diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 61bb4dfb54..38822745d6 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1480,6 +1480,8 @@ x11_grab_device_indev_extralibs="-lX11 -lXext -lXfixes"
 
 # protocols
 gopher_protocol_deps="network"
+httpproxy_protocol_deps="network"
+httpproxy_protocol_select="tcp_protocol"
 http_protocol_deps="network"
 http_protocol_select="tcp_protocol"
 https_protocol_select="tls_protocol"