diff --git a/client/Cargo.toml b/client/Cargo.toml
index 72ea3c70..b7caac02 100644
--- a/client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/client/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,8 +22,11 @@ path = "src/lib.rs"
 bitcoincore-rpc-json = { version = "0.16.0", path = "../json" }
 
 log = "0.4.5"
-jsonrpc = "0.13.0"
+jsonrpc = { git = "https://github.com/apoelstra/rust-jsonrpc", rev = "7c94adf8aad7d55afad8f890ab1fbc79ecb7abc7"}
 
 # Used for deserialization of JSON.
 serde = "1"
 serde_json = "1"
+
+[features]
+proxy = ["jsonrpc/proxy"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/client/src/client.rs b/client/src/client.rs
index d12c4f4b..ce57a303 100644
--- a/client/src/client.rs
+++ b/client/src/client.rs
@@ -1217,6 +1217,22 @@ impl Client {
             .map_err(|e| super::error::Error::JsonRpc(e.into()))
     }
 
+    #[cfg(feature = "proxy")]
+    /// Creates a client to a bitcoind JSON-RPC server via SOCK5 proxy.
+    pub fn new_with_proxy(
+        url: &str,
+        auth: Auth,
+        proxy_addr: &str,
+        proxy_auth: Option<(&str, &str)>,
+    ) -> Result<Self> {
+        let (user, pass) = auth.get_user_pass()?;
+        jsonrpc::client::Client::http_proxy(url, user, pass, proxy_addr, proxy_auth)
+            .map(|client| Client {
+                client,
+            })
+            .map_err(|e| super::error::Error::JsonRpc(e.into()))
+    }
+
     /// Create a new Client using the given [jsonrpc::Client].
     pub fn from_jsonrpc(client: jsonrpc::client::Client) -> Client {
         Client {
diff --git a/integration_test/Cargo.toml b/integration_test/Cargo.toml
index 1ecee4e2..e22fa90c 100644
--- a/integration_test/Cargo.toml
+++ b/integration_test/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,3 +9,6 @@ bitcoincore-rpc = { path = "../client" }
 bitcoin = { version = "0.29.0", features = ["serde", "rand"]}
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 log = "0.4"
+
+[features]
+proxy = ["bitcoincore-rpc/proxy"]
diff --git a/integration_test/src/main.rs b/integration_test/src/main.rs
index c91cc33d..5e376625 100644
--- a/integration_test/src/main.rs
+++ b/integration_test/src/main.rs
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ use bitcoin::hashes::hex::{FromHex, ToHex};
 use bitcoin::hashes::Hash;
 use bitcoin::secp256k1;
 use bitcoin::{
-    Address, Amount, PackedLockTime, Network, OutPoint, PrivateKey, Script, EcdsaSighashType, SignedAmount,
-    Sequence, Transaction, TxIn, TxOut, Txid, Witness,
+    Address, Amount, EcdsaSighashType, Network, OutPoint, PackedLockTime, PrivateKey, Script,
+    Sequence, SignedAmount, Transaction, TxIn, TxOut, Txid, Witness,
 };
 use bitcoincore_rpc::bitcoincore_rpc_json::{
     GetBlockTemplateModes, GetBlockTemplateRules, ScanTxOutRequest,
@@ -119,14 +119,23 @@ fn get_auth() -> bitcoincore_rpc::Auth {
     };
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "proxy")]
+fn get_proxy_url() -> String {
+    return std::env::var("PROXY_URL").expect("PROXY_URL must be set in proxy feature");
+}
+
 fn main() {
     log::set_logger(&LOGGER).map(|()| log::set_max_level(log::LevelFilter::max())).unwrap();
 
     let rpc_url = format!("{}/wallet/testwallet", get_rpc_url());
     let auth = get_auth();
 
+    #[cfg(not(feature = "proxy"))]
     let cl = Client::new(&rpc_url, auth).unwrap();
 
+    #[cfg(feature = "proxy")]
+    let cl = Client::new_with_proxy(&rpc_url, auth, &get_proxy_url(), None).unwrap();
+
     test_get_network_info(&cl);
     unsafe { VERSION = cl.version().unwrap() };
     println!("Version: {}", version());