diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/write-out.md b/docs/cmdline-opts/write-out.md
index ac4b7d03ff..068af7675a 100644
--- a/docs/cmdline-opts/write-out.md
+++ b/docs/cmdline-opts/write-out.md
@@ -138,6 +138,11 @@ The rest of the output is only shown if the transfer returned a non-zero error.
 The result of the HTTPS proxy's SSL peer certificate verification that was
 requested. 0 means the verification was successful. (Added in 7.52.0)
 
+## `proxy_used`
+Returns 1 if the previous transfer used a proxy, otherwise 0. Useful to for
+example determine if a `NOPROXY` pattern matched the hostname or not. (Added
+in 8.7.0)
+
 ## `redirect_url`
 When an HTTP request was made without --location to follow redirects (or when
 --max-redirs is met), this variable shows the actual URL a redirect
diff --git a/src/tool_writeout.c b/src/tool_writeout.c
index 981065c9ef..b8bb174ec7 100644
--- a/src/tool_writeout.c
+++ b/src/tool_writeout.c
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ static const struct writeoutvar variables[] = {
   {"onerror", VAR_ONERROR, CURLINFO_NONE, NULL},
   {"proxy_ssl_verify_result", VAR_PROXY_SSL_VERIFY_RESULT,
    CURLINFO_PROXY_SSL_VERIFYRESULT, writeLong},
+  {"proxy_used", VAR_PROXY_USED, CURLINFO_USED_PROXY, writeLong},
   {"redirect_url", VAR_REDIRECT_URL, CURLINFO_REDIRECT_URL, writeString},
   {"referer", VAR_REFERER, CURLINFO_REFERER, writeString},
   {"remote_ip", VAR_PRIMARY_IP, CURLINFO_PRIMARY_IP, writeString},
diff --git a/src/tool_writeout.h b/src/tool_writeout.h
index 4e690a65c9..0b9e3cbb1c 100644
--- a/src/tool_writeout.h
+++ b/src/tool_writeout.h
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ typedef enum {
   VAR_PRIMARY_IP,
   VAR_PRIMARY_PORT,
   VAR_PROXY_SSL_VERIFY_RESULT,
+  VAR_PROXY_USED,
   VAR_REDIRECT_COUNT,
   VAR_REDIRECT_TIME,
   VAR_REDIRECT_URL,
diff --git a/tests/data/test970 b/tests/data/test970
index 88ab796122..94e00df1ce 100644
--- a/tests/data/test970
+++ b/tests/data/test970
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ Accept: */*
 
 </protocol>
 <stdout nonewline="yes">
-{"certs":"","content_type":"text/html","conn_id":0,"errormsg":null,"exitcode":0,"filename_effective":"%LOGDIR/out%TESTNUMBER","ftp_entry_path":null,"http_code":200,"http_connect":0,"http_version":"1.1","local_ip":"127.0.0.1","local_port":13,"method":"GET","num_certs":0,"num_connects":1,"num_headers":9,"num_redirects":0,"proxy_ssl_verify_result":0,"redirect_url":null,"referer":null,"remote_ip":"%HOSTIP","remote_port":%HTTPPORT,"response_code":200,"scheme":"HTTP","size_download":445,"size_header":4019,"size_request":4019,"size_upload":0,"speed_download":13,"speed_upload":13,"ssl_verify_result":0,"time_appconnect":0.000013,"time_connect":0.000013,"time_namelookup":0.000013,"time_pretransfer":0.000013,"time_redirect":0.000013,"time_starttransfer":0.000013,"time_total":0.000013,"url":"http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/%TESTNUMBER","url.scheme":"http","url.user":null,"url.password":null,"url.options":null,"url.host":"%HOSTIP","url.port":"%HTTPPORT","url.path":"/%TESTNUMBER","url.query":null,"url.fragment":null,"url.zoneid":null,"urle.scheme":"http","urle.user":null,"urle.password":null,"urle.options":null,"urle.host":"%HOSTIP","urle.port":"%HTTPPORT","urle.path":"/%TESTNUMBER","urle.query":null,"urle.fragment":null,"urle.zoneid":null,"url_effective":"http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/%TESTNUMBER","urlnum":0,"xfer_id":0,"curl_version":"curl-unit-test-fake-version"}
+{"certs":"","content_type":"text/html","conn_id":0,"errormsg":null,"exitcode":0,"filename_effective":"%LOGDIR/out%TESTNUMBER","ftp_entry_path":null,"http_code":200,"http_connect":0,"http_version":"1.1","local_ip":"127.0.0.1","local_port":13,"method":"GET","num_certs":0,"num_connects":1,"num_headers":9,"num_redirects":0,"proxy_ssl_verify_result":0,"proxy_used":0,"redirect_url":null,"referer":null,"remote_ip":"%HOSTIP","remote_port":%HTTPPORT,"response_code":200,"scheme":"HTTP","size_download":445,"size_header":4019,"size_request":4019,"size_upload":0,"speed_download":13,"speed_upload":13,"ssl_verify_result":0,"time_appconnect":0.000013,"time_connect":0.000013,"time_namelookup":0.000013,"time_pretransfer":0.000013,"time_redirect":0.000013,"time_starttransfer":0.000013,"time_total":0.000013,"url":"http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/%TESTNUMBER","url.scheme":"http","url.user":null,"url.password":null,"url.options":null,"url.host":"%HOSTIP","url.port":"%HTTPPORT","url.path":"/%TESTNUMBER","url.query":null,"url.fragment":null,"url.zoneid":null,"urle.scheme":"http","urle.user":null,"urle.password":null,"urle.options":null,"urle.host":"%HOSTIP","urle.port":"%HTTPPORT","urle.path":"/%TESTNUMBER","urle.query":null,"urle.fragment":null,"urle.zoneid":null,"url_effective":"http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/%TESTNUMBER","urlnum":0,"xfer_id":0,"curl_version":"curl-unit-test-fake-version"}
 </stdout>
 </verify>
 </testcase>
diff --git a/tests/data/test972 b/tests/data/test972
index 1dc2eca342..735c959976 100644
--- a/tests/data/test972
+++ b/tests/data/test972
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Accept: */*
 
 </protocol>
 <stdout mode="text">
-{"certs":"","content_type":"text/html","conn_id":0,"errormsg":null,"exitcode":0,"filename_effective":"%LOGDIR/out972","ftp_entry_path":null,"http_code":200,"http_connect":0,"http_version":"1.1","local_ip":"%HOSTIP","local_port":13,"method":"GET","num_certs":0,"num_connects":1,"num_headers":9,"num_redirects":0,"proxy_ssl_verify_result":0,"redirect_url":null,"referer":null,"remote_ip":"%HOSTIP","remote_port":%HTTPPORT,"response_code":200,"scheme":"HTTP","size_download":445,"size_header":4019,"size_request":4019,"size_upload":0,"speed_download":13,"speed_upload":13,"ssl_verify_result":0,"time_appconnect":0.000013,"time_connect":0.000013,"time_namelookup":0.000013,"time_pretransfer":0.000013,"time_redirect":0.000013,"time_starttransfer":0.000013,"time_total":0.000013,"url":"http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/%TESTNUMBER","url.scheme":"http","url.user":null,"url.password":null,"url.options":null,"url.host":"%HOSTIP","url.port":"%HTTPPORT","url.path":"/%TESTNUMBER","url.query":null,"url.fragment":null,"url.zoneid":null,"urle.scheme":"http","urle.user":null,"urle.password":null,"urle.options":null,"urle.host":"%HOSTIP","urle.port":"%HTTPPORT","urle.path":"/%TESTNUMBER","urle.query":null,"urle.fragment":null,"urle.zoneid":null,"url_effective":"http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/%TESTNUMBER","urlnum":0,"xfer_id":0,"curl_version":"curl-unit-test-fake-version"}
+{"certs":"","content_type":"text/html","conn_id":0,"errormsg":null,"exitcode":0,"filename_effective":"%LOGDIR/out972","ftp_entry_path":null,"http_code":200,"http_connect":0,"http_version":"1.1","local_ip":"%HOSTIP","local_port":13,"method":"GET","num_certs":0,"num_connects":1,"num_headers":9,"num_redirects":0,"proxy_ssl_verify_result":0,"proxy_used":0,"redirect_url":null,"referer":null,"remote_ip":"%HOSTIP","remote_port":%HTTPPORT,"response_code":200,"scheme":"HTTP","size_download":445,"size_header":4019,"size_request":4019,"size_upload":0,"speed_download":13,"speed_upload":13,"ssl_verify_result":0,"time_appconnect":0.000013,"time_connect":0.000013,"time_namelookup":0.000013,"time_pretransfer":0.000013,"time_redirect":0.000013,"time_starttransfer":0.000013,"time_total":0.000013,"url":"http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/%TESTNUMBER","url.scheme":"http","url.user":null,"url.password":null,"url.options":null,"url.host":"%HOSTIP","url.port":"%HTTPPORT","url.path":"/%TESTNUMBER","url.query":null,"url.fragment":null,"url.zoneid":null,"urle.scheme":"http","urle.user":null,"urle.password":null,"urle.options":null,"urle.host":"%HOSTIP","urle.port":"%HTTPPORT","urle.path":"/%TESTNUMBER","urle.query":null,"urle.fragment":null,"urle.zoneid":null,"url_effective":"http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/%TESTNUMBER","urlnum":0,"xfer_id":0,"curl_version":"curl-unit-test-fake-version"}
 </stdout>
 </verify>
 </testcase>