diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5a8057f61..7eff485b7 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3710,6 +3710,11 @@ if test "x$USE_NGHTTP2" = "x1"; then
   SUPPORT_FEATURES="$SUPPORT_FEATURES HTTP2"
 fi
 
+if test "x$OPENSSL_ENABLED" = "x1" -o "x$GNUTLS_ENABLED" = "x1" \
+    -o "x$NSS_ENABLED" = "x1"; then
+  SUPPORT_FEATURES="$SUPPORT_FEATURES HTTPS-proxy"
+fi
+
 AC_SUBST(SUPPORT_FEATURES)
 
 dnl For supported protocols in pkg-config file
diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_version_info.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_version_info.3
index 5244c21b8..ebb11c33b 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/curl_version_info.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_version_info.3
@@ -153,6 +153,9 @@ libcurl was built with support for Unix domain sockets.
 libcurl was built with support for Mozilla's Public Suffix List. This makes
 libcurl ignore cookies with a domain that's on the list.
 (Added in 7.47.0)
+.IP CURL_VERSION_HTTPS_PROXY
+libcurl was built with support for HTTPS-proxy.
+(Added in 7.52.0)
 .RE
 \fIssl_version\fP is an ASCII string for the OpenSSL version used. If libcurl
 has no SSL support, this is NULL.
diff --git a/docs/libcurl/symbols-in-versions b/docs/libcurl/symbols-in-versions
index c7cd5a8f3..3dbba8676 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/symbols-in-versions
+++ b/docs/libcurl/symbols-in-versions
@@ -810,6 +810,7 @@ CURL_VERSION_DEBUG              7.10.6
 CURL_VERSION_GSSAPI             7.38.0
 CURL_VERSION_GSSNEGOTIATE       7.10.6        7.38.0
 CURL_VERSION_HTTP2              7.33.0
+CURL_VERSION_HTTPS_PROXY        7.52.0
 CURL_VERSION_IDN                7.12.0
 CURL_VERSION_IPV6               7.10
 CURL_VERSION_KERBEROS4          7.10          7.33.0
diff --git a/include/curl/curl.h b/include/curl/curl.h
index c8b85069c..331bec6e2 100644
--- a/include/curl/curl.h
+++ b/include/curl/curl.h
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ typedef enum {
                            CONNECT HTTP/1.1 */
   CURLPROXY_HTTP_1_0 = 1,   /* added in 7.19.4, force to use CONNECT
                                HTTP/1.0  */
-  CURLPROXY_HTTPS = 2, /* added in TBD */
+  CURLPROXY_HTTPS = 2, /* added in 7.52.0 */
   CURLPROXY_SOCKS4 = 4, /* support added in 7.15.2, enum existed already
                            in 7.10 */
   CURLPROXY_SOCKS5 = 5, /* added in 7.10 */
@@ -2446,6 +2446,7 @@ typedef struct {
 #define CURL_VERSION_UNIX_SOCKETS (1<<19) /* Unix domain sockets support */
 #define CURL_VERSION_PSL          (1<<20) /* Mozilla's Public Suffix List, used
                                              for cookie domain verification */
+#define CURL_VERSION_HTTPS_PROXY  (1<<21) /* HTTPS-proxy support built-in */
 
  /*
  * NAME curl_version_info()
diff --git a/lib/url.c b/lib/url.c
index 675d7ee57..c1c3a931b 100644
--- a/lib/url.c
+++ b/lib/url.c
@@ -4924,6 +4924,14 @@ static CURLcode parse_proxy(struct Curl_easy *data,
   else
     proxyptr = proxy; /* No xxx:// head: It's a HTTP proxy */
 
+#ifndef HTTPS_PROXY_SUPPORT
+  if(proxytype == CURLPROXY_HTTPS) {
+    failf(data, "Unsupported proxy \'%s\'"
+                ", libcurl is built without the HTTPS-proxy support.", proxy);
+    return CURLE_NOT_BUILT_IN;
+  }
+#endif
+
   sockstype = proxytype == CURLPROXY_SOCKS5_HOSTNAME ||
               proxytype == CURLPROXY_SOCKS5 ||
               proxytype == CURLPROXY_SOCKS4A ||
diff --git a/lib/version.c b/lib/version.c
index a434a6287..3d1776813 100644
--- a/lib/version.c
+++ b/lib/version.c
@@ -323,6 +323,9 @@ static curl_version_info_data version_info = {
 #endif
 #if defined(USE_LIBPSL)
   | CURL_VERSION_PSL
+#endif
+#if defined(HTTPS_PROXY_SUPPORT)
+  | CURL_VERSION_HTTPS_PROXY
 #endif
   ,
   NULL, /* ssl_version */
diff --git a/lib/vtls/gskit.h b/lib/vtls/gskit.h
index e258a29f1..229759217 100644
--- a/lib/vtls/gskit.h
+++ b/lib/vtls/gskit.h
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ int Curl_gskit_shutdown(struct connectdata *conn, int sockindex);
 size_t Curl_gskit_version(char *buffer, size_t size);
 int Curl_gskit_check_cxn(struct connectdata *cxn);
 
+/* Support HTTPS-proxy */
+/* TODO: add '#define HTTPS_PROXY_SUPPORT 1' and fix test #1014 (if need) */
+
 /* Set the API backend definition to GSKit */
 #define CURL_SSL_BACKEND CURLSSLBACKEND_GSKIT
 
diff --git a/lib/vtls/gtls.h b/lib/vtls/gtls.h
index e3d58531f..65312017e 100644
--- a/lib/vtls/gtls.h
+++ b/lib/vtls/gtls.h
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ void Curl_gtls_sha256sum(const unsigned char *tmp, /* input */
 
 bool Curl_gtls_cert_status_request(void);
 
+/* Support HTTPS-proxy */
+#define HTTPS_PROXY_SUPPORT 1
+
 /* Set the API backend definition to GnuTLS */
 #define CURL_SSL_BACKEND CURLSSLBACKEND_GNUTLS
 
diff --git a/lib/vtls/nssg.h b/lib/vtls/nssg.h
index ac67e6ab7..fd94003fb 100644
--- a/lib/vtls/nssg.h
+++ b/lib/vtls/nssg.h
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ bool Curl_nss_cert_status_request(void);
 
 bool Curl_nss_false_start(void);
 
+/* Support HTTPS-proxy */
+#define HTTPS_PROXY_SUPPORT 1
+
 /* Set the API backend definition to NSS */
 #define CURL_SSL_BACKEND CURLSSLBACKEND_NSS
 
diff --git a/lib/vtls/openssl.h b/lib/vtls/openssl.h
index ee18e710f..cff1e909c 100644
--- a/lib/vtls/openssl.h
+++ b/lib/vtls/openssl.h
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ void Curl_ossl_sha256sum(const unsigned char *tmp, /* input */
 
 bool Curl_ossl_cert_status_request(void);
 
+/* Support HTTPS-proxy */
+#define HTTPS_PROXY_SUPPORT 1
+
 /* Set the API backend definition to OpenSSL */
 #define CURL_SSL_BACKEND CURLSSLBACKEND_OPENSSL
 
diff --git a/lib/vtls/vtls.c b/lib/vtls/vtls.c
index e8fd3cf43..b808e1c5f 100644
--- a/lib/vtls/vtls.c
+++ b/lib/vtls/vtls.c
@@ -187,8 +187,7 @@ ssl_connect_init_proxy(struct connectdata *conn, int sockindex)
   DEBUGASSERT(conn->bits.proxy_ssl_connected[sockindex]);
   if(ssl_connection_complete == conn->ssl[sockindex].state &&
      !conn->proxy_ssl[sockindex].use) {
-#if defined(USE_OPENSSL) || defined(USE_GNUTLS) || defined(USE_NSS) ||  \
-  defined(USE_GSKIT)
+#if defined(HTTPS_PROXY_SUPPORT)
     conn->proxy_ssl[sockindex] = conn->ssl[sockindex];
     memset(&conn->ssl[sockindex], 0, sizeof(conn->ssl[sockindex]));
 #else
diff --git a/src/tool_help.c b/src/tool_help.c
index 39a51784a..992a969ce 100644
--- a/src/tool_help.c
+++ b/src/tool_help.c
@@ -317,6 +317,7 @@ static const struct feat feats[] = {
   {"TLS-SRP",        CURL_VERSION_TLSAUTH_SRP},
   {"HTTP2",          CURL_VERSION_HTTP2},
   {"UnixSockets",    CURL_VERSION_UNIX_SOCKETS},
+  {"HTTPS-proxy",    CURL_VERSION_HTTPS_PROXY}
 };
 
 void tool_help(void)