diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index c5f9daaf..74ff0f61 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	DebugLogging                bool
 	IamEndpoint                 string
 	Insecure                    bool
+	HTTPProxy                   string
 	MaxRetries                  int
 	Profile                     string
 	Region                      string
diff --git a/session.go b/session.go
index d4e56910..52c918cb 100644
--- a/session.go
+++ b/session.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
@@ -50,13 +51,22 @@ func GetSessionOptions(c *Config) (*session.Options, error) {
 	// add the validated credentials to the session options
 	options.Config.Credentials = creds
 
+	transport := options.Config.HTTPClient.Transport.(*http.Transport)
 	if c.Insecure {
-		transport := options.Config.HTTPClient.Transport.(*http.Transport)
 		transport.TLSClientConfig = &tls.Config{
 			InsecureSkipVerify: true,
 		}
 	}
 
+	if c.HTTPProxy != "" {
+		proxyUrl, err := url.Parse(c.HTTPProxy)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("error parsing HTTP proxy URL: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		transport.Proxy = http.ProxyURL(proxyUrl)
+	}
+
 	if c.DebugLogging {
 		options.Config.LogLevel = aws.LogLevel(aws.LogDebugWithHTTPBody | aws.LogDebugWithRequestRetries | aws.LogDebugWithRequestErrors)
 		options.Config.Logger = DebugLogger{}
diff --git a/session_test.go b/session_test.go
index 51929557..2bc54a27 100644
--- a/session_test.go
+++ b/session_test.go
@@ -34,6 +34,14 @@ func TestGetSessionOptions(t *testing.T) {
 			&Config{AccessKey: "MockAccessKey", SecretKey: "MockSecretKey", Insecure: true, DebugLogging: true},
 			false,
 		},
+		{"ConfigWithHTTPProxy",
+			&Config{AccessKey: "MockAccessKey", SecretKey: "MockSecretKey", HTTPProxy: "https://127.0.0.1:8888"},
+			false,
+		},
+		{"ConfigWithHTTPBadProxy",
+			&Config{AccessKey: "MockAccessKey", SecretKey: "MockSecretKey", HTTPProxy: "127.0.0.1:8888"},
+			true,
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, testCase := range testCases {