diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 86d8081e6d..4342b093db 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1107,6 +1107,7 @@ module.exports = {
   hot: false,
 
   // HTTP proxy specific requests to a different target
+  // For advanced usage see https://github.com/react-cosmos/react-cosmos/pull/875
   httpProxy: {
     context: '/api',
     target: 'http://localhost:4000/api'
diff --git a/packages/react-cosmos-flow/config.js b/packages/react-cosmos-flow/config.js
index e3e45cdaa3..609848194e 100644
--- a/packages/react-cosmos-flow/config.js
+++ b/packages/react-cosmos-flow/config.js
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ type WebpackConfigOverride = (WebpackConfig, { env: string }) => WebpackConfig;
 
 export type PluginConfig = { [prop: string]: mixed };
 
+type BasicHttpProxyConfig = { context: string };
+type AdvancedHttpProxyConfig = { [contextKey: string]: string | {} };
+export type HttpProxyConfig = BasicHttpProxyConfig | AdvancedHttpProxyConfig;
+
 export type Config = {
   next: boolean,
   rootPath: string,
@@ -26,7 +30,7 @@ export type Config = {
   publicPath?: string,
   publicUrl: string,
   containerQuerySelector?: string,
-  httpProxy?: {| context: string, target: string |},
+  httpProxy?: HttpProxyConfig,
   watchDirs: Array<string>,
   modulesPath: string,
   plugin: PluginConfig,
diff --git a/packages/react-cosmos/src/server/shared/__tests__/http-proxy.js b/packages/react-cosmos/src/server/shared/__tests__/http-proxy.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f866e7f490
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-cosmos/src/server/shared/__tests__/http-proxy.js
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+import httpProxyMiddleware from 'http-proxy-middleware';
+
+import { setupHttpProxy } from '../http-proxy';
+
+jest.mock('http-proxy-middleware');
+
+describe('setup http proxy', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    httpProxyMiddleware.mockReset();
+  });
+
+  it('with basic configuration', () => {
+    const app = {
+      use: jest.fn()
+    };
+
+    const httpProxyConfig = {
+      context: '/api',
+      target: 'https://example.com',
+      otherValue: {
+        test: 'value'
+      }
+    };
+
+    httpProxyMiddleware.mockReturnValueOnce('__MOCKED_MIDDLEWARE__');
+
+    setupHttpProxy(app, httpProxyConfig);
+
+    expect(app.use).toHaveBeenCalledWith('/api', '__MOCKED_MIDDLEWARE__');
+    expect(httpProxyMiddleware).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      target: 'https://example.com',
+      otherValue: {
+        test: 'value'
+      }
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('with advanced configuration', () => {
+    const app = {
+      use: jest.fn()
+    };
+
+    const httpProxyConfig = {
+      '/api': {
+        target: 'https://example-api.com',
+        apiStuff: {
+          api: 'value'
+        }
+      },
+      '/assets': {
+        target: 'https://example-assets.com',
+        assetsStuff: {
+          asset: 'value'
+        }
+      }
+    };
+
+    httpProxyMiddleware.mockReturnValueOnce('__MOCKED_API_MIDDLEWARE__');
+    httpProxyMiddleware.mockReturnValueOnce('__MOCKED_ASSETS_MIDDLEWARE__');
+
+    setupHttpProxy(app, httpProxyConfig);
+
+    expect(app.use).toHaveBeenCalledWith('/api', '__MOCKED_API_MIDDLEWARE__');
+    expect(httpProxyMiddleware).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      target: 'https://example-api.com',
+      apiStuff: {
+        api: 'value'
+      }
+    });
+
+    expect(app.use).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      '/assets',
+      '__MOCKED_ASSETS_MIDDLEWARE__'
+    );
+    expect(httpProxyMiddleware).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      target: 'https://example-assets.com',
+      assetsStuff: {
+        asset: 'value'
+      }
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/react-cosmos/src/server/shared/http-proxy.js b/packages/react-cosmos/src/server/shared/http-proxy.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..af15dff45d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-cosmos/src/server/shared/http-proxy.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// @flow
+
+import httpProxyMiddleware from 'http-proxy-middleware';
+import type { HttpProxyConfig } from 'react-cosmos-flow/config';
+
+export function setupHttpProxy(
+  app: express$Application,
+  httpProxy: HttpProxyConfig
+) {
+  const { context, ...options } = httpProxy;
+  if (typeof context === 'string') {
+    app.use(context, httpProxyMiddleware(options));
+  } else {
+    Object.keys(httpProxy).forEach(contextKey => {
+      const options = httpProxy[contextKey];
+      app.use(contextKey, httpProxyMiddleware(options));
+    });
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/react-cosmos/src/server/shared/server.js b/packages/react-cosmos/src/server/shared/server.js
index 49aa0c373d..f07499d3ca 100644
--- a/packages/react-cosmos/src/server/shared/server.js
+++ b/packages/react-cosmos/src/server/shared/server.js
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ import { join, relative } from 'path';
 import { createServer as createHttpServer } from 'http';
 import promisify from 'util.promisify';
 import express from 'express';
-import httpProxyMiddleware from 'http-proxy-middleware';
 import launchEditor from 'react-dev-utils/launchEditor';
 import { getPlaygroundHtml, getPlaygroundHtmlNext } from './playground-html';
+import { setupHttpProxy } from './http-proxy';
 
 import type { Config } from 'react-cosmos-flow/config';
 import type { PlaygroundOpts } from 'react-cosmos-flow/playground';
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ export function createServerApp({
   const app = express();
 
   if (httpProxy) {
-    const { context, target } = httpProxy;
-    app.use(context, httpProxyMiddleware(target));
+    setupHttpProxy(app, httpProxy);
   }
 
   const playgroundHtml =