diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cd169b1..91e5721 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 # Unirest for PHP [![Build Status][travis-image]][travis-url] [![version][packagist-version]][packagist-url]
 
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+[![License][packagist-license]][license-url]
 
 Unirest is a set of lightweight HTTP libraries available in [multiple languages](http://unirest.io).
 
@@ -174,6 +174,26 @@ You can set a custom timeout value (in **seconds**):
 Unirest\Request::timeout(5); // 5s timeout
 ```
 
+#### Proxy
+
+Set the proxy to use for the upcoming request.
+
+you can also set the proxy type to be one of `CURLPROXY_HTTP`, `CURLPROXY_HTTP_1_0`, `CURLPROXY_SOCKS4`, `CURLPROXY_SOCKS5`, `CURLPROXY_SOCKS4A`, and `CURLPROXY_SOCKS5_HOSTNAME`.
+
+*check the [cURL docs](http://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/CURLOPT_PROXYTYPE.html) for more info*.
+
+```php
+
+// quick setup with default port: 1080
+Unirest\Request::proxy('10.10.10.1');
+
+// custom port and proxy type
+Unirest\Request::proxy('10.10.10.1', 8080, CURLPROXY_HTTP)l
+
+// enable tunneling
+Unirest\Request::proxy('10.10.10.1', 8080, CURLPROXY_HTTP, true);
+```
+
 #### Default Request Headers
 
 You can set default headers that will be sent on every request:
diff --git a/src/Unirest/Request.php b/src/Unirest/Request.php
index c16ef8b..91dabde 100644
--- a/src/Unirest/Request.php
+++ b/src/Unirest/Request.php
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ use Unirest\Response;
 
 class Request
 {
+    private static $proxyPort = false;
+    private static $proxyType = CURLPROXY_HTTP;
+    private static $proxyTunnel = false;
+    private static $proxyAddress = false;
     private static $jsonOpts = array();
     private static $verifyPeer = true;
     private static $socketTimeout = null;
@@ -77,6 +81,22 @@ class Request
         return self::$defaultHeaders = array();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Set proxy to use
+     *
+     * @param string $address proxy address
+     * @param string $port proxy port
+     * @param string $port proxy type (Available options for this are CURLPROXY_HTTP, CURLPROXY_HTTP_1_0 CURLPROXY_SOCKS4, CURLPROXY_SOCKS5, CURLPROXY_SOCKS4A and CURLPROXY_SOCKS5_HOSTNAME)
+     * @param string $tunnel enable/disable tunneling
+     */
+    public static function proxy($address, $port = 1080, $type = CURLPROXY_HTTP, $tunnel = false)
+    {
+        self::$proxyType = $type;
+        self::$proxyPort = $port;
+        self::$proxyTunnel = $tunnel;
+        self::$proxyAddress = $address;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Send a GET request to a URL
      *
@@ -283,6 +303,13 @@ class Request
             curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD, $username . ':' . ((empty($password)) ? '' : $password));
         }
 
+        if (self::$proxyAddress) {
+            curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROXYTYPE, self::$proxyType);
+            curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROXY, self::$proxyAddress);
+            curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROXYPORT, self::$proxyPort);
+            curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPPROXYTUNNEL, self::$proxyTunnel);
+        }
+
         $response = curl_exec($ch);
         $error    = curl_error($ch);