diff --git a/home/config.go b/home/config.go
index dfcc6842..5590715e 100644
--- a/home/config.go
+++ b/home/config.go
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ type configuration struct {
 	BindHost     string `yaml:"bind_host"`     // BindHost is the IP address of the HTTP server to bind to
 	BindPort     int    `yaml:"bind_port"`     // BindPort is the port the HTTP server
 	Users        []User `yaml:"users"`         // Users that can access HTTP server
+	ProxyURL     string `yaml:"http_proxy"`    // Proxy address for our HTTP client
 	Language     string `yaml:"language"`      // two-letter ISO 639-1 language code
 	RlimitNoFile uint   `yaml:"rlimit_nofile"` // Maximum number of opened fd's per process (0: default)
 
diff --git a/home/home.go b/home/home.go
index f7c697f6..4661cd13 100644
--- a/home/home.go
+++ b/home/home.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"os/signal"
@@ -137,6 +138,7 @@ func run(args options) {
 	// Init some of the Context fields right away
 	Context.transport = &http.Transport{
 		DialContext: customDialContext,
+		Proxy:       getHTTPProxy,
 	}
 	Context.client = &http.Client{
 		Timeout:   time.Minute * 5,
@@ -658,3 +660,10 @@ func customDialContext(ctx context.Context, network, addr string) (net.Conn, err
 	}
 	return nil, errorx.DecorateMany(fmt.Sprintf("couldn't dial to %s", addr), dialErrs...)
 }
+
+func getHTTPProxy(req *http.Request) (*url.URL, error) {
+	if len(config.ProxyURL) == 0 {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	return url.Parse(config.ProxyURL)
+}