diff --git a/Lib/test/test_urllib.py b/Lib/test/test_urllib.py
index 43ea6b8..5084486 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_urllib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_urllib.py
@@ -247,11 +247,12 @@ def test_proxy_cgi_ignore(self):
     def test_proxy_bypass_environment_host_match(self):
         bypass = urllib.request.proxy_bypass_environment
         self.env.set('NO_PROXY',
-            'localhost, anotherdomain.com, newdomain.com:1234')
+                     'localhost, anotherdomain.com, newdomain.com:1234, .d.o.t')
         self.assertTrue(bypass('localhost'))
         self.assertTrue(bypass('LocalHost'))                 # MixedCase
         self.assertTrue(bypass('LOCALHOST'))                 # UPPERCASE
         self.assertTrue(bypass('newdomain.com:1234'))
+        self.assertTrue(bypass('foo.d.o.t'))                 # issue 29142
         self.assertTrue(bypass('anotherdomain.com:8888'))
         self.assertTrue(bypass('www.newdomain.com:1234'))
         self.assertFalse(bypass('prelocalhost'))
diff --git a/Lib/urllib/request.py b/Lib/urllib/request.py
index 793ea7f..a79570d 100644
--- a/Lib/urllib/request.py
+++ b/Lib/urllib/request.py
@@ -2513,10 +2513,10 @@ def proxy_bypass_environment(host, proxies=None):
     no_proxy_list = [proxy.strip() for proxy in no_proxy.split(',')]
     for name in no_proxy_list:
         if name:
+            name = name.strip('.')  # ignore sourounding dots
             name = re.escape(name)
             pattern = r'(.+\.)?%s$' % name
-            if (re.match(pattern, hostonly, re.I)
-                    or re.match(pattern, host, re.I)):
+            if (re.match(pattern, hostonly, re.I) or re.match(pattern, host, re.I)):
                 return 1
     # otherwise, don't bypass
     return 0