diff --git a/config/config.example.yml b/config/config.example.yml
index 38085a20..9fdc4eda 100644
--- a/config/config.example.yml
+++ b/config/config.example.yml
@@ -160,6 +160,17 @@ https_only: false
 ##
 #force_resolve:
 
+##
+## Configuration for using a HTTP proxy
+##
+## If unset, then no HTTP proxy will be used.
+## 
+http_proxy:
+  user:
+  password:
+  host:
+  port:
+
 
 ##
 ## Use Innertube's transcripts API instead of timedtext for closed captions
diff --git a/shard.lock b/shard.lock
index efb60a59..85928c47 100644
--- a/shard.lock
+++ b/shard.lock
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ shards:
 
   athena-negotiation:
     git: https://github.com/athena-framework/negotiation.git
-    version: 0.1.1
+    version: 0.1.3
 
   backtracer:
     git: https://github.com/sija/backtracer.cr.git
-    version: 1.2.1
+    version: 1.2.2
 
   db:
     git: https://github.com/crystal-lang/crystal-db.git
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ shards:
     git: https://github.com/crystal-loot/exception_page.git
     version: 0.2.2
 
+  http_proxy:
+    git: https://github.com/mamantoha/http_proxy.git
+    version: 0.10.1
+
   kemal:
     git: https://github.com/kemalcr/kemal.git
     version: 1.1.2
@@ -42,7 +46,7 @@ shards:
 
   spectator:
     git: https://github.com/icy-arctic-fox/spectator.git
-    version: 0.10.4
+    version: 0.10.6
 
   sqlite3:
     git: https://github.com/crystal-lang/crystal-sqlite3.git
diff --git a/shard.yml b/shard.yml
index be06a7df..ddd510d4 100644
--- a/shard.yml
+++ b/shard.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ dependencies:
   athena-negotiation:
     github: athena-framework/negotiation
     version: ~> 0.1.1
+  http_proxy:
+    github: mamantoha/http_proxy
+    version: ~> 0.10.1
 
 development_dependencies:
   spectator:
diff --git a/src/invidious.cr b/src/invidious.cr
index e0bd0101..d4114386 100644
--- a/src/invidious.cr
+++ b/src/invidious.cr
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ require "kilt"
 require "./ext/kemal_content_for.cr"
 require "./ext/kemal_static_file_handler.cr"
 
+require "http_proxy"
 require "athena-negotiation"
 require "openssl/hmac"
 require "option_parser"
diff --git a/src/invidious/config.cr b/src/invidious/config.cr
index 09c2168b..e12054d0 100644
--- a/src/invidious/config.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/config.cr
@@ -54,6 +54,15 @@ struct ConfigPreferences
   end
 end
 
+struct HTTPProxyConfig
+  include YAML::Serializable
+
+  property user : String
+  property password : String
+  property host : String
+  property port : Int32
+end
+
 class Config
   include YAML::Serializable
 
@@ -126,6 +135,8 @@ class Config
   property host_binding : String = "0.0.0.0"
   # Pool size for HTTP requests to youtube.com and ytimg.com (each domain has a separate pool of `pool_size`)
   property pool_size : Int32 = 100
+  # HTTP Proxy configuration
+  property http_proxy : HTTPProxyConfig? = nil
 
   # Use Innertube's transcripts API instead of timedtext for closed captions
   property use_innertube_for_captions : Bool = false
diff --git a/src/invidious/yt_backend/connection_pool.cr b/src/invidious/yt_backend/connection_pool.cr
index d3dbcc0e..0e4d8aff 100644
--- a/src/invidious/yt_backend/connection_pool.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/yt_backend/connection_pool.cr
@@ -26,12 +26,14 @@ struct YoutubeConnectionPool
 
   def client(&block)
     conn = pool.checkout
+    conn.proxy = make_configured_http_proxy_client() if CONFIG.http_proxy
     begin
       response = yield conn
     rescue ex
       conn.close
       conn = HTTP::Client.new(url)
 
+      conn.proxy = make_configured_http_proxy_client() if CONFIG.http_proxy
       conn.family = CONFIG.force_resolve
       conn.family = Socket::Family::INET if conn.family == Socket::Family::UNSPEC
       conn.before_request { |r| add_yt_headers(r) } if url.host == "www.youtube.com"
@@ -46,6 +48,7 @@ struct YoutubeConnectionPool
   private def build_pool
     DB::Pool(HTTP::Client).new(initial_pool_size: 0, max_pool_size: capacity, max_idle_pool_size: capacity, checkout_timeout: timeout) do
       conn = HTTP::Client.new(url)
+      conn.proxy = make_configured_http_proxy_client() if CONFIG.http_proxy
       conn.family = CONFIG.force_resolve
       conn.family = Socket::Family::INET if conn.family == Socket::Family::UNSPEC
       conn.before_request { |r| add_yt_headers(r) } if url.host == "www.youtube.com"
@@ -66,6 +69,8 @@ def make_client(url : URI, region = nil, force_resolve : Bool = false)
   client.read_timeout = 10.seconds
   client.connect_timeout = 10.seconds
 
+  client.proxy = make_configured_http_proxy_client() if CONFIG.http_proxy
+
   return client
 end
 
@@ -77,3 +82,16 @@ def make_client(url : URI, region = nil, force_resolve : Bool = false, &block)
     client.close
   end
 end
+
+def make_configured_http_proxy_client
+  # This method is only called when configuration for an HTTP proxy are set
+  config_proxy = CONFIG.http_proxy.not_nil!
+
+  return HTTP::Proxy::Client.new(
+    config_proxy.host,
+    config_proxy.port,
+
+    username: config_proxy.user,
+    password: config_proxy.password,
+  )
+end