diff --git a/obfssh_client/config.go b/obfssh_client/config.go
index 2b003d0..60aae64 100644
--- a/obfssh_client/config.go
+++ b/obfssh_client/config.go
@@ -59,6 +59,15 @@ type config struct {
 	LocalForwards             stringSlice `yaml:"local_forward"`
 	RemoteForwards            stringSlice `yaml:"remote_forward"`
 	DynamicForwards           stringSlice `yaml:"dynamic_forward"`
+	Proxy                     proxy
+}
+
+type proxy struct {
+	Scheme   string
+	Host     string
+	Port     int
+	SNI      string
+	Insecure bool
 }
 
 // loadConfig load config from config file
diff --git a/obfssh_client/config_example.yaml b/obfssh_client/config_example.yaml
index 23ba2e6..9e1dfe2 100644
--- a/obfssh_client/config_example.yaml
+++ b/obfssh_client/config_example.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,32 @@
 
 # port: 2223
 
+# proxy
+# the proxy server to connect to
+#  supported scheme: http, https, socks5
+#     when scheme is http will create a tcp connection to proxy server
+#           and send http CONNECT request to target server
+#     when scheme is https will create a TLS connection to proxy server 
+#           and send http CONNECT request to target server
+#     when scheme is socks5 will handshake with proxy server with socks5 protocol
+#          and send a connect request to target server
+#
+#     https proxy has an sni and insecure options
+#     sni is the server TLS SNI name
+#     insecure indicates verify server certificate or not
+
+# proxy:
+#    scheme: socks5
+#    host: 127.0.0.1
+#    port: 9050
+
+# proxy:
+#   scheme: https
+#   host: www.example.com
+#   port: 443
+#   sni: example.com
+#   insecure: false
+
 
 # obfs_method
 #
diff --git a/obfssh_client/config_test.go b/obfssh_client/config_test.go
index 9c11537..4828bef 100644
--- a/obfssh_client/config_test.go
+++ b/obfssh_client/config_test.go
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestConfig(t *testing.T) {
-	c, err := loadConfig("config_example.yaml")
+	var c config
+	err := loadConfig(&c, "config_example.yaml")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Error(err)
 	}
diff --git a/obfssh_client/proxy.go b/obfssh_client/proxy.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..582ad8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/obfssh_client/proxy.go
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"crypto/tls"
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/fangdingjun/obfssh"
+	socks "github.com/fangdingjun/socks-go"
+	"net"
+	"net/url"
+	"os"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+func updateProxyFromEnv(cfg *config) {
+	if cfg.Proxy.Scheme != "" && cfg.Proxy.Host != "" && cfg.Proxy.Port != 0 {
+		obfssh.Log(obfssh.DEBUG, "proxy already specified by config, not parse environment proxy")
+		return
+	}
+	proxyStr := os.Getenv("http_proxy")
+	if proxyStr == "" {
+		proxyStr = os.Getenv("https_proxy")
+	}
+	if proxyStr == "" {
+		return
+	}
+	u, err := url.Parse(proxyStr)
+	if err != nil {
+		obfssh.Log(obfssh.DEBUG, "parse proxy from environment failed: %s", err)
+		return
+	}
+	cfg.Proxy.Scheme = u.Scheme
+	host, port, err := net.SplitHostPort(u.Host)
+	if err != nil {
+		cfg.Proxy.Host = host
+		cfg.Proxy.Port = 8080
+	} else {
+		cfg.Proxy.Host = host
+		p, err := strconv.ParseInt(port, 10, 32)
+		if err == nil {
+			cfg.Proxy.Port = int(p)
+		} else {
+			cfg.Proxy.Port = 8080
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func httpProxyHandshake(c net.Conn, host string, port int) error {
+	fmt.Fprintf(c, "CONNECT %s:%d HTTP/1.1\r\n", host, port)
+	fmt.Fprintf(c, "Host: %s:%d\r\n", host, port)
+	fmt.Fprintf(c, "User-Agent: go/1.7\r\n")
+	fmt.Fprintf(c, "\r\n")
+
+	r := bufio.NewReader(c)
+
+	// read status line
+	statusLine, err := r.ReadString('\n')
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if statusLine[0:4] != "HTTP" {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	status := strings.Fields(statusLine)[1]
+
+	statusCode, err := strconv.ParseInt(status, 10, 32)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if statusCode != 200 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("http status error %d", statusCode)
+	}
+
+	// read header
+	for {
+		h, err := r.ReadString('\n')
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		h1 := strings.Trim(h, " \r\n")
+		if h1 == "" {
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func dialHTTPProxy(host string, port int, p proxy) (net.Conn, error) {
+	c, err := net.Dial("tcp", fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", p.Host, p.Port))
+	if err = httpProxyHandshake(c, host, port); err != nil {
+		c.Close()
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return c, nil
+}
+
+func dialHTTPSProxy(host string, port int, p proxy) (net.Conn, error) {
+	hostname := p.Host
+	if p.SNI != "" {
+		hostname = p.SNI
+	}
+	tlsconfig := &tls.Config{
+		ServerName:         hostname,
+		InsecureSkipVerify: p.Insecure,
+	}
+
+	c, err := tls.Dial("tcp", fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", p.Host, p.Port), tlsconfig)
+	if err := c.Handshake(); err != nil {
+		c.Close()
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if err = httpProxyHandshake(c, host, port); err != nil {
+		c.Close()
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return c, nil
+}
+
+func dialSocks5Proxy(host string, port int, p proxy) (net.Conn, error) {
+	c, err := net.Dial("tcp", fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", p.Host, p.Port))
+	if err != nil {
+		c.Close()
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	c1 := &socks.Client{Conn: c}
+	if err = c1.Connect(host, uint16(port)); err != nil {
+		c1.Close()
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return c1, err
+}
diff --git a/obfssh_client/ssh.go b/obfssh_client/ssh.go
index 0f81469..36b1a48 100644
--- a/obfssh_client/ssh.go
+++ b/obfssh_client/ssh.go
@@ -156,9 +156,27 @@ func main() {
 		Timeout: 10 * time.Second,
 	}
 
+	// parse environment proxy
+	updateProxyFromEnv(&cfg)
+
 	rhost := net.JoinHostPort(host, fmt.Sprintf("%d", cfg.Port))
 
-	c, err := net.Dial("tcp", rhost)
+	var c net.Conn
+	if cfg.Proxy.Scheme != "" && cfg.Proxy.Host != "" && cfg.Proxy.Port != 0 {
+		switch cfg.Proxy.Scheme {
+		case "http":
+			c, err = dialHTTPProxy(host, cfg.Port, cfg.Proxy)
+		case "https":
+			c, err = dialHTTPSProxy(host, cfg.Port, cfg.Proxy)
+		case "socks5":
+			c, err = dialSocks5Proxy(host, cfg.Port, cfg.Proxy)
+		default:
+			err = fmt.Errorf("unsupported scheme: %s", cfg.Proxy.Scheme)
+		}
+	} else {
+		c, err = net.Dial("tcp", rhost)
+	}
+
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}