diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 02fcfa8e8a3..d71b10a791d 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@
 
 * Allow the use of ``--no-use-wheel`` within a requirements file. (:pull:`1859`)
 
+* Fixed :issue:`1180`. Added support to respect proxies in ``pip search``. It
+  also fixes :issue:`932` and :issue:`1104`. (:pull:`1902`)
+
 
 **1.5.7**
 
diff --git a/pip/commands/search.py b/pip/commands/search.py
index 6de76eed3ad..6476d43aeba 100644
--- a/pip/commands/search.py
+++ b/pip/commands/search.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 from functools import reduce
 
 from pip.basecommand import Command, SUCCESS
+from pip.download import PipXmlrpcTransport
 from pip.util import get_terminal_size
 from pip.log import logger
 from pip.compat import cmp
@@ -36,9 +37,7 @@ def run(self, options, args):
         if not args:
             raise CommandError('Missing required argument (search query).')
         query = args
-        index_url = options.index
-
-        pypi_hits = self.search(query, index_url)
+        pypi_hits = self.search(query, options)
         hits = transform_hits(pypi_hits)
 
         terminal_width = None
@@ -50,10 +49,13 @@ def run(self, options, args):
             return SUCCESS
         return NO_MATCHES_FOUND
 
-    def search(self, query, index_url):
-        pypi = xmlrpc_client.ServerProxy(index_url)
-        hits = pypi.search({'name': query, 'summary': query}, 'or')
-        return hits
+    def search(self, query, options):
+        index_url = options.index
+        with self._build_session(options) as session:
+            transport = PipXmlrpcTransport(index_url, session)
+            pypi = xmlrpc_client.ServerProxy(index_url, transport)
+            hits = pypi.search({'name': query, 'summary': query}, 'or')
+            return hits
 
 
 def transform_hits(hits):
diff --git a/pip/download.py b/pip/download.py
index 23a650e01b5..f1c2e3a2d0d 100644
--- a/pip/download.py
+++ b/pip/download.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 from pip._vendor.cachecontrol import CacheControlAdapter
 from pip._vendor.cachecontrol.caches import FileCache
 from pip._vendor.lockfile import LockError
+from pip._vendor.six.moves import xmlrpc_client
 
 
 __all__ = ['get_file_content',
@@ -695,3 +696,29 @@ def unpack_file_url(link, location, download_dir=None):
     # a download dir is specified and not already downloaded
     if download_dir and not already_downloaded:
         _copy_file(from_path, download_dir, content_type, link)
+
+
+class PipXmlrpcTransport(xmlrpc_client.Transport):
+    """Provide a `xmlrpclib.Transport` implementation via a `PipSession`
+    object.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, index_url, session, use_datetime=False):
+        xmlrpc_client.Transport.__init__(self, use_datetime)
+        index_parts = urlparse.urlparse(index_url)
+        self._scheme = index_parts.scheme
+        self._session = session
+
+    def request(self, host, handler, request_body, verbose=False):
+        parts = (self._scheme, host, handler, None, None, None)
+        url = urlparse.urlunparse(parts)
+        try:
+            headers = {'Content-Type': 'text/xml'}
+            response = self._session.post(url, data=request_body,
+                                          headers=headers, stream=True)
+            response.raise_for_status()
+            self.verbose = verbose
+            return self.parse_response(response.raw)
+        except requests.HTTPError as exc:
+            logger.fatal("HTTP error {0} while getting {1}".format(
+                         exc.response.status_code, url))
+            raise
diff --git a/tests/functional/test_search.py b/tests/functional/test_search.py
index dee6b319dca..77b4f43bf1c 100644
--- a/tests/functional/test_search.py
+++ b/tests/functional/test_search.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
                                  transform_hits,
                                  SearchCommand)
 from pip.status_codes import NO_MATCHES_FOUND, SUCCESS
-from mock import Mock
 from tests.lib import pyversion
 
 
@@ -139,10 +138,10 @@ def test_run_method_should_return_sucess_when_find_packages():
     """
     Test SearchCommand.run for found package
     """
-    options_mock = Mock()
-    options_mock.index = 'http://pypi.python.org/pypi'
-    search_cmd = SearchCommand()
-    status = search_cmd.run(options_mock, ('pip',))
+    command = SearchCommand()
+    cmdline = "--index=http://pypi.python.org/pypi pip"
+    options, args = command.parse_args(cmdline.split())
+    status = command.run(options, args)
     assert status == SUCCESS
 
 
@@ -150,11 +149,11 @@ def test_run_method_should_return_no_matches_found_when_does_not_find_pkgs():
     """
     Test SearchCommand.run for no matches
     """
-    options_mock = Mock()
-    options_mock.index = 'https://pypi.python.org/pypi'
-    search_cmd = SearchCommand()
-    status = search_cmd.run(options_mock, ('non-existent-package',))
-    assert status == NO_MATCHES_FOUND, status
+    command = SearchCommand()
+    cmdline = "--index=http://pypi.python.org/pypi non-existent-package"
+    options, args = command.parse_args(cmdline.split())
+    status = command.run(options, args)
+    assert status == NO_MATCHES_FOUND
 
 
 def test_search_should_exit_status_code_zero_when_find_packages(script):