diff --git a/dev-requirements.txt b/dev-requirements.txt
index ab26e09e..bc71f9c9 100644
--- a/dev-requirements.txt
+++ b/dev-requirements.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ coverage
 coveralls
 Jinja2
 pip>=18.0
+pproxy==2.2.0
 pytest
 recommonmark
 Sphinx
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2a13e43f..5fc4a04c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
+geojson>=2.3.0,<3
+PySocks==1.7.1,<2
 requests>=2.20.0,<3
-geojson>=2.3.0,<3
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+requests[socks]
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diff --git a/tests/proxy/__init__.py b/tests/proxy/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/tests/proxy/proxy_http.json b/tests/proxy/proxy_http.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b65408ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/proxy/proxy_http.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+    "api_key": "b1b15e88fa797225412429c1c50c122a",
+    "subscription_type": "free",
+    "language": "en",
+    "connection": {
+        "use_ssl": true,
+        "verify_ssl_certs": false,
+        "use_proxy": true,
+        "timeout_secs": 5
+    },
+    "proxies": {
+        "http": "http://user:pass@127.0.0.1:8899",
+        "https": "https://user:pass@127.0.0.1:8899"
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/tests/proxy/proxy_socks.json b/tests/proxy/proxy_socks.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cb5b11b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/proxy/proxy_socks.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+    "api_key": "b1b15e88fa797225412429c1c50c122a",
+    "subscription_type": "free",
+    "language": "en",
+    "connection": {
+        "use_ssl": true,
+        "verify_ssl_certs": false,
+        "use_proxy": true,
+        "timeout_secs": 5
+    },
+    "proxies": {
+        "http": "socks5://127.0.0.1:8899",
+        "https": "socks5://127.0.0.1:8899"
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/tests/proxy/selfsigned.crt b/tests/proxy/selfsigned.crt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0f36de8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/proxy/selfsigned.crt
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
+MIID5zCCAs+gAwIBAgIUWVG9t0QFZLIKXdt8PZl9dqsqdykwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEL
+BQAwgYIxCzAJBgNVBAYTAklUMRIwEAYDVQQIDAlOZXZlcmxhbmQxFDASBgNVBAcM
+C0dvdGhhbSBDaXR5MQ0wCwYDVQQKDARBQ01FMQswCQYDVQQLDAJJVDELMAkGA1UE
+AwwCQ1MxIDAeBgkqhkiG9w0BCQEWEWNzcGFycGFAZ21haWwuY29tMB4XDTE5MTEx
+MzIxMDYzOVoXDTIwMTExMjIxMDYzOVowgYIxCzAJBgNVBAYTAklUMRIwEAYDVQQI
+DAlOZXZlcmxhbmQxFDASBgNVBAcMC0dvdGhhbSBDaXR5MQ0wCwYDVQQKDARBQ01F
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+cGFAZ21haWwuY29tMIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAr+Fv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+-----END CERTIFICATE-----
diff --git a/tests/proxy/test_integration_proxy.py b/tests/proxy/test_integration_proxy.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2902b35b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/proxy/test_integration_proxy.py
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+import os
+import pathlib
+import unittest
+from pyowm import OWM
+from pyowm.weatherapi25.observation import Observation
+from pyowm.utils import config
+
+
+class TesIntegrationProxy(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    _api_key = os.getenv('OWM_API_KEY', None)
+
+    def test_call_api_behind_http_proxy(self):
+        # fetch config and overwrite API Key as per env variable
+        config_file_name = 'proxy_http.json'
+        path = (pathlib.Path() / config_file_name).absolute()
+        cfg = config.get_config_from(path)
+        cfg['api_key'] = self._api_key
+
+        # go
+        owm = OWM(cfg['api_key'], cfg)
+        wm = owm.weather_manager()
+        result = wm.weather_at_place('London,GB')
+        self.assertIsInstance(result, Observation)
+
+    def test_call_api_behind_socks_proxy(self):
+        # fetch config and overwrite API Key as per env variable
+        config_file_name = 'proxy_socks.json'
+        path = (pathlib.Path() / config_file_name).absolute()
+        cfg = config.get_config_from(path)
+        cfg['api_key'] = self._api_key
+
+        # go
+        owm = OWM(cfg['api_key'], cfg)
+        wm = owm.weather_manager()
+        result = wm.weather_at_place('London,GB')
+        self.assertIsInstance(result, Observation)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()
diff --git a/tests/proxy/tox.ini b/tests/proxy/tox.ini
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3cdd633b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/proxy/tox.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[tox]
+envlist =
+    py37, py38
+skip_missing_interpreters =
+    True
+skipsdist = True
+
+[testenv]
+passenv = OWM_API_KEY
+deps = -rproxyreqs.txt
+commands = pytest .
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diff --git a/tests/run_proxy_tests.sh b/tests/run_proxy_tests.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4c779ce7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/run_proxy_tests.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+if [ -z "$OWM_API_KEY" ]; then
+    echo "*** OWM_API_KEY env variable is not set: aborting"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+export OWM_API_KEY
+
+cd proxy
+
+# Build one-off dependency file
+DEPS_FILE="$(readlink . -f)/proxyreqs.txt"
+echo 'pytest' | cat - ../../requirements.txt > $DEPS_FILE
+
+
+# Run proxy server
+PID_FILE="$(readlink . -f)/proxy.pid"
+export PID_FILE
+
+#proxy.py --num-workers 1 --hostname 127.0.0.1 --port 8899 --basic-auth user:pass --pid-file "$PID_FILE" > /dev/null 2>&1 &
+pproxy -l http+socks4+socks5://127.0.0.1:8899 --ssl selfsigned.crt > /dev/null 2>&1 &
+echo $$ >"$PID_FILE"
+
+# Run tests
+echo "*** Running tests... "
+tox
+
+
+# Shut down proxy
+echo "*** Killing proxy... "
+PID=$(cat $PID_FILE)
+rm "$PID_FILE"
+rm "$DEPS_FILE"
+
+kill -9 "$PID"
+
+echo "*** End of proxy tests"
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