diff --git a/src/main/java/org/telegram/telegrambots/TelegramBotsApi.java b/src/main/java/org/telegram/telegrambots/TelegramBotsApi.java
index e0aeef53..7d20995d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/telegram/telegrambots/TelegramBotsApi.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/telegram/telegrambots/TelegramBotsApi.java
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package org.telegram.telegrambots;
 
 import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
+import org.apache.http.HttpHost;
+import org.apache.http.client.config.RequestConfig;
 import org.apache.http.client.methods.CloseableHttpResponse;
 import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;
 import org.apache.http.conn.ssl.NoopHostnameVerifier;
@@ -13,6 +15,7 @@ import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils;
 import org.json.JSONException;
 import org.json.JSONObject;
 import org.telegram.telegrambots.api.Constants;
+import org.telegram.telegrambots.api.TelegramApiConfiguration;
 import org.telegram.telegrambots.api.methods.SetWebhook;
 import org.telegram.telegrambots.bots.TelegramLongPollingBot;
 import org.telegram.telegrambots.bots.TelegramWebhookBot;
@@ -137,6 +140,13 @@ public class TelegramBotsApi {
             String url = Constants.BASEURL + botToken + "/" + SetWebhook.PATH;
 
             HttpPost httppost = new HttpPost(url);
+            if (TelegramApiConfiguration.getInstance().getProxy() != null) {
+                RequestConfig requestConfig = RequestConfig.custom()
+                        .setProxy(TelegramApiConfiguration.getInstance().getProxy())
+                        .build();
+                httppost.setConfig(requestConfig);
+            }
+
             MultipartEntityBuilder builder = MultipartEntityBuilder.create();
             builder.addTextBody(SetWebhook.URL_FIELD, webHookURL);
             if (publicCertificatePath != null) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/telegram/telegrambots/api/TelegramApiConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/org/telegram/telegrambots/api/TelegramApiConfiguration.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..51ddcd33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/telegram/telegrambots/api/TelegramApiConfiguration.java
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package org.telegram.telegrambots.api;
+
+import org.apache.http.HttpHost;
+
+/**
+ * Created by Sergey Skoptsov (flicus@gmail.com) on 11.03.2016.
+ */
+
+public class TelegramApiConfiguration {
+
+    private HttpHost proxy = null;
+
+    public static TelegramApiConfiguration getInstance() {
+        return Singleton.instance;
+    }
+
+    public HttpHost getProxy() {
+        return proxy;
+    }
+
+    public void setProxy(HttpHost proxy) {
+        this.proxy = proxy;
+    }
+
+    public void setProxy(String host, int port, String scheme) {
+        this.proxy = new HttpHost(host, port, scheme);
+    }
+
+    private static class Singleton {
+        public static TelegramApiConfiguration instance = new TelegramApiConfiguration();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/telegram/telegrambots/bots/AbsSender.java b/src/main/java/org/telegram/telegrambots/bots/AbsSender.java
index 0779642c..55a07947 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/telegram/telegrambots/bots/AbsSender.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/telegram/telegrambots/bots/AbsSender.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package org.telegram.telegrambots.bots;
 
 import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
 import org.apache.http.NameValuePair;
+import org.apache.http.client.config.RequestConfig;
 import org.apache.http.client.entity.UrlEncodedFormEntity;
 import org.apache.http.client.methods.CloseableHttpResponse;
 import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils;
 import org.json.JSONObject;
 import org.telegram.telegrambots.TelegramApiException;
 import org.telegram.telegrambots.api.Constants;
+import org.telegram.telegrambots.api.TelegramApiConfiguration;
 import org.telegram.telegrambots.api.methods.*;
 import org.telegram.telegrambots.api.objects.File;
 import org.telegram.telegrambots.api.objects.Message;
@@ -185,6 +187,12 @@ public abstract class AbsSender {
             CloseableHttpClient httpClient = HttpClients.createDefault();
             String url = getBaseUrl() + SendDocument.PATH;
             HttpPost httppost = new HttpPost(url);
+            if (TelegramApiConfiguration.getInstance().getProxy() != null) {
+                RequestConfig requestConfig = RequestConfig.custom()
+                        .setProxy(TelegramApiConfiguration.getInstance().getProxy())
+                        .build();
+                httppost.setConfig(requestConfig);
+            }
 
             if (sendDocument.isNewDocument()) {
                 MultipartEntityBuilder builder = MultipartEntityBuilder.create();
@@ -233,6 +241,12 @@ public abstract class AbsSender {
             CloseableHttpClient httpClient = HttpClients.createDefault();
             String url = getBaseUrl() + SendPhoto.PATH;
             HttpPost httppost = new HttpPost(url);
+            if (TelegramApiConfiguration.getInstance().getProxy() != null) {
+                RequestConfig requestConfig = RequestConfig.custom()
+                        .setProxy(TelegramApiConfiguration.getInstance().getProxy())
+                        .build();
+                httppost.setConfig(requestConfig);
+            }
 
             if (sendPhoto.isNewPhoto()) {
                 MultipartEntityBuilder builder = MultipartEntityBuilder.create();
@@ -287,6 +301,12 @@ public abstract class AbsSender {
             CloseableHttpClient httpClient = HttpClients.createDefault();
             String url = getBaseUrl() + SendVideo.PATH;
             HttpPost httppost = new HttpPost(url);
+            if (TelegramApiConfiguration.getInstance().getProxy() != null) {
+                RequestConfig requestConfig = RequestConfig.custom()
+                        .setProxy(TelegramApiConfiguration.getInstance().getProxy())
+                        .build();
+                httppost.setConfig(requestConfig);
+            }
 
             if (sendVideo.isNewVideo()) {
                 MultipartEntityBuilder builder = MultipartEntityBuilder.create();
@@ -348,6 +368,12 @@ public abstract class AbsSender {
             CloseableHttpClient httpClient = HttpClients.createDefault();
             String url = getBaseUrl() + SendSticker.PATH;
             HttpPost httppost = new HttpPost(url);
+            if (TelegramApiConfiguration.getInstance().getProxy() != null) {
+                RequestConfig requestConfig = RequestConfig.custom()
+                        .setProxy(TelegramApiConfiguration.getInstance().getProxy())
+                        .build();
+                httppost.setConfig(requestConfig);
+            }
 
             if (sendSticker.isNewSticker()) {
                 MultipartEntityBuilder builder = MultipartEntityBuilder.create();
@@ -396,6 +422,12 @@ public abstract class AbsSender {
                 CloseableHttpClient httpclient = HttpClientBuilder.create().setSSLHostnameVerifier(new NoopHostnameVerifier()).build();
                 String url = getBaseUrl() + method.getPath();
                 HttpPost httppost = new HttpPost(url);
+                if (TelegramApiConfiguration.getInstance().getProxy() != null) {
+                    RequestConfig requestConfig = RequestConfig.custom()
+                            .setProxy(TelegramApiConfiguration.getInstance().getProxy())
+                            .build();
+                    httppost.setConfig(requestConfig);
+                }
                 httppost.addHeader("charset", "UTF-8");
                 httppost.setEntity(new StringEntity(method.toJson().toString(), ContentType.APPLICATION_JSON));
                 CloseableHttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(httppost);
@@ -420,6 +452,12 @@ public abstract class AbsSender {
             CloseableHttpClient httpclient = HttpClientBuilder.create().setSSLHostnameVerifier(new NoopHostnameVerifier()).build();
             String url = getBaseUrl() + method.getPath();
             HttpPost httppost = new HttpPost(url);
+            if (TelegramApiConfiguration.getInstance().getProxy() != null) {
+                RequestConfig requestConfig = RequestConfig.custom()
+                        .setProxy(TelegramApiConfiguration.getInstance().getProxy())
+                        .build();
+                httppost.setConfig(requestConfig);
+            }
             httppost.addHeader("charset", "UTF-8");
             httppost.setEntity(new StringEntity(method.toJson().toString(), ContentType.APPLICATION_JSON));
             CloseableHttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(httppost);
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/telegram/telegrambots/updatesreceivers/UpdatesThread.java b/src/main/java/org/telegram/telegrambots/updatesreceivers/UpdatesThread.java
index 968a64ff..cd5ef184 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/telegram/telegrambots/updatesreceivers/UpdatesThread.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/telegram/telegrambots/updatesreceivers/UpdatesThread.java
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 package org.telegram.telegrambots.updatesreceivers;
 
 import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
+import org.apache.http.HttpHost;
 import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
+import org.apache.http.client.config.RequestConfig;
 import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;
 import org.apache.http.conn.ssl.NoopHostnameVerifier;
 import org.apache.http.entity.BufferedHttpEntity;
@@ -14,6 +16,7 @@ import org.json.JSONArray;
 import org.json.JSONException;
 import org.json.JSONObject;
 import org.telegram.telegrambots.api.Constants;
+import org.telegram.telegrambots.api.TelegramApiConfiguration;
 import org.telegram.telegrambots.api.methods.GetUpdates;
 import org.telegram.telegrambots.api.objects.Update;
 import org.telegram.telegrambots.bots.ITelegramLongPollingBot;
@@ -58,6 +61,12 @@ public class UpdatesThread {
                 CloseableHttpClient httpclient = HttpClientBuilder.create().setSSLHostnameVerifier(new NoopHostnameVerifier()).setConnectionTimeToLive(20, TimeUnit.SECONDS).build();
                 String url = Constants.BASEURL + token + "/" + GetUpdates.PATH;
                 HttpPost httpPost = new HttpPost(url);
+                if (TelegramApiConfiguration.getInstance().getProxy() != null) {
+                    RequestConfig requestConfig = RequestConfig.custom()
+                            .setProxy(TelegramApiConfiguration.getInstance().getProxy())
+                            .build();
+                    httpPost.setConfig(requestConfig);
+                }
                 try {
                     httpPost.addHeader("charset", "UTF-8");
                     httpPost.setEntity(new StringEntity(request.toJson().toString(), ContentType.APPLICATION_JSON));