diff --git a/dynect/DynectDNS.py b/dynect/DynectDNS.py
index eee3261..68b00bf 100644
--- a/dynect/DynectDNS.py
+++ b/dynect/DynectDNS.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
         sys.exit("Could not find json or simplejson libraries.")
         
 if sys.version_info[0] == 2:
+
     from httplib import HTTPConnection, HTTPSConnection
     from urllib import pathname2url
 
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ class DynectRest(object):
     """
 
     def __init__(
-        self, host='api.dynect.net', port=443, ssl=True, api_version="current"
+        self, host='api.dynect.net', port=443, ssl=True, api_version="current", proxy_host=None, proxy_port=None
     ):
         """
         Basic initializer method
@@ -77,6 +78,17 @@ def __init__(
 
         self._valid_methods = set(('DELETE', 'GET', 'POST', 'PUT'))
 
+        # Add support for proxy connections
+        self.proxy_host = proxy_host
+        self.proxy_port = proxy_port
+        self.use_proxy = False
+        self.proxied_root = None
+
+        if proxy_host is not None and proxy_port is not None:
+            self.use_proxy = True
+            scheme = 'https' if self.ssl else 'http'
+            self.proxied_root = "{}://{}".format(scheme, self.host)
+
     def _debug(self, msg):
         """
         Debug output.
@@ -84,6 +96,38 @@ def _debug(self, msg):
         if self.verbose:
             sys.stderr.write(msg)
 
+    def _connect(self):
+        if self.ssl:
+            msg = "Establishing SSL connection to %s:%s\n" % (
+                self.host, self.port
+            )
+            self._debug(msg)
+            self._conn = HTTPSConnection(self.host, self.port)
+
+        else:
+            msg = "Establishing unencrypted connection to %s:%s\n" % (
+                self.host, self.port
+            )
+            self._debug(msg)
+            self._conn = HTTPConnection(self.host, self.port)
+
+    def _proxy_connect(self):
+        if self.ssl:
+            msg = "Establishing SSL connection to %s:%s\n" % (
+                self.host, self.port
+            )
+            self._debug(msg)
+            self._conn = HTTPSConnection(self.proxy_host, self.proxy_port)
+
+        else:
+            msg = "Establishing SSL connection to %s:%s\n" % (
+              self.proxy_host, self.proxy_port
+            )
+            self._debug(msg)
+            self._conn = HTTPConnection(self.proxy_host, self.proxy_port)
+
+        self._conn.set_tunnel(self.host, self.port)
+
     def connect(self):
         """
         Establishes a connection to the REST API server as defined by the host,
@@ -102,19 +146,10 @@ def connect(self):
 
         self._conn = None
 
-        if self.ssl:
-            msg = "Establishing SSL connection to %s:%s\n" % (
-                self.host, self.port
-            )
-            self._debug(msg)
-            self._conn = HTTPSConnection(self.host, self.port)
-
+        if self.use_proxy:
+            self._proxy_connect()
         else:
-            msg = "Establishing unencrypted connection to %s:%s\n" % (
-                self.host, self.port
-            )
-            self._debug(msg)
-            self._conn = HTTPConnection(self.host, self.port)
+            self._connect()
 
     def execute(self, uri, method, args = None):
         """
diff --git a/dynect/__init__.py b/dynect/__init__.py
index e27a057..477ae8b 100644
--- a/dynect/__init__.py
+++ b/dynect/__init__.py
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 version = '0.1'
 version_info = (0, 1)
 
-from DynectDNS import DynectRest
+from .DynectDNS import DynectRest
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 908f83e..a0c3736 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from distutils.core import setup
 
 # sync with __init__.py
-version = '0.3'
+version = '0.5'
 
 setup(
     name="DynectDNS",
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 2',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
         'Topic :: Internet :: Name Service (DNS)',
-        'Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries', 
+        'Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries',
     ],
 )