diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 28873a04..b997be63 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ You also need to set the `KONG_CUSTOM_PLUGINS` environment variable
 | `config.bearer_only` | no | false | Only introspect tokens without redirecting |
 | `config.realm` | kong | false | Realm used in WWW-Authenticate response header |
 | `config.logout_path` | /logout | false | Absolute path used to logout from the OIDC RP |
+| `config.http_proxy` || false | Http proxy url |
+| `config.https_proxy` || false | https proxy url (only supports url format __http__://proxy and not __https__://proxy) |
 
 ### Enabling
 
diff --git a/kong/plugins/oidc/schema.lua b/kong/plugins/oidc/schema.lua
index ffb55b37..8fdd2dff 100644
--- a/kong/plugins/oidc/schema.lua
+++ b/kong/plugins/oidc/schema.lua
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ return {
     recovery_page_path = { type = "string" },
     logout_path = { type = "string", required = false, default = '/logout' },
     redirect_after_logout_uri = { type = "string", required = false, default = '/' },
+    http_proxy = { type = "string", required = false, default = '' },
+    https_proxy = { type = "string", required = false, default = '' },
     filters = { type = "string" }
   }
 }
diff --git a/kong/plugins/oidc/utils.lua b/kong/plugins/oidc/utils.lua
index 2e3e661e..4c81514a 100644
--- a/kong/plugins/oidc/utils.lua
+++ b/kong/plugins/oidc/utils.lua
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ function M.get_options(config, ngx)
     filters = parseFilters(config.filters),
     logout_path = config.logout_path,
     redirect_after_logout_uri = config.redirect_after_logout_uri,
+    proxy_opts = {
+      http_proxy  = config.http_proxy,
+      https_proxy = config.https_proxy
+    }
   }
 end