diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4a10c69b207cd..7a9f9978ba10b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -156,8 +156,7 @@
     "validate-npm-package-name": "2.2.2",
     "webpack": "1.12.15",
     "webpack-directory-name-as-main": "1.0.0",
-    "whatwg-fetch": "0.9.0",
-    "wreck": "6.2.0"
+    "whatwg-fetch": "0.9.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@elastic/eslint-config-kibana": "0.0.3",
diff --git a/src/cli_plugin/install/download.js b/src/cli_plugin/install/download.js
index 871b170628fe8..8e67978c9bf96 100644
--- a/src/cli_plugin/install/download.js
+++ b/src/cli_plugin/install/download.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export function _downloadSingle(settings, logger, sourceUrl) {
   if (/^file/.test(urlInfo.protocol)) {
     downloadPromise = downloadLocalFile(logger, decodeURI(urlInfo.path), settings.tempArchiveFile);
   } else if (/^https?/.test(urlInfo.protocol)) {
-    downloadPromise = downloadHttpFile(logger, sourceUrl, settings.tempArchiveFile, settings.timeout);
+    downloadPromise = downloadHttpFile(logger, sourceUrl, settings.tempArchiveFile, settings.timeout, settings.proxy);
   } else {
     downloadPromise = Promise.reject(new UnsupportedProtocolError());
   }
diff --git a/src/cli_plugin/install/downloaders/http.js b/src/cli_plugin/install/downloaders/http.js
index 40069c4cd063e..8b5e413c00006 100644
--- a/src/cli_plugin/install/downloaders/http.js
+++ b/src/cli_plugin/install/downloaders/http.js
@@ -1,25 +1,24 @@
-import Wreck from 'wreck';
 import Progress from '../progress';
 import { fromNode as fn } from 'bluebird';
+import Request from 'request';
 import { createWriteStream, unlinkSync } from 'fs';
 
-function sendRequest({ sourceUrl, timeout }) {
-  const maxRedirects = 11; //Because this one goes to 11.
-  return fn(cb => {
-    const req = Wreck.request('GET', sourceUrl, { timeout, redirects: maxRedirects }, (err, resp) => {
-      if (err) {
-        if (err.code === 'ECONNREFUSED') {
-          err = new Error('ENOTFOUND');
-        }
-
-        return cb(err);
-      }
+function sendRequest({ sourceUrl, reqOptions }) {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const req = Request.get(sourceUrl, reqOptions);
 
+    req.on('response', (resp) => {
       if (resp.statusCode >= 400) {
-        return cb(new Error('ENOTFOUND'));
+        return reject(new Error('ENOTFOUND'));
       }
+      return resolve({ req, resp });
+    });
 
-      cb(null, { req, resp });
+    req.on('error', (err) => {
+      if (err.code === 'ECONNREFUSED') {
+        err = new Error('ENOTFOUND');
+      }
+      return reject(err);
     });
   });
 }
@@ -48,9 +47,20 @@ function downloadResponse({ resp, targetPath, progress }) {
 /*
 Responsible for managing http transfers
 */
-export default async function downloadUrl(logger, sourceUrl, targetPath, timeout) {
+export default async function downloadUrl(logger, sourceUrl, targetPath, timeout, proxy) {
+  const reqOptions = {
+    'timeout': timeout,
+    'maxRedirects': 11, //Because this one goes to 11.
+    'encoding': null
+  };
+
+  if (proxy) {
+    reqOptions.proxy = proxy;
+    logger.log(`Attempting to use the following proxy: ${proxy}`);
+  }
+
   try {
-    const { req, resp } = await sendRequest({ sourceUrl, timeout });
+    const { req, resp } = await sendRequest({ sourceUrl, reqOptions });
 
     try {
       let totalSize = parseFloat(resp.headers['content-length']) || 0;
diff --git a/src/cli_plugin/install/index.js b/src/cli_plugin/install/index.js
index 78547d1db006b..6a956c576f52c 100644
--- a/src/cli_plugin/install/index.js
+++ b/src/cli_plugin/install/index.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import install from './install';
 import Logger from '../lib/logger';
 import pkg from '../../utils/package_json';
 import { getConfig } from '../../server/path';
-import { parse, parseMilliseconds } from './settings';
+import { parse, parseMilliseconds, parseProxy } from './settings';
 import { find } from 'lodash';
 
 function processCommand(command, options) {
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ export default function pluginInstall(program) {
     'path to the directory where plugins are stored',
     fromRoot('plugins')
   )
+  .option(
+    '--proxy <url>',
+    'proxy url to use',
+    parseProxy
+  )
   .description('install a plugin',
 `Common examples:
   install x-pack
diff --git a/src/cli_plugin/install/settings.js b/src/cli_plugin/install/settings.js
index fd87342d5dae3..b02e0e4381362 100644
--- a/src/cli_plugin/install/settings.js
+++ b/src/cli_plugin/install/settings.js
@@ -23,6 +23,16 @@ export function parseMilliseconds(val) {
   return result;
 };
 
+export function parseProxy(val) {
+  const result = val.trim();
+  const regexp = /(http|https):\/\/(\w+:{0,1}\w*@)?(\S+)(:[0-9]+)?(\/|\/([\w#!:.?+=&%@!\-\/]))?/;
+  if (!regexp.test(result)) {
+    throw new Error(`Invalid proxy name ${result}`);
+  }
+
+  return result;
+}
+
 export function parse(command, options, kbnPackage) {
   const settings = {
     timeout: options.timeout || 0,
@@ -31,7 +41,8 @@ export function parse(command, options, kbnPackage) {
     config: options.config || '',
     plugin: command,
     version: kbnPackage.version,
-    pluginDir: options.pluginDir || ''
+    pluginDir: options.pluginDir || '',
+    proxy: options.proxy || ''
   };
 
   settings.urls = generateUrls(settings);
diff --git a/tasks/build/download_node_builds.js b/tasks/build/download_node_builds.js
index cb74b55cec446..d05c488962fea 100644
--- a/tasks/build/download_node_builds.js
+++ b/tasks/build/download_node_builds.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
   let { createGunzip } = require('zlib');
   let { Extract } = require('tar');
   let { rename } = require('fs');
-  let wreck = require('wreck');
+  let request = require('request');
 
   let platforms = grunt.config.get('platforms');
   let activeDownloads = [];
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
     }
 
     let resp = await fromNode(cb => {
-      let req = wreck.request('GET', platform.nodeUrl, null, function (err, resp) {
+      let req = request.get(platform.nodeUrl, function (err, resp) {
         if (err) {
           return cb(err);
         }