diff --git a/ffi.lisp b/ffi.lisp
index 82f6db1..0415492 100644
--- a/ffi.lisp
+++ b/ffi.lisp
@@ -236,7 +236,9 @@
 
 		
 		
-(defconstant +access-no-proxy+ 1)		
+(defconstant +access-no-proxy+ 1)
+(defconstant +access-named-proxy+ 3)
+
 ;; HINTERNET WINAPI WinHttpOpen(
 ;;   _In_opt_ LPCWSTR pwszUserAgent,
 ;;   _In_     DWORD   dwAccessType,
@@ -250,15 +252,16 @@
   (proxy :pointer)
   (bypass :pointer)
   (flags :uint32))
-(defun http-open (&optional user-agent)
+(defun http-open (&optional user-agent proxy)
   (with-wide-string (u (or user-agent "winhttp"))
-    (let ((h (%http-open u
-			 +access-no-proxy+
-			 (null-pointer)
-			 (null-pointer)
-			 0)))
-      (when (null-pointer-p h) (get-last-error))
-      h)))
+    (with-wide-string (p (or proxy ""))
+      (let ((h (%http-open u
+                           (if proxy +access-named-proxy+ +access-no-proxy+)
+			   (if proxy p (null-pointer))
+			   (null-pointer)
+			   0)))
+        (when (null-pointer-p h) (get-last-error))
+        h))))
 
 ;; BOOL WINAPI WinHttpCloseHandle(
 ;;   _In_ HINTERNET hInternet
diff --git a/util.lisp b/util.lisp
index e438cae..395f3f3 100644
--- a/util.lisp
+++ b/util.lisp
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 
 (in-package #:winhttp)
 
-(defmacro with-http ((var &optional user-agent) &body body)
+(defmacro with-http ((var &optional user-agent proxy) &body body)
   "Evaluate body with VAR bound to a session handle."
-  `(let ((,var (http-open ,user-agent)))
+  `(let ((,var (http-open ,user-agent ,proxy)))
      (unwind-protect (progn ,@body)
        (close-handle ,var))))
 
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ babel may not be able to decode the text."
 (defun http-request (url &key (method :get) 
                            post-data (post-start 0) post-end 
                            rawp headers timeout ignore-certificates-p
-                           statuscb recv-buf (recv-start 0) recv-end)
+                           statuscb recv-buf (recv-start 0) recv-end proxy)
   "Send HTTP request to server. 
 URL ::= string in format [http|https://][username:password@]hostname[:port][/url]
 METHOD ::= HTTP verb e.g. :GET, :POST etc 
@@ -198,11 +198,12 @@ STATUSCB ::= if non-nil, is a symbol naming a callback defined using define-stat
 This will be invoked to inform various status messages. 
 RECV-BUF ::= if provided, is an octet vector that receives the reply body. 
 If not supplied a buffer is allocated. Uses region bounded by RECV-START and RECV-END.
+PROXY ::= NAME:PORT of proxy server to use ie 127.0.0.1:8080 or localhost:8080
 Returns values return-data status-code headers content-length.
 "
 
   (let ((comp (crack-url url)))
-    (with-http (hsession)
+    (with-http (hsession nil proxy)
       (when (eq (getf comp :scheme) :https)
         (set-secure-protocols hsession :tls1 t :tls1-1 t :tls1-2 t))