diff --git a/lib/connect.js b/lib/connect.js
index 218e98fa..bde333c5 100644
--- a/lib/connect.js
+++ b/lib/connect.js
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ async function connectThroughNode (c, address, socket) {
 
   const hs = c.handshake.final()
 
-  if (c.relayThrough) {
+  if (c.relayThrough || payload.relayThrough) {
     // TODO
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/server.js b/lib/server.js
index 8b27ac9a..7966e6c4 100644
--- a/lib/server.js
+++ b/lib/server.js
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ module.exports = class Server extends EventEmitter {
     this.closed = false
     this.firewall = opts.firewall || (() => false)
     this.holepunch = opts.holepunch || (() => true)
+    this.relayThrough = opts.relayThrough || null
     this.createHandshake = opts.createHandshake || defaultCreateHandshake
     this.createSecretStream = opts.createSecretStream || defaultCreateSecretStream
 
@@ -234,7 +235,8 @@ module.exports = class Server extends EventEmitter {
           id: hs.rawStream ? hs.rawStream.id : 0,
           seq: 0
         },
-        secretStream: {}
+        secretStream: {},
+        relayThrough: this.relayThrough?.remotePublicKey || null
       })
     } catch (err) {
       safetyCatch(err)
@@ -255,7 +257,7 @@ module.exports = class Server extends EventEmitter {
       return hs
     }
 
-    if (remotePayload.relayThrough) {
+    if (this.relayThrough || remotePayload.relayThrough) {
       // TODO
     }