diff --git a/configs/config.json.example b/configs/config.json.example
index 8020f38a0c..64c559cb7e 100644
--- a/configs/config.json.example
+++ b/configs/config.json.example
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
     "password": "YOUR_PASSWORD",
     "location": "SOME_LOCATION",
     "gmapkey": "GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY",
+    "proxy_ip": "" ,
+    "proxy_port": 0,
     "tasks": [
       {
         "type": "HandleSoftBan"
diff --git a/pokecli.py b/pokecli.py
index e0c982f5e3..0281d938b4 100755
--- a/pokecli.py
+++ b/pokecli.py
@@ -322,6 +322,26 @@ def init_config():
         type=float,
         default=5.0
     )
+    add_config(
+        parser,
+        load,
+        short_flag="-prxip",
+        long_flag="--proxy_ip",
+        help="Proxy (https and http)",
+        required=required("proxy_ip"),
+        type=str,
+        default=None
+    )
+    add_config(
+        parser,
+        load,
+        short_flag="-prxp",
+        long_flag="--proxy_port",
+        help="Proxy port",
+        required=required("proxy_port"),
+        type=int,
+        default=None
+    )
 
     # Start to parse other attrs
     config = parser.parse_args()
@@ -329,7 +349,9 @@ def init_config():
         config.username = raw_input("Username: ")
     if not config.password and 'password' not in load:
         config.password = getpass("Password: ")
-
+   
+    setup_proxy(config)
+            
     config.catch = load.get('catch', {})
     config.release = load.get('release', {})
     config.action_wait_max = load.get('action_wait_max', 4)
@@ -401,6 +423,12 @@ def task_configuration_error(flag_name):
     fix_nested_config(config)
     return config
 
+def setup_proxy(config):
+    if config.proxy_ip and len(config.proxy_ip)>0 and config.proxy_ip.count('.') == 3 and  all(0<=int(num)<256 for num in config.proxy_ip.rstrip().split('.')):
+        if config.proxy_port and int(config.proxy_port )<65536 and  int(config.proxy_port )>1:
+            os.environ['http_proxy']="http://"+config.proxy_ip+":"+str(config.proxy_port)+"/"
+            os.environ['https_proxy']="http://"+config.proxy_ip+":"+str(config.proxy_port)+"/"
+
 def add_config(parser, json_config, short_flag=None, long_flag=None, **kwargs):
     if not long_flag:
         raise Exception('add_config calls requires long_flag parameter!')