diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7cfa697..8df3140 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -120,3 +120,7 @@ bot.postMessageToUser('user', 'hi').always(function(data) {
 })
 ```
 
+### HTTP Proxy Support
+
+This package can work behind a corporate proxy when the `HTTP_PROXY` environment variable is set,
+ie: `HTTP_PROXY=http://10.60.10.1:3128`
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 5c921b4..871c504 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ var Vow = require('vow');
 var extend = require('extend');
 var WebSocket = require('ws');
 var EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter;
+var HttpsProxyAgent = require('https-proxy-agent');
+var Url = require('url');
 var { setWsHeartbeat } = require('ws-heartbeat/client');
 
 class Bot extends EventEmitter {
@@ -21,6 +23,10 @@ class Bot extends EventEmitter {
          this.disconnect = params.disconnect;
 
          console.assert(params.token, 'token must be defined');
+
+         this._configureProxy(params.proxy || undefined);
+
+         this.login();
          if (!this.disconnect) {
            this.login();
          }
@@ -51,7 +57,7 @@ class Bot extends EventEmitter {
      * Establish a WebSocket connection
      */
      connect() {
-         this.ws = new WebSocket(this.wsUrl);
+         this.ws = new WebSocket(this.wsUrl, {agent: this._agent});
 
          setWsHeartbeat(this.ws, '{ "kind": "ping" }');
 
@@ -499,6 +505,34 @@ class Bot extends EventEmitter {
             });
         });
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Use a HTTP Proxy is supplied in the params of the custructor, otherwise look at the environment vars
+     * for proxy configuration. We need to accomodate both uppercase and lowercase environment definitions.
+     *
+     * @param {string} proxy
+     * @private
+     */
+    _configureProxy(proxy) {
+        if (!proxy && ((typeof process.env['http_proxy'] !== 'undefined' && process.env['http_proxy']) || (typeof process.env['HTTP_PROXY'] !== 'undefined' && process.env['HTTP_PROXY']))) {
+            proxy = process.env['http_proxy'] || process.env['HTTP_PROXY'];
+        }
+
+        this._agent = null;
+        if (proxy) {
+            try {
+                // Url.parse can throw it's own errors but strangely doesn't throw when the url is not really valid.
+                var proxyUrl = Url.parse(process.env['http_proxy'] || process.env['HTTP_PROXY']);
+                if (!proxyUrl.hostname) {
+                    throw new Error('Invalid HTTP_PROXY environment variable value');
+                }
+
+                this._agent = new HttpsProxyAgent(proxyUrl);
+            } catch (e) {
+                console.error(e);
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 module.exports = Bot;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c0afa82..c04676f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "extend": "^2.0.1",
+    "https-proxy-agent": "^2.1.1",
     "lodash": "^4.17.2",
     "request": "^2.56.0",
     "vow": "^0.4.9",