")
+	if g, e := r.Header.Get("Proxy-Authorization"), "Basic QWxhZGRpbjpvcGVuIHNlc2FtZQ=="; g != e {
+		t.Errorf("got header %q, want %q", g, e)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestMultipartRequest(t *testing.T) {
 	// Test that we can read the values and files of a
 	// multipart request with FormValue and FormFile,
@@ -744,6 +752,18 @@ func TestParseBasicAuth(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestParseProxyBasicAuth(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tt := range parseBasicAuthTests {
+		r, _ := NewRequest("GET", "http://example.com/", nil)
+		r.Header.Set("Proxy-Authorization", tt.header)
+		username, password, ok := r.ProxyBasicAuth()
+		if ok != tt.ok || username != tt.username || password != tt.password {
+			t.Errorf("BasicAuth() = %#v, want %#v", getBasicAuthTest{username, password, ok},
+				getBasicAuthTest{tt.username, tt.password, tt.ok})
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 type logWrites struct {
 	t   *testing.T
 	dst *[]string