diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8fb88ce0..98a1032a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@
 
 ## [1.0.1](https://github.com/CopilotC-Nvim/CopilotChat.nvim/compare/v1.0.0...v1.0.1) (2024-02-08)
 
-
 ### Bug Fixes
 
-* multi-byte languages by  manually tracking last_line_col for buf_set_text ([20a4234](https://github.com/CopilotC-Nvim/CopilotChat.nvim/commit/20a4234a542deef1a128aca4d0dd7e8d429a1f2a))
+- multi-byte languages by manually tracking last_line_col for buf_set_text ([20a4234](https://github.com/CopilotC-Nvim/CopilotChat.nvim/commit/20a4234a542deef1a128aca4d0dd7e8d429a1f2a))
 
 ## 1.0.0 (2024-02-06)
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8ccf84a2..05958b6d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ return {
       show_help = "yes", -- Show help text for CopilotChatInPlace, default: yes
       debug = false, -- Enable or disable debug mode, the log file will be in ~/.local/state/nvim/CopilotChat.nvim.log
       disable_extra_info = 'no', -- Disable extra information (e.g: system prompt) in the response.
+      -- proxy = "socks5://127.0.0.1:3000", -- Proxies requests via https or socks.
     },
     build = function()
       vim.notify("Please update the remote plugins by running ':UpdateRemotePlugins', then restart Neovim.")
diff --git a/lua/CopilotChat/init.lua b/lua/CopilotChat/init.lua
index 9fe5f325..08b2de8d 100644
--- a/lua/CopilotChat/init.lua
+++ b/lua/CopilotChat/init.lua
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ _COPILOT_CHAT_GLOBAL_CONFIG = {}
 M.setup = function(options)
   vim.g.copilot_chat_show_help = options and options.show_help or 'yes'
   vim.g.copilot_chat_disable_separators = options and options.disable_extra_info or 'yes'
+  vim.g.copilot_chat_proxy = options and options.proxy or ''
   local debug = options and options.debug or false
   _COPILOT_CHAT_GLOBAL_CONFIG.debug = debug
 
diff --git a/rplugin/python3/copilot.py b/rplugin/python3/copilot.py
index 4a86ae26..25dbba67 100644
--- a/rplugin/python3/copilot.py
+++ b/rplugin/python3/copilot.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 
 class Copilot:
-    def __init__(self, token: str = None):
+    def __init__(self, token: str = None, proxy: str = None):
         if token is None:
             token = utilities.get_cached_token()
         self.github_token = token
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ def __init__(self, token: str = None):
 
         self.session = requests.Session()
 
+        if proxy:
+            self.session.proxies = {"https": proxy}
+
     def request_auth(self):
         url = "https://github.com/login/device/code"
 
diff --git a/rplugin/python3/handlers/chat_handler.py b/rplugin/python3/handlers/chat_handler.py
index 2d9ade76..d585bddd 100644
--- a/rplugin/python3/handlers/chat_handler.py
+++ b/rplugin/python3/handlers/chat_handler.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ def __init__(self, nvim: MyNvim, buffer: MyBuffer):
         self.nvim: MyNvim = nvim
         self.copilot: Copilot = None
         self.buffer: MyBuffer = buffer
+        self.proxy: str = None
 
     # public
 
@@ -41,6 +42,10 @@ def chat(
         disable_separators = (
             self.nvim.eval("g:copilot_chat_disable_separators") == "yes"
         )
+        self.proxy = self.nvim.eval("g:copilot_chat_proxy")
+        if "://" not in self.proxy:
+            self.proxy = None
+
         if system_prompt is None:
             system_prompt = self._construct_system_prompt(prompt)
         # Start the spinner
@@ -201,7 +206,7 @@ def _add_chat_messages(
         self, system_prompt: str, prompt: str, code: str, file_type: str, model: str
     ):
         if self.copilot is None:
-            self.copilot = Copilot()
+            self.copilot = Copilot(proxy=self.proxy)
             if self.copilot.github_token is None:
                 req = self.copilot.request_auth()
                 self.nvim.out_write(