diff --git a/src/mono/wasm/debugger/BrowserDebugProxy/DevToolsProxy.cs b/src/mono/wasm/debugger/BrowserDebugProxy/DevToolsProxy.cs
index a80470119b40f..0b5c83d8e8480 100644
--- a/src/mono/wasm/debugger/BrowserDebugProxy/DevToolsProxy.cs
+++ b/src/mono/wasm/debugger/BrowserDebugProxy/DevToolsProxy.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Net;
 using System.Net.WebSockets;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading;
@@ -29,9 +30,11 @@ internal class DevToolsProxy
         public bool IsRunning => _runLoop?.IsRunning == true;
         public RunLoopExitState Stopped => _runLoop?.StoppedState;
 
-        public DevToolsProxy(ILogger logger, string loggerId)
+        protected readonly ProxyOptions _options;
+        public DevToolsProxy(ProxyOptions options, ILogger logger, string loggerId)
         {
             _loggerId = loggerId;
+            _options = options;
             this.logger = logger;
         }
 
@@ -235,6 +238,9 @@ public async Task RunForDevTools(Uri browserUri, WebSocket ideSocket, Cancellati
 
                 ClientWebSocket browserSocket = new();
                 browserSocket.Options.KeepAliveInterval = Timeout.InfiniteTimeSpan;
+                var proxy = WebRequest.DefaultWebProxy;
+                if (_options is not null && _options.IgnoreProxyForLocalAddress && proxy is not null && !proxy.IsBypassed(browserUri)) //only bypass the proxy for local addresses if it is not already an exception in the OS settings
+                    browserSocket.Options.Proxy = new WebProxy(proxy.GetProxy(browserUri), true);
                 await browserSocket.ConnectAsync(browserUri, cts.Token);
 
                 using var ideConn = new DevToolsDebuggerConnection(ideSocket, "ide", logger);
diff --git a/src/mono/wasm/debugger/BrowserDebugProxy/MonoProxy.cs b/src/mono/wasm/debugger/BrowserDebugProxy/MonoProxy.cs
index c77f961fea9bd..a13b3910b50d9 100644
--- a/src/mono/wasm/debugger/BrowserDebugProxy/MonoProxy.cs
+++ b/src/mono/wasm/debugger/BrowserDebugProxy/MonoProxy.cs
@@ -34,13 +34,10 @@ internal class MonoProxy : DevToolsProxy
         public bool JustMyCode { get; private set; }
         private PauseOnExceptionsKind _defaultPauseOnExceptions { get; set; }
 
-        protected readonly ProxyOptions _options;
-
-        public MonoProxy(ILogger logger, int runtimeId = 0, string loggerId = "", ProxyOptions options = null) : base(logger, loggerId)
+        public MonoProxy(ILogger logger, int runtimeId = 0, string loggerId = "", ProxyOptions options = null) : base(options, logger, loggerId)
         {
             UrlSymbolServerList = new List<string>();
             RuntimeId = runtimeId;
-            _options = options;
             _defaultPauseOnExceptions = PauseOnExceptionsKind.Unset;
             JustMyCode = options?.JustMyCode ?? false;
         }
diff --git a/src/mono/wasm/debugger/BrowserDebugProxy/ProxyOptions.cs b/src/mono/wasm/debugger/BrowserDebugProxy/ProxyOptions.cs
index 140958f738292..665d2e71d500c 100644
--- a/src/mono/wasm/debugger/BrowserDebugProxy/ProxyOptions.cs
+++ b/src/mono/wasm/debugger/BrowserDebugProxy/ProxyOptions.cs
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ public int DevToolsDebugPort
     }
     public string? LogPath { get; set; }
     public bool RunningForBlazor { get; set; }
+    public bool IgnoreProxyForLocalAddress { get; set; }
     public bool IsFirefoxDebugging { get; set; }
     public bool JustMyCode { get; set; }
 }