diff --git a/NetSSL_OpenSSL/testsuite/src/HTTPSClientSessionTest.cpp b/NetSSL_OpenSSL/testsuite/src/HTTPSClientSessionTest.cpp
index f8e48f7d9..7f0508cc0 100644
--- a/NetSSL_OpenSSL/testsuite/src/HTTPSClientSessionTest.cpp
+++ b/NetSSL_OpenSSL/testsuite/src/HTTPSClientSessionTest.cpp
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include <istream>
 #include <ostream>
 #include <sstream>
+#include <iostream>
 
 
 using namespace Poco::Net;
@@ -306,22 +307,27 @@ void HTTPSClientSessionTest::testInterop()
 
 void HTTPSClientSessionTest::testProxy()
 {
-	HTTPSTestServer srv;
-	HTTPSClientSession s("secure.appinf.com");
-	s.setProxy(
-		Application::instance().config().getString("testsuite.proxy.host"), 
-		Application::instance().config().getInt("testsuite.proxy.port")
-	);
-	HTTPRequest request(HTTPRequest::HTTP_GET, "/public/poco/NetSSL.txt");
-	s.sendRequest(request);
-	X509Certificate cert = s.serverCertificate();
-	HTTPResponse response;
-	std::istream& rs = s.receiveResponse(response);
-	std::ostringstream ostr;
-	StreamCopier::copyStream(rs, ostr);
-	std::string str(ostr.str());
-	assert (str == "This is a test file for NetSSL.\n");
-	assert (cert.commonName() == "secure.appinf.com" || cert.commonName() == "*.appinf.com");
+	try {
+		HTTPSTestServer srv;
+		HTTPSClientSession s("secure.appinf.com");
+		s.setProxy(
+			Application::instance().config().getString("testsuite.proxy.host"),
+			Application::instance().config().getInt("testsuite.proxy.port")
+			);
+		HTTPRequest request(HTTPRequest::HTTP_GET, "/public/poco/NetSSL.txt");
+		s.sendRequest(request);
+		X509Certificate cert = s.serverCertificate();
+		HTTPResponse response;
+		std::istream& rs = s.receiveResponse(response);
+		std::ostringstream ostr;
+		StreamCopier::copyStream(rs, ostr);
+		std::string str(ostr.str());
+		assert(str == "This is a test file for NetSSL.\n");
+		assert(cert.commonName() == "secure.appinf.com" || cert.commonName() == "*.appinf.com");
+	}
+	catch (Poco::Net::HTTPException e) {
+		std::cout << e.displayText() << std::endl;
+	}
 }
 
 
@@ -477,8 +483,8 @@ CppUnit::Test* HTTPSClientSessionTest::suite()
 	should use a public proxy server
 	http://www.publicproxyservers.com/proxy/list1.html
 	Really working public proxy servers - page 1 of 6.
-	CppUnit_addTest(pSuite, HTTPSClientSessionTest, testProxy);
 #endif
+	CppUnit_addTest(pSuite, HTTPSClientSessionTest, testProxy);
 	CppUnit_addTest(pSuite, HTTPSClientSessionTest, testCachedSession);
 	CppUnit_addTest(pSuite, HTTPSClientSessionTest, testUnknownContentLength);
 	CppUnit_addTest(pSuite, HTTPSClientSessionTest, testServerAbort);