diff --git a/did/plugins/github.py b/did/plugins/github.py
index e10cb8a8..d6ce16f8 100644
--- a/did/plugins/github.py
+++ b/did/plugins/github.py
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@
 
     timeout = 10
 
+Use ``proxy`` to configure the proxy. See the `Proxies`__ documentation
+for the format of proxy url.
+
+__ https://requests.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/advanced/#proxies
 """  # noqa: W505,E501 # pylint:disable=line-too-long
 
 import json
@@ -75,10 +79,11 @@ class GitHub():
     # pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
 
     def __init__(self, *, url, token=None, user=None,
-                 org=None, repo=None, exclude_org=None, timeout=TIMEOUT):
+                 org=None, repo=None, exclude_org=None, timeout=TIMEOUT, proxy=None):
         """ Initialize url and headers """
         self.url = url.rstrip("/")
         self.timeout = timeout
+        self.proxy = {"all": proxy}
         if token is not None:
             self.headers = {'Authorization': f'token {token}'}
         else:
@@ -134,8 +139,7 @@ def request(self, url):
                         reraise=True):
                     with attempt:
                         response = requests.get(
-                            url, headers=self.headers, timeout=self.timeout
-                            )
+                            url, headers=self.headers, timeout=self.timeout, proxies=self.proxy)
                 log.debug("Response headers:\n%s", response.headers)
             except (requests.exceptions.RequestException, RetryError) as error:
                 log.debug(error)
@@ -377,7 +381,9 @@ def __init__(self, option, name=None, parent=None, user=None):
             user=config.get("user"),
             repo=config.get("repo"),
             exclude_org=config.get("exclude_org"),
-            timeout=config.get("timeout"))
+            timeout=config.get("timeout"),
+            proxy=config.get("proxy"),
+            )
 
         # Create the list of stats
         self.stats = [
diff --git a/did/plugins/gitlab.py b/did/plugins/gitlab.py
index a8ade232..e38ffe5a 100644
--- a/did/plugins/gitlab.py
+++ b/did/plugins/gitlab.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     token_file = <authentication-token-file>
     login = <username>
     ssl_verify = true
+    proxy = <proxy-url>
 
 The authentication token is required. Create it in the GitLab web
 interface (select ``api`` as the desired scope). See the `GitLab API`__
@@ -27,6 +28,10 @@
 
 __ https://docs.gitlab.com/ce/api/
 
+Use ``proxy`` to configure the proxy. See the `Proxies`__ documentation
+for the format of proxy url.
+
+__ https://requests.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/advanced/#proxies
 """
 
 from time import sleep
@@ -61,7 +66,13 @@
 class GitLab():
     """ GitLab Investigator """
 
-    def __init__(self, url, token, ssl_verify=GITLAB_SSL_VERIFY, timeout=TIMEOUT):
+    def __init__(
+            self,
+            url,
+            token,
+            ssl_verify=GITLAB_SSL_VERIFY,
+            timeout=TIMEOUT,
+            proxy=None):
         """ Initialize url and headers """
         self.url = url.rstrip("/")
         self.headers = {'PRIVATE-TOKEN': token}
@@ -73,6 +84,7 @@ def __init__(self, url, token, ssl_verify=GITLAB_SSL_VERIFY, timeout=TIMEOUT):
         self.project_mrs = {}
         self.project_issues = {}
         self.timeout = timeout
+        self.proxy = {"all": proxy}
 
     def _get_gitlab_api_raw(self, url):
         log.debug("Connecting to GitLab API at '%s'.", url)
@@ -81,7 +93,7 @@ def _get_gitlab_api_raw(self, url):
             try:
                 api_raw = requests.get(
                     url, headers=self.headers, verify=self.ssl_verify,
-                    timeout=self.timeout)
+                    timeout=self.timeout, proxies=self.proxy)
                 api_raw.raise_for_status()
                 return api_raw
             except requests.exceptions.HTTPError as http_err:
@@ -427,7 +439,11 @@ def __init__(self, option, name=None, parent=None, user=None):
         if not self.ssl_verify:
             urllib3.disable_warnings(InsecureRequestWarning)
         self.gitlab = GitLab(
-            self.url, self.token, self.ssl_verify, timeout=config.get("timeout"))
+            self.url,
+            self.token,
+            self.ssl_verify,
+            timeout=config.get("timeout"),
+            proxy=config.get("proxy"))
         # Create the list of stats
         self.stats = [
             IssuesCreated(