diff --git a/data/common.yaml b/data/common.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d537dc8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/common.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+nodejs::global_config_entries: {}
+
+lookup_options:
+  nodejs::global_config_entries:
+    merge:
+      strategy: deep
diff --git a/hiera.yaml b/hiera.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1688d2a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hiera.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+---
+version: 5
+defaults:
+  datadir: 'data'
+  data_hash: 'yaml_data'
+hierarchy:
+  - name: 'Major Version'
+    path: '%{facts.os.name}-%{facts.os.release.major}.yaml'
+  - name: 'Distribution Name'
+    path: '%{facts.os.name}.yaml'
+  - name: 'common'
+    path: 'common.yaml'
diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index 1e361474..38be7b13 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 # == Class: nodejs: See README.md for documentation.
+#
+# @param global_config_entries Create resources with nodejs::npm::global_config_entry
 class nodejs (
   $cmd_exe_path                                        = $nodejs::params::cmd_exe_path,
   Boolean $manage_nodejs_package                       = true,
@@ -26,6 +28,7 @@
   $repo_url_suffix                                     = $nodejs::params::repo_url_suffix,
   Array $use_flags                                     = $nodejs::params::use_flags,
   Optional[String] $package_provider                   = $nodejs::params::package_provider,
+  Hash[String[1], Hash, 0] $global_config_entries      = {},
 ) inherits nodejs::params {
   if $manage_package_repo and !$repo_class {
     fail("${module_name}: The manage_package_repo parameter was set to true but no repo_class was provided.")
@@ -39,4 +42,10 @@
     Class[$repo_class]
     -> Class['nodejs::install']
   }
+
+  $global_config_entries.each |$setting, $params| {
+    nodejs::npm::global_config_entry { $setting:
+      * => $params,
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/spec/classes/nodejs_spec.rb b/spec/classes/nodejs_spec.rb
index 95b3b462..0b252b45 100644
--- a/spec/classes/nodejs_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/nodejs_spec.rb
@@ -309,6 +309,22 @@
           is_expected.not_to contain_package('npm')
         end
       end
+
+      context 'with global_config_entries' do
+        let :params do
+          {
+            global_config_entries: {
+              'proxy' => { 'value' => 'https://proxy.com' }
+            }
+          }
+        end
+
+        it do
+          is_expected.to contain_nodejs__npm__global_config_entry('proxy').with(
+            value: 'https://proxy.com'
+          )
+        end
+      end
     end
   end