diff --git a/examples/Elastic.Ephemeral.Example/Elastic.Ephemeral.Example.csproj b/examples/Elastic.Ephemeral.Example/Elastic.Ephemeral.Example.csproj
index 3745a2f..bc13e1f 100644
--- a/examples/Elastic.Ephemeral.Example/Elastic.Ephemeral.Example.csproj
+++ b/examples/Elastic.Ephemeral.Example/Elastic.Ephemeral.Example.csproj
@@ -9,7 +9,11 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Elastic.Elasticsearch.Ephemeral\Elastic.Elasticsearch.Ephemeral.csproj"/>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Elastic.Elasticsearch.Ephemeral\Elastic.Elasticsearch.Ephemeral.csproj" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Elastic.Transport" Version="0.4.12" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/examples/Elastic.Ephemeral.Example/Program.cs b/examples/Elastic.Ephemeral.Example/Program.cs
index 5d03b9b..efd2487 100644
--- a/examples/Elastic.Ephemeral.Example/Program.cs
+++ b/examples/Elastic.Ephemeral.Example/Program.cs
@@ -3,7 +3,12 @@
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information
 
 using Elastic.Elasticsearch.Ephemeral;
+using Elastic.Elasticsearch.Managed;
+using Elastic.Transport;
+using Elastic.Transport.Products.Elasticsearch;
+using static Elastic.Elasticsearch.Ephemeral.ClusterAuthentication;
 using static Elastic.Elasticsearch.Ephemeral.ClusterFeatures;
+using HttpMethod = Elastic.Transport.HttpMethod;
 
 
 var config = new EphemeralClusterConfiguration("8.7.0", XPack | Security | SSL);
@@ -16,4 +21,18 @@
 	exitEvent.Set();
 };
 using var started = cluster.Start();
+
+var pool = new StaticNodePool(cluster.NodesUris());
+var transportConfig = new TransportConfiguration(pool, productRegistration: ElasticsearchProductRegistration.Default)
+	.Authentication(new BasicAuthentication(Admin.Username, Admin.Password))
+	.ServerCertificateValidationCallback(CertificateValidations.AllowAll);
+if (cluster.DetectedProxy != DetectedProxySoftware.None)
+	transportConfig = transportConfig.Proxy(new Uri("http://localhost:8080"), null!, null!);
+
+var transport = new DefaultHttpTransport(transportConfig);
+
+var response = await transport.RequestAsync<StringResponse>(HttpMethod.GET, "/");
+Console.WriteLine(response);
+
+
 exitEvent.WaitOne();
diff --git a/examples/ScratchPad/Program.cs b/examples/ScratchPad/Program.cs
index aa5b2e4..5ff29df 100644
--- a/examples/ScratchPad/Program.cs
+++ b/examples/ScratchPad/Program.cs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ private static void ManualConfigRun()
 			var features = Security | XPack | SSL;
 			var config = new EphemeralClusterConfiguration(version, features, plugins, 1)
 			{
-				HttpFiddlerAware = true,
+				AutoWireKnownProxies = true,
 				ShowElasticsearchOutputAfterStarted = true,
 				CacheEsHomeInstallation = false,
 				TrialMode = XPackTrialMode.Trial,
diff --git a/examples/ScratchPad/ValidateCombinations.cs b/examples/ScratchPad/ValidateCombinations.cs
index d29ed92..acb3c78 100644
--- a/examples/ScratchPad/ValidateCombinations.cs
+++ b/examples/ScratchPad/ValidateCombinations.cs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public static void Run()
 				Console.WriteLine($"{v} {f}");
 
 				Console.ForegroundColor = reset;
-				var config = new EphemeralClusterConfiguration(v, f, plugins, 1) {HttpFiddlerAware = true,};
+				var config = new EphemeralClusterConfiguration(v, f, plugins, 1) {AutoWireKnownProxies = true,};
 
 				using (var cluster = new EphemeralCluster(config))
 					try
diff --git a/src/Elastic.Elasticsearch.Ephemeral/EphemeralCluster.cs b/src/Elastic.Elasticsearch.Ephemeral/EphemeralCluster.cs
index 5a84f5d..4f64e16 100644
--- a/src/Elastic.Elasticsearch.Ephemeral/EphemeralCluster.cs
+++ b/src/Elastic.Elasticsearch.Ephemeral/EphemeralCluster.cs
@@ -37,9 +37,13 @@ protected EphemeralCluster(TConfiguration clusterConfiguration) : base(clusterCo
 
 		public virtual ICollection<Uri> NodesUris(string hostName = null)
 		{
-			hostName = hostName ?? (ClusterConfiguration.HttpFiddlerAware && Process.GetProcessesByName("fiddler").Any()
-				? "ipv4.fiddler"
-				: "localhost");
+			hostName ??= "localhost";
+			if (hostName == "localhost" && ClusterConfiguration.AutoWireKnownProxies)
+			{
+				if (DetectedProxy == DetectedProxySoftware.Fiddler)
+					hostName = "ipv4.fiddler"; //magic reverse proxy address for fiddler
+			}
+
 			var ssl = ClusterConfiguration.EnableSsl ? "s" : "";
 			return Nodes
 				.Select(n => $"http{ssl}://{hostName}:{n.Port ?? 9200}")
diff --git a/src/Elastic.Elasticsearch.Ephemeral/EphemeralClusterConfiguration.cs b/src/Elastic.Elasticsearch.Ephemeral/EphemeralClusterConfiguration.cs
index 87d15cb..a81dabe 100644
--- a/src/Elastic.Elasticsearch.Ephemeral/EphemeralClusterConfiguration.cs
+++ b/src/Elastic.Elasticsearch.Ephemeral/EphemeralClusterConfiguration.cs
@@ -89,8 +89,14 @@ public EphemeralClusterConfiguration(ElasticVersion version, ClusterFeatures fea
 		/// </summary>
 		public XPackTrialMode TrialMode { get; set; }
 
-		/// <summary> Bootstrapping HTTP calls should attempt to auto route traffic through fiddler if its running </summary>
-		public bool HttpFiddlerAware { get; set; }
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Bootstrapping HTTP calls should attempt to auto route traffic through known proxy software if they are running
+		/// <list type="buller">
+		/// <item> <description>Fiddler, typically on Windows</description></item>
+		/// <item> <description>mitmproxy, typically on non Windows OS's</description></item>
+		/// </list>
+		/// </summary>
+		public bool AutoWireKnownProxies { get; set; }
 
 		protected virtual string NodePrefix => "ephemeral";
 
diff --git a/src/Elastic.Elasticsearch.Ephemeral/Tasks/IClusterComposeTask.cs b/src/Elastic.Elasticsearch.Ephemeral/Tasks/IClusterComposeTask.cs
index ebfdbf6..536c22d 100644
--- a/src/Elastic.Elasticsearch.Ephemeral/Tasks/IClusterComposeTask.cs
+++ b/src/Elastic.Elasticsearch.Ephemeral/Tasks/IClusterComposeTask.cs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Elastic.Elasticsearch.Managed;
 using Elastic.Elasticsearch.Managed.ConsoleWriters;
 using ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.GZip;
 using ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.Tar;
@@ -87,6 +88,9 @@ private HttpResponseMessage Call(
 				AutomaticDecompression =
 					DecompressionMethods.Deflate | DecompressionMethods.GZip | DecompressionMethods.None,
 			};
+			if (cluster.DetectedProxy != DetectedProxySoftware.None)
+				handler.Proxy = new WebProxy { Address = new Uri("http://localhost:8080") };
+
 			cluster.Writer.WriteDiagnostic(
 				$"{{{nameof(Call)}}} [{statusUrl}] SSL: {cluster.ClusterConfiguration.EnableSsl} Security: {cluster.ClusterConfiguration.EnableSecurity}");
 			if (cluster.ClusterConfiguration.EnableSsl)
@@ -98,39 +102,37 @@ private HttpResponseMessage Call(
 #endif
 			}
 
-			using (var client = new HttpClient(handler) {Timeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(20)})
+			using var client = new HttpClient(handler) {Timeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(20)};
+			if (cluster.ClusterConfiguration.EnableSecurity)
 			{
-				if (cluster.ClusterConfiguration.EnableSecurity)
-				{
-					var byteArray =
-						Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(
-							$"{ClusterAuthentication.Admin.Username}:{ClusterAuthentication.Admin.Password}");
-					client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization =
-						new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Basic", Convert.ToBase64String(byteArray));
-				}
+				var byteArray =
+					Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(
+						$"{ClusterAuthentication.Admin.Username}:{ClusterAuthentication.Admin.Password}");
+				client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization =
+					new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Basic", Convert.ToBase64String(byteArray));
+			}
 
-				try
-				{
-					var response = verb(client, statusUrl, tokenSource.Token).ConfigureAwait(false).GetAwaiter()
-						.GetResult();
-					if (response.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.OK) return response;
-					cluster.Writer.WriteDiagnostic(
-						$"{{{nameof(Call)}}} [{statusUrl}] Bad status code: [{(int) response.StatusCode}]");
-					var body = response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().GetAwaiter().GetResult();
-					foreach (var l in (body ?? string.Empty).Split('\n', '\r'))
-						cluster.Writer.WriteDiagnostic($"{{{nameof(Call)}}} [{statusUrl}] returned [{l}]");
-				}
-				catch (Exception e)
-				{
-					cluster.Writer.WriteError($"{{{nameof(Call)}}} [{statusUrl}] exception: {e}");
-					// ignored
-				}
-				finally
-				{
+			try
+			{
+				var response = verb(client, statusUrl, tokenSource.Token).ConfigureAwait(false).GetAwaiter()
+					.GetResult();
+				if (response.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.OK) return response;
+				cluster.Writer.WriteDiagnostic(
+					$"{{{nameof(Call)}}} [{statusUrl}] Bad status code: [{(int) response.StatusCode}]");
+				var body = response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+				foreach (var l in (body ?? string.Empty).Split('\n', '\r'))
+					cluster.Writer.WriteDiagnostic($"{{{nameof(Call)}}} [{statusUrl}] returned [{l}]");
+			}
+			catch (Exception e)
+			{
+				cluster.Writer.WriteError($"{{{nameof(Call)}}} [{statusUrl}] exception: {e}");
+				// ignored
+			}
+			finally
+			{
 #if !NETSTANDARD
 				ServicePointManager.ServerCertificateValidationCallback -= ServerCertificateValidationCallback;
 #endif
-				}
 			}
 
 			return null;
diff --git a/src/Elastic.Elasticsearch.Ephemeral/Tasks/InstallationTasks/PrintConfiguration.cs b/src/Elastic.Elasticsearch.Ephemeral/Tasks/InstallationTasks/PrintConfiguration.cs
index f15d9c5..d088ce4 100644
--- a/src/Elastic.Elasticsearch.Ephemeral/Tasks/InstallationTasks/PrintConfiguration.cs
+++ b/src/Elastic.Elasticsearch.Ephemeral/Tasks/InstallationTasks/PrintConfiguration.cs
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ string F(ClusterFeatures feature)
 			cluster.Writer?.WriteDiagnostic(
 				$"{{{nameof(PrintConfiguration)}}} {{{nameof(c.SkipBuiltInAfterStartTasks)}}} [{c.SkipBuiltInAfterStartTasks}]");
 			cluster.Writer?.WriteDiagnostic(
-				$"{{{nameof(PrintConfiguration)}}} {{{nameof(c.HttpFiddlerAware)}}} [{c.HttpFiddlerAware}]");
+				$"{{{nameof(PrintConfiguration)}}} {{{nameof(c.AutoWireKnownProxies)}}} [{c.AutoWireKnownProxies}]");
 			cluster.Writer?.WriteDiagnostic(
 				$"{{{nameof(PrintConfiguration)}}} {{{nameof(c.NoCleanupAfterNodeStopped)}}} [{c.NoCleanupAfterNodeStopped}]");
 		}
diff --git a/src/Elastic.Elasticsearch.Managed/ClusterBase.cs b/src/Elastic.Elasticsearch.Managed/ClusterBase.cs
index 502e5b8..8f8f28c 100644
--- a/src/Elastic.Elasticsearch.Managed/ClusterBase.cs
+++ b/src/Elastic.Elasticsearch.Managed/ClusterBase.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
+using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading;
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@
 using Elastic.Elasticsearch.Managed.ConsoleWriters;
 using Elastic.Elasticsearch.Managed.FileSystem;
 using ProcNet.Std;
+using static Elastic.Elasticsearch.Managed.DetectedProxySoftware;
 
 namespace Elastic.Elasticsearch.Managed
 {
@@ -30,6 +32,11 @@ public interface ICluster<out TConfiguration> : IDisposable
 		IDisposable Start(TimeSpan waitForStarted);
 
 		IDisposable Start(IConsoleLineHandler writer, TimeSpan waitForStarted);
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Whether known proxies were detected as running during startup
+		/// </summary>
+		DetectedProxySoftware DetectedProxy { get; }
 	}
 
 
@@ -75,8 +82,18 @@ NodeConfiguration Modify(NodeConfiguration n, int p)
 				node.NodeConfiguration.InitialMasterNodes(initialMasterNodes);
 
 			Nodes = new ReadOnlyCollection<ElasticsearchNode>(nodes);
+
+			if (Process.GetProcessesByName("fiddler").Any()) DetectedProxy = Fiddler;
+			else if (Process.GetProcessesByName("mitmproxy").Any()) DetectedProxy = MitmProxy;
+			else DetectedProxy = None;
 		}
 
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Whether known proxies were detected as running during startup
+		/// </summary>
+		public DetectedProxySoftware DetectedProxy { get; }
+
+
 		/// <summary>
 		///     A short name to identify the cluster defaults to the <see cref="ClusterBase" /> subclass name with Cluster
 		///     removed
diff --git a/src/Elastic.Elasticsearch.Managed/Configuration/ClusterConfiguration.cs b/src/Elastic.Elasticsearch.Managed/Configuration/ClusterConfiguration.cs
index c5cf01f..ddc4a97 100644
--- a/src/Elastic.Elasticsearch.Managed/Configuration/ClusterConfiguration.cs
+++ b/src/Elastic.Elasticsearch.Managed/Configuration/ClusterConfiguration.cs
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ public ClusterConfiguration(ElasticVersion version, Func<ElasticVersion, string,
 			if (logsPathDefault != fs.LogsPath) Add("path.logs", fs.LogsPath);
 
 			if (version.Major < 6) Add("path.conf", fs.ConfigPath);
+
 		}
 
 		public Artifact Artifact { get; }
diff --git a/src/Elastic.Elasticsearch.Managed/DetectedProxySoftware.cs b/src/Elastic.Elasticsearch.Managed/DetectedProxySoftware.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a33a194
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Elastic.Elasticsearch.Managed/DetectedProxySoftware.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+// Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V under one or more agreements.
+// Elasticsearch B.V licenses this file to you under the Apache 2.0 License.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information
+
+namespace Elastic.Elasticsearch.Managed;
+
+public enum DetectedProxySoftware
+{
+	None,
+	Fiddler,
+	MitmProxy
+}