diff --git a/cmd/podman/images/build.go b/cmd/podman/images/build.go
index 2efc795cd4..23bfcab792 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/images/build.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/images/build.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containers/buildah/imagebuildah"
 	buildahCLI "github.com/containers/buildah/pkg/cli"
 	"github.com/containers/buildah/pkg/parse"
+	"github.com/containers/common/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/containers/libpod/cmd/podman/registry"
 	"github.com/containers/libpod/cmd/podman/utils"
 	"github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/domain/entities"
@@ -396,16 +397,10 @@ func buildFlagsWrapperToOptions(c *cobra.Command, contextDir string, flags *buil
 		runtimeFlags = append(runtimeFlags, "--"+arg)
 	}
 
-	// FIXME: the code below needs to be enabled (and adjusted) once the
-	// global/root flags are supported.
-
-	//	conf, err := runtime.GetConfig()
-	//	if err != nil {
-	//		return err
-	//	}
-	//	if conf != nil && conf.Engine.CgroupManager == config.SystemdCgroupsManager {
-	//		runtimeFlags = append(runtimeFlags, "--systemd-cgroup")
-	//	}
+	containerConfig := registry.PodmanConfig()
+	if containerConfig.Engine.CgroupManager == config.SystemdCgroupsManager {
+		runtimeFlags = append(runtimeFlags, "--systemd-cgroup")
+	}
 
 	opts := imagebuildah.BuildOptions{
 		AddCapabilities: flags.CapAdd,
@@ -418,12 +413,13 @@ func buildFlagsWrapperToOptions(c *cobra.Command, contextDir string, flags *buil
 		CNIPluginPath:   flags.CNIPlugInPath,
 		CommonBuildOpts: &buildah.CommonBuildOptions{
 			AddHost:      flags.AddHost,
-			CgroupParent: flags.CgroupParent,
 			CPUPeriod:    flags.CPUPeriod,
 			CPUQuota:     flags.CPUQuota,
-			CPUShares:    flags.CPUShares,
 			CPUSetCPUs:   flags.CPUSetCPUs,
 			CPUSetMems:   flags.CPUSetMems,
+			CPUShares:    flags.CPUShares,
+			CgroupParent: flags.CgroupParent,
+			HTTPProxy:    flags.HTTPProxy,
 			Memory:       memoryLimit,
 			MemorySwap:   memorySwap,
 			ShmSize:      flags.ShmSize,
diff --git a/test/e2e/build_test.go b/test/e2e/build_test.go
index 9e41fd231f..0cf5283ad6 100644
--- a/test/e2e/build_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/build_test.go
@@ -195,4 +195,21 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman build", func() {
 		Expect(session.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
 	})
 
+	It("podman build --http_proxy flag", func() {
+		SkipIfRemote()
+		os.Setenv("http_proxy", "1.2.3.4")
+		podmanTest.RestoreAllArtifacts()
+		dockerfile := `FROM docker.io/library/alpine:latest
+RUN printenv http_proxy`
+
+		dockerfilePath := filepath.Join(podmanTest.TempDir, "Dockerfile")
+		err := ioutil.WriteFile(dockerfilePath, []byte(dockerfile), 0755)
+		Expect(err).To(BeNil())
+		session := podmanTest.PodmanNoCache([]string{"build", "--file", dockerfilePath, podmanTest.TempDir})
+		session.Wait(120)
+		Expect(session.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
+		ok, _ := session.GrepString("1.2.3.4")
+		Expect(ok).To(BeTrue())
+		os.Unsetenv("http_proxy")
+	})
 })