diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/python/asyncio/rest.mustache b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/python/asyncio/rest.mustache
index e797d0ae7a4d..f2099c753125 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/python/asyncio/rest.mustache
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/python/asyncio/rest.mustache
@@ -65,16 +65,13 @@ class RESTClientObject(object):
             ssl=ssl_context
         )
 
+        self.proxy = configuration.proxy
+        self.proxy_headers = configuration.proxy_headers
+
         # https pool manager
-        if configuration.proxy:
-            self.pool_manager = aiohttp.ClientSession(
-                connector=connector,
-                proxy=configuration.proxy
-            )
-        else:
-            self.pool_manager = aiohttp.ClientSession(
-                connector=connector
-            )
+        self.pool_manager = aiohttp.ClientSession(
+            connector=connector
+        )
 
     async def close(self):
         await self.pool_manager.close()
@@ -122,6 +119,11 @@ class RESTClientObject(object):
             "headers": headers
         }
 
+        if self.proxy:
+            args["proxy"] = self.proxy
+        if self.proxy_headers:
+            args["proxy_headers"] = self.proxy_headers
+
         if query_params:
             args["url"] += '?' + urlencode(query_params)
 
diff --git a/samples/client/petstore/python-asyncio/petstore_api/rest.py b/samples/client/petstore/python-asyncio/petstore_api/rest.py
index 37616f185367..1394af356ba2 100644
--- a/samples/client/petstore/python-asyncio/petstore_api/rest.py
+++ b/samples/client/petstore/python-asyncio/petstore_api/rest.py
@@ -73,16 +73,13 @@ def __init__(self, configuration, pools_size=4, maxsize=None):
             ssl=ssl_context
         )
 
+        self.proxy = configuration.proxy
+        self.proxy_headers = configuration.proxy_headers
+
         # https pool manager
-        if configuration.proxy:
-            self.pool_manager = aiohttp.ClientSession(
-                connector=connector,
-                proxy=configuration.proxy
-            )
-        else:
-            self.pool_manager = aiohttp.ClientSession(
-                connector=connector
-            )
+        self.pool_manager = aiohttp.ClientSession(
+            connector=connector
+        )
 
     async def close(self):
         await self.pool_manager.close()
@@ -130,6 +127,11 @@ async def request(self, method, url, query_params=None, headers=None,
             "headers": headers
         }
 
+        if self.proxy:
+            args["proxy"] = self.proxy
+        if self.proxy_headers:
+            args["proxy_headers"] = self.proxy_headers
+
         if query_params:
             args["url"] += '?' + urlencode(query_params)
 
diff --git a/samples/client/petstore/python-asyncio/tests/test_pet_api.py b/samples/client/petstore/python-asyncio/tests/test_pet_api.py
index d37b2e091305..09d48581a400 100644
--- a/samples/client/petstore/python-asyncio/tests/test_pet_api.py
+++ b/samples/client/petstore/python-asyncio/tests/test_pet_api.py
@@ -192,6 +192,19 @@ async def test_delete_pet(self):
         except ApiException as e:
             self.assertEqual(404, e.status)
 
+    @async_test
+    async def test_proxy(self):
+        config = Configuration()
+        # set not-existent proxy and catch an error to verify that
+        # the client library (aiohttp) tried to use it.
+        config.proxy = 'http://localhost:8080/proxy'
+        async with petstore_api.ApiClient(config) as client:
+            pet_api = petstore_api.PetApi(client)
+
+            with self.assertRaisesRegex(petstore_api.rest.aiohttp.client_exceptions.ClientProxyConnectionError,
+                                        'Cannot connect to host localhost:8080'):
+                await pet_api.get_pet_by_id(self.pet.id)
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     import logging