diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2151b3c4c0..c2ac0857e4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@ If you don't want to install Visual Studio or want to upgrade DNVM to the latest
 
 ####CMD
 ```
-@powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy unrestricted -Command "&{$Branch='dev';iex ((new-object net.webclient).DownloadString('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aspnet/Home/dev/dnvminstall.ps1'))}"
+@powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy unrestricted -Command "&{$Branch='dev';$wc=New-Object System.Net.WebClient;$wc.Proxy=[System.Net.WebRequest]::DefaultWebProxy;$wc.Proxy.Credentials=[System.Net.CredentialCache]::DefaultNetworkCredentials;Invoke-Expression ($wc.DownloadString('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aspnet/Home/dev/dnvminstall.ps1'))}"
 ```
 
 ####Powershell
 ```
-&{$Branch='dev';iex ((new-object net.webclient).DownloadString('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aspnet/Home/dev/dnvminstall.ps1'))}
+&{$Branch='dev';$wc=New-Object System.Net.WebClient;$wc.Proxy=[System.Net.WebRequest]::DefaultWebProxy;$wc.Proxy.Credentials=[System.Net.CredentialCache]::DefaultNetworkCredentials;Invoke-Expression ($wc.DownloadString('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aspnet/Home/dev/dnvminstall.ps1'))}
 ```
 
 This will download the DNVM script and put it in your user profile. You can check the location of DNVM by running the following in a cmd prompt:
diff --git a/dnvminstall.ps1 b/dnvminstall.ps1
index 765cde2e58..ac3a38e6c3 100644
--- a/dnvminstall.ps1
+++ b/dnvminstall.ps1
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ if (!(Test-Path $tempPath)) { md $tempPath | Out-Null }
 
 
 $webClient = New-Object System.Net.WebClient
+$webClient.Proxy = [System.Net.WebRequest]::DefaultWebProxy
+$webClient.Proxy.Credentials = [System.Net.CredentialCache]::DefaultNetworkCredentials
 Write-Host "Downloading DNVM.ps1 to $dnvmPs1Path"
 $webClient.DownloadFile('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aspnet/Home/dev/dnvm.ps1', $dnvmPs1Path)
 Write-Host "Downloading DNVM.cmd to $dnvmCmdPath"