diff --git a/src/main/kubectl.ts b/src/main/kubectl.ts
index 1e57e29d5d..672d93cf65 100644
--- a/src/main/kubectl.ts
+++ b/src/main/kubectl.ts
@@ -283,6 +283,12 @@ export class Kubectl {
     bashScript += "fi\n"
     bashScript += `export PATH="${helmPath}:${kubectlPath}:$PATH"\n`
     bashScript += "export KUBECONFIG=\"$tempkubeconfig\"\n"
+
+    bashScript += "NO_PROXY=\",${NO_PROXY:-localhost},\"\n"
+    bashScript += "NO_PROXY=\"${NO_PROXY//,localhost,/,}\"\n"
+    bashScript += "NO_PROXY=\"${NO_PROXY//,127.0.0.1,/,}\"\n"
+    bashScript += "NO_PROXY=\"localhost,127.0.0.1${NO_PROXY%,}\"\n"
+    bashScript += "export NO_PROXY\n"
     bashScript += "unset tempkubeconfig\n"
     await fsPromises.writeFile(bashScriptPath, bashScript.toString(), { mode: 0o644 })
 
@@ -308,6 +314,11 @@ export class Kubectl {
     zshScript += "d=${d/#:/}\n"
     zshScript += "export PATH=\"$helmpath:$kubectlpath:${d/%:/}\"\n"
     zshScript += "export KUBECONFIG=\"$tempkubeconfig\"\n"
+    zshScript += "NO_PROXY=\",${NO_PROXY:-localhost},\"\n"
+    zshScript += "NO_PROXY=\"${NO_PROXY//,localhost,/,}\"\n"
+    zshScript += "NO_PROXY=\"${NO_PROXY//,127.0.0.1,/,}\"\n"
+    zshScript += "NO_PROXY=\"localhost,127.0.0.1${NO_PROXY%,}\"\n"
+    zshScript += "export NO_PROXY\n"
     zshScript += "unset tempkubeconfig\n"
     zshScript += "unset OLD_ZDOTDIR\n"
     await fsPromises.writeFile(zshScriptPath, zshScript.toString(), { mode: 0o644 })
diff --git a/src/main/shell-session.ts b/src/main/shell-session.ts
index 1d9d722f57..962074c803 100644
--- a/src/main/shell-session.ts
+++ b/src/main/shell-session.ts
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ export class ShellSession extends EventEmitter {
     if (this.preferences.httpsProxy) {
       env["HTTPS_PROXY"] = this.preferences.httpsProxy
     }
+    const no_proxy = ["localhost", "127.0.0.1", env["NO_PROXY"]]
+    env["NO_PROXY"] = no_proxy.filter(address => !!address).join()
     if (env.DEBUG) { // do not pass debug option to bash
       delete env["DEBUG"]
     }