diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2189c4c..cb7e852 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -74,4 +74,8 @@ There is no authentication or authorisation included, a reverse proxy can be
 put in front though to add these.
 
 Running the client allows those with access to the proxy or the client to access
-all network services on the machine hosting the client.
+all network services on the machine hosting the client, unless you specify the
+`--override-url` setting.
+```
+./client --proxy-url=http://proxy:8080/ --override-url=http://client:9100/metrics
+```
diff --git a/client/client.go b/client/client.go
index 34451e8..d491e4d 100644
--- a/client/client.go
+++ b/client/client.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ var (
 	tlsCert     = kingpin.Flag("tls.cert", "<cert> Client certificate file").String()
 	tlsKey      = kingpin.Flag("tls.key", "<key> Private key file").String()
 	metricsAddr = kingpin.Flag("metrics-addr", "Serve Prometheus metrics at this address").Default(":9369").String()
+	overrideURL = kingpin.Flag("override-url", "<URL> Force the URL to scrape").String()
 )
 
 var (
@@ -74,6 +75,16 @@ func (c *Coordinator) doScrape(request *http.Request, client *http.Client) {
 	// We cannot handle https requests at the proxy, as we would only
 	// see a CONNECT, so use a URL parameter to trigger it.
 	params := request.URL.Query()
+
+	// Force GET verb
+	request.Method = "GET"
+
+	// Override
+	if err := util.OverrideURLIfDesired(overrideURL, request); err != nil {
+		level.Error(logger).Log("msg", "Failed to parse overrideURL:", "err", err)
+		return
+	}
+
 	if params.Get("_scheme") == "https" {
 		request.URL.Scheme = "https"
 		params.Del("_scheme")
diff --git a/util/client.go b/util/client.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4efd8cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/client.go
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package util
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
+)
+
+func OverrideURLIfDesired(overrideURL *string, request *http.Request) error {
+	if *overrideURL != "" {
+		parsedURL, err := url.Parse(*overrideURL)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		request.URL = parsedURL
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/util/client_test.go b/util/client_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..edc0367
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/client_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package util
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestOverrideURLIfDesired(t *testing.T) {
+	// With override
+	request := &http.Request{URL: &url.URL{Scheme: "http", Host: "wrong-service:9090", Path: "/v1/user/1"}}
+	overrideURL := "http://localhost:8080/metrics"
+	err := OverrideURLIfDesired(&overrideURL, request)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Expected no error, got one: %v", err)
+	}
+	if request.URL.String() != overrideURL {
+		t.Errorf("Expected %s, got %s", overrideURL, request.URL.String())
+	}
+
+	// Without override
+	request = &http.Request{URL: &url.URL{Scheme: "http", Host: "localhost:9090", Path: "/metrics"}}
+	overrideURL = ""
+	err = OverrideURLIfDesired(&overrideURL, request)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Expected no error, got one: %v", err)
+	}
+	nonOverride := "http://localhost:9090/metrics"
+	if request.URL.String() != nonOverride {
+		t.Errorf("Expected %s, got %s", nonOverride, request.URL.String())
+	}
+}