diff --git a/builtin/provisioners/chef/linux_provisioner_test.go b/builtin/provisioners/chef/linux_provisioner_test.go
index b068df30ce..89fae2b3f0 100644
--- a/builtin/provisioners/chef/linux_provisioner_test.go
+++ b/builtin/provisioners/chef/linux_provisioner_test.go
@@ -328,4 +328,6 @@ ENV['https_proxy'] = "https://proxy.local"
 ENV['HTTPS_PROXY'] = "https://proxy.local"
 
 
-no_proxy "http://local.local,https://local.local"`
+
+no_proxy          "http://local.local,https://local.local"
+ENV['no_proxy'] = "http://local.local,https://local.local"`
diff --git a/builtin/provisioners/chef/resource_provisioner.go b/builtin/provisioners/chef/resource_provisioner.go
index 0e8c894d9f..34c6a5f1f0 100644
--- a/builtin/provisioners/chef/resource_provisioner.go
+++ b/builtin/provisioners/chef/resource_provisioner.go
@@ -60,7 +60,11 @@ ENV['https_proxy'] = "{{ .HTTPSProxy }}"
 ENV['HTTPS_PROXY'] = "{{ .HTTPSProxy }}"
 {{ end }}
 
-{{ if .NOProxy }}no_proxy "{{ join .NOProxy "," }}"{{ end }}
+{{ if .NOProxy }}
+no_proxy          "{{ join .NOProxy "," }}"
+ENV['no_proxy'] = "{{ join .NOProxy "," }}"
+{{ end }}
+
 {{ if .SSLVerifyMode }}ssl_verify_mode {{ .SSLVerifyMode }}{{ end }}
 
 {{ if .DisableReporting }}enable_reporting false{{ end }}
diff --git a/builtin/provisioners/chef/windows_provisioner_test.go b/builtin/provisioners/chef/windows_provisioner_test.go
index 11e61d8883..13604d6c92 100644
--- a/builtin/provisioners/chef/windows_provisioner_test.go
+++ b/builtin/provisioners/chef/windows_provisioner_test.go
@@ -355,4 +355,6 @@ ENV['https_proxy'] = "https://proxy.local"
 ENV['HTTPS_PROXY'] = "https://proxy.local"
 
 
-no_proxy "http://local.local,https://local.local"`
+
+no_proxy          "http://local.local,https://local.local"
+ENV['no_proxy'] = "http://local.local,https://local.local"`