diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5024890..07dfc26 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -170,6 +170,16 @@ youtubedl.getInfo([url1, url2], function(err, info) {
 })
 ```
 
+### Using a proxy
+
+``` js
+const youtubedl = require('youtube-dl')
+
+const video = youtubedl('http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90AiXO1pAiA',
+  // Optional arguments passed to youtube-dl.
+  ['--proxy', 'http://ip:port'],
+```
+
 ### Downloading subtitles
 
 ``` js
diff --git a/lib/youtube-dl.js b/lib/youtube-dl.js
index 356a273..74231d0 100644
--- a/lib/youtube-dl.js
+++ b/lib/youtube-dl.js
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ function youtubeDl (args, options, cb) {
  * @param {Object} stream
  */
 
-function processData (data, options, stream) {
+function processData (data, args, options, stream) {
   const item = !data.length ? data : data.shift()
 
   // fix for pause/resume downloads
@@ -47,13 +47,15 @@ function processData (data, options, stream) {
     headers.Range = 'bytes=' + options.start + '-' + options.end
   } else {
     headers.Range = 'bytes=0-' + item.filesize    
-  }
+  }  
 
+  const proxyArgIndex = args.indexOf('--proxy')
   const req = request({
     url: item.url,
     headers: headers,
     ecdhCurve: 'auto',
-    timeout: 30000
+    timeout: 30000,
+    ...(proxyArgIndex > -1 && { proxy: args[proxyArgIndex + 1] })
   })
 
   req.on('response', function response (res) {
@@ -94,12 +96,12 @@ const ytdl = (module.exports = function (videoUrl, args, options) {
   })
 
   if (!isString(videoUrl)) {
-    processData(videoUrl, options, stream)
+    processData(videoUrl, args, options, stream)
     return stream
   }
 
   ytdl.getInfo(videoUrl, args, options, function getInfo (err, data) {
-    return err ? stream.emit('error', err) : processData(data, options, stream)
+    return err ? stream.emit('error', err) : processData(data, args, options, stream)
   })
 
   return stream