diff --git a/node/src/main/resources/application.conf b/node/src/main/resources/application.conf
index 5d88fb2..f465767 100644
--- a/node/src/main/resources/application.conf
+++ b/node/src/main/resources/application.conf
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ acryl {
     # Docker machine host / IP address (used in the integration tests)
     docker-ip-address = "localhost"
 
+    # SOCKS5 proxy
+    # proxy = "127.0.0.1:9050"
+
     # List of IP addresses of well known nodes.
     known-peers = ["188.166.74.161:6870", "159.203.115.46:6870", "206.189.155.110:6870", "134.209.201.198:6870"]
 
diff --git a/node/src/main/scala/com/acrylplatform/Application.scala b/node/src/main/scala/com/acrylplatform/Application.scala
index bf02c60..199c3fb 100644
--- a/node/src/main/scala/com/acrylplatform/Application.scala
+++ b/node/src/main/scala/com/acrylplatform/Application.scala
@@ -326,7 +326,10 @@ class Application(val actorSystem: ActorSystem, val settings: AcrylSettings, con
       val httpFuture = SSLConnection.getSSL(settings.restAPISettings) match {
         case Left(message) =>
           log.debug(message)
-          Http2().bindAndHandleAsync(asyncHandler, settings.restAPISettings.bindAddress, settings.restAPISettings.port, ConnectionContext.noEncryption())
+          Http2().bindAndHandleAsync(asyncHandler,
+                                     settings.restAPISettings.bindAddress,
+                                     settings.restAPISettings.port,
+                                     ConnectionContext.noEncryption())
         case Right(https) =>
           log.debug("HTTPS enable")
           Http().bindAndHandleAsync(asyncHandler, settings.restAPISettings.bindAddress, settings.restAPISettings.port, https)
diff --git a/node/src/main/scala/com/acrylplatform/network/NetworkServer.scala b/node/src/main/scala/com/acrylplatform/network/NetworkServer.scala
index 0781943..59b4df4 100644
--- a/node/src/main/scala/com/acrylplatform/network/NetworkServer.scala
+++ b/node/src/main/scala/com/acrylplatform/network/NetworkServer.scala
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoopGroup
 import io.netty.channel.socket.SocketChannel
 import io.netty.channel.socket.nio.{NioServerSocketChannel, NioSocketChannel}
 import io.netty.handler.codec.{LengthFieldBasedFrameDecoder, LengthFieldPrepender}
+import io.netty.handler.proxy.Socks5ProxyHandler
 import io.netty.util.concurrent.DefaultThreadFactory
 import monix.reactive.Observable
 import org.influxdb.dto.Point
@@ -136,25 +137,33 @@ object NetworkServer extends ScorexLogging {
       .option(ChannelOption.CONNECT_TIMEOUT_MILLIS, settings.networkSettings.connectionTimeout.toMillis.toInt: Integer)
       .group(workerGroup)
       .channel(classOf[NioSocketChannel])
-      .handler(new PipelineInitializer[SocketChannel](Seq(
-        new BrokenConnectionDetector(settings.networkSettings.breakIdleConnectionsTimeout),
-        new HandshakeDecoder(peerDatabase),
-        new HandshakeTimeoutHandler(settings.networkSettings.handshakeTimeout),
-        clientHandshakeHandler,
-        lengthFieldPrepender,
-        new LengthFieldBasedFrameDecoder(100 * 1024 * 1024, 0, 4, 0, 4),
-        new LegacyFrameCodec(peerDatabase, settings.networkSettings.receivedTxsCacheTimeout),
-        channelClosedHandler,
-        trafficWatcher,
-        discardingHandler,
-        messageCodec,
-        trafficLogger,
-        writeErrorHandler,
-        peerSynchronizer,
-        historyReplier,
-        messageObserver,
-        fatalErrorHandler
-      )))
+      .handler(new ChannelInitializer[Channel] {
+        override def initChannel(ch: Channel): Unit = {
+          val pipeline = ch.pipeline()
+          pipeline.addLast(new BrokenConnectionDetector(settings.networkSettings.breakIdleConnectionsTimeout))
+          pipeline.addLast(new HandshakeDecoder(peerDatabase))
+          pipeline.addLast(new HandshakeTimeoutHandler(settings.networkSettings.handshakeTimeout))
+          pipeline.addLast(clientHandshakeHandler)
+          pipeline.addLast(lengthFieldPrepender)
+          pipeline.addLast(new LengthFieldBasedFrameDecoder(100 * 1024 * 1024, 0, 4, 0, 4))
+          pipeline.addLast(new LegacyFrameCodec(peerDatabase, settings.networkSettings.receivedTxsCacheTimeout))
+          pipeline.addLast(channelClosedHandler)
+          pipeline.addLast(trafficWatcher)
+          pipeline.addLast(discardingHandler)
+          pipeline.addLast(messageCodec)
+          pipeline.addLast(trafficLogger)
+          pipeline.addLast(writeErrorHandler)
+          pipeline.addLast(peerSynchronizer)
+          pipeline.addLast(historyReplier)
+          pipeline.addLast(messageObserver)
+          pipeline.addLast(fatalErrorHandler)
+
+          settings.networkSettings.proxy match {
+            case Some(value) => pipeline.addFirst(new Socks5ProxyHandler(value))
+            case None        =>
+          }
+        }
+      })
 
     def formatOutgoingChannelEvent(channel: Channel, event: String) = s"${id(channel)} $event, outgoing channel count: ${outgoingChannels.size()}"
 
diff --git a/node/src/main/scala/com/acrylplatform/settings/NetworkSettings.scala b/node/src/main/scala/com/acrylplatform/settings/NetworkSettings.scala
index 160eaa2..e0db5f9 100644
--- a/node/src/main/scala/com/acrylplatform/settings/NetworkSettings.scala
+++ b/node/src/main/scala/com/acrylplatform/settings/NetworkSettings.scala
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ case class NetworkSettings(file: Option[File],
                            bindAddress: InetSocketAddress,
                            declaredAddress: Option[InetSocketAddress],
                            dockerIpAddress: String,
+                           proxy: Option[InetSocketAddress],
                            nodeName: String,
                            nonce: Long,
                            knownPeers: Seq[String],
@@ -64,6 +65,11 @@ object NetworkSettings {
       new InetSocketAddress(uri.getHost, uri.getPort)
     }
 
+    val proxy = config.getAs[String]("proxy").map { address =>
+      val uri = new URI(s"my://$address")
+      new InetSocketAddress(uri.getHost, uri.getPort)
+    }
+
     val dockerIpAddress              = config.as[String]("docker-ip-address")
     val knownPeers                   = config.as[Seq[String]]("known-peers")
     val savingPeers                  = config.as[Boolean]("saving-peers")
@@ -89,6 +95,7 @@ object NetworkSettings {
       bindAddress,
       declaredAddress,
       dockerIpAddress,
+      proxy,
       nodeName,
       nonce,
       knownPeers,
diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index f2e92d2..1d4404c 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ object Dependencies {
       kindProjector,
       monixModule("reactive").value,
       nettyModule("handler"),
+      nettyModule("handler-proxy"),
       akkaModule("testkit")               % Test,
       akkaHttpModule("akka-http-testkit") % Test,
       ("org.iq80.leveldb" % "leveldb" % "0.12").exclude("com.google.guava", "guava") % Test