diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bb0c31af4..f43a8014c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 - Disable PC adjustment in the backend for libunwindstack ([#839](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-native/pull/839))
 - Crashpad backend allows inspection and enrichment of the crash event in the on_crash/before_send hooks ([#843](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-native/pull/843))
+- Add http-proxy support to the `crashpad_handler` ([#847](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-native/pull/847), [crashpad#86](https://github.com/getsentry/crashpad/pull/86))
 
 **Internal**:
 
diff --git a/external/crashpad b/external/crashpad
index 1904ae143..704134973 160000
--- a/external/crashpad
+++ b/external/crashpad
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 1904ae14360bb3115e098950733a4fd3da93b25a
+Subproject commit 7041349732770d0902e156deaba6e86bfdee1a0a
diff --git a/src/backends/sentry_backend_crashpad.cpp b/src/backends/sentry_backend_crashpad.cpp
index ddb93f2ca..b3bc19440 100644
--- a/src/backends/sentry_backend_crashpad.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/sentry_backend_crashpad.cpp
@@ -319,15 +319,25 @@ crashpad_backend_startup(
     // `sentry_init` will persist the upload flag.
     data->db = crashpad::CrashReportDatabase::Initialize(database).release();
 
+    bool success;
     crashpad::CrashpadClient client;
     char *minidump_url
         = sentry__dsn_get_minidump_url(options->dsn, options->user_agent);
-    SENTRY_TRACEF("using minidump url \"%s\"", minidump_url);
-    std::string url = minidump_url ? std::string(minidump_url) : std::string();
-    sentry_free(minidump_url);
-    bool success = client.StartHandler(handler, database, database, url,
-        annotations, arguments, /* restartable */ true,
-        /* asynchronous_start */ false, attachments);
+    if (minidump_url) {
+        SENTRY_TRACEF("using minidump URL \"%s\"", minidump_url);
+        success = client.StartHandler(handler, database, database, minidump_url,
+            options->http_proxy ? options->http_proxy : "", annotations,
+            arguments,
+            /* restartable */ true,
+            /* asynchronous_start */ false, attachments);
+        sentry_free(minidump_url);
+    } else {
+        SENTRY_WARN(
+            "failed to construct minidump URL (check DSN or user-agent)");
+        delete data->db;
+        data->db = nullptr;
+        return 1;
+    }
 
 #ifdef CRASHPAD_WER_ENABLED
     sentry_path_t *handler_dir = sentry__path_dir(absolute_handler_path);