diff --git a/lib/raven/configuration.rb b/lib/raven/configuration.rb
index ea344090b..01fb3d065 100644
--- a/lib/raven/configuration.rb
+++ b/lib/raven/configuration.rb
@@ -55,9 +55,12 @@ class Configuration
     # Should the SSL certificate of the server be verified?
     attr_accessor :ssl_verification
 
-    # Ssl settings passed direactly to faraday's ssl option
+    # SSl settings passed direactly to faraday's ssl option
     attr_accessor :ssl
 
+    # Proxy information to pass to the HTTP adapter
+    attr_accessor :proxy
+
     attr_reader :current_environment
 
     # The Faraday adapter to be used. Will default to Net::HTTP when not set.
@@ -106,6 +109,7 @@ def initialize
       self.encoding = 'gzip'
       self.timeout = 1
       self.open_timeout = 1
+      self.proxy = nil
       self.tags = {}
       self.async = false
       self.catch_debugged_exceptions = true
diff --git a/lib/raven/transports/http.rb b/lib/raven/transports/http.rb
index be3cb7783..922b86720 100644
--- a/lib/raven/transports/http.rb
+++ b/lib/raven/transports/http.rb
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ def conn
             builder.adapter(*adapter)
           end
 
+          if self.configuration.proxy
+            conn.options[:proxy] = self.configuration.proxy
+          end
+
           if self.configuration.timeout
             conn.options[:timeout] = self.configuration.timeout
           end