diff --git a/django_telegrambot/apps.py b/django_telegrambot/apps.py
index 1ffacbb..9df2953 100644
--- a/django_telegrambot/apps.py
+++ b/django_telegrambot/apps.py
@@ -163,10 +163,15 @@ def ready(self):
 
             allowed_updates = b.get('ALLOWED_UPDATES', None)
             timeout = b.get('TIMEOUT', None)
+            proxy = b.get('PROXY', None)
 
             if self.mode == WEBHOOK_MODE:
                 try:
-                    bot = telegram.Bot(token=token)
+                    request = None
+                    if proxy:
+                        request = telegram.utils.request.Request(proxy_url=proxy['proxy_url'], urllib3_proxy_kwargs=proxy['urllib3_proxy_kwargs'])
+
+                    bot = telegram.Bot(token=token, request=request)
                     DjangoTelegramBot.dispatchers.append(Dispatcher(bot, None, workers=0))
                     hookurl = '{}/{}/{}/'.format(webhook_site, webhook_base, token)
 
@@ -188,7 +193,7 @@ def ready(self):
 
             else:
                 try:
-                    updater = Updater(token=token)
+                    updater = Updater(token=token, request_kwargs=proxy)
                     bot = updater.bot
                     bot.delete_webhook()
                     DjangoTelegramBot.updaters.append(updater)
diff --git a/sampleproject/sampleproject/local_settings.sample.py b/sampleproject/sampleproject/local_settings.sample.py
index 6ddf1c5..d0bcadd 100644
--- a/sampleproject/sampleproject/local_settings.sample.py
+++ b/sampleproject/sampleproject/local_settings.sample.py
@@ -53,6 +53,17 @@
 		   #'POLL_READ_LATENCY':(Optional[float|int]), # Grace time in seconds for receiving the reply from
 		                   #server. Will be added to the `timeout` value and used as the read timeout from
                            #server (Default: 2).
+
+		   #'PROXY':(Optional[dict]), # Use proxy to communicate with Telegram API server. Example:
+                           #    {
+                           #        'proxy_url': 'socks5://ip:port',
+                           #        'urllib3_proxy_kwargs': {
+                           #             'username': 'username',
+                           #             'password': 'password'
+                           #        }
+                           #    }
+                           #Default is not to use any proxy.
+
         },
         #Other bots here with same structure.
     ],