diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ef5f9d4..5de8e94 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Here're the vailable options:
   * --user: specify the user you want to login as
   * --password: the password to auth against the HS
   * --server: the HS you want to connect to. Default is https://matrix.org
+  * --proxy: use an HTTP proxy to access the HS. If not specified, will try to get system wide proxy (see LWP::UserAgent->env_proxy)
   * --access-token: can be used instead of --user and --password. Use --get-access-token to get one first for example.
   * --room: the room to which the message must be sent. Can be a room ID or a room alias
   * --message: the text message you want to send. If you send something on stdin, it's assumed to be the text to send and this option is ignored
diff --git a/scripts/patrix b/scripts/patrix
index 5ce6407..b5c102c 100644
--- a/scripts/patrix
+++ b/scripts/patrix
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ GetOptions(
   "password=s"                         => \$opt->{password},
   "access_token|access-token|token=s"  => \$opt->{access_token},
   "server=s"                           => \$opt->{server},
+  "proxy=s"                            => \$opt->{proxy},
   "room=s"                             => \$opt->{room},
   "message|msg=s"                      => \$opt->{message},
   "files=s@"                           => \$opt->{file},
@@ -82,6 +83,14 @@ foreach my $action (@actions){
 
 my $lwp = LWP::UserAgent->new;
 
+# If a proxy is specified then use it. Else, try to get global one
+if ($opt->{proxy}){
+  $lwp->proxy(['https'], $opt->{proxy});
+}
+else{
+  $lwp->env_proxy;
+}
+
 my $stdin = 0;
 if (!-t STDIN){
   debug("Reading data from stdin");