diff --git a/nagios.pl b/nagios.pl
index 6c8a13f..94578d9 100644
--- a/nagios.pl
+++ b/nagios.pl
@@ -72,8 +72,10 @@
 #
 
 my %opt_fields;
-GetOptions("field=s%" => \%opt_fields);
+my $opt_proxy;
+GetOptions("field=s%" => \%opt_fields, "proxy=s" => \$opt_proxy);
 
+print STDERR $opt_proxy;
 
 #
 # DO THINGS
@@ -100,6 +102,9 @@
 my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new;
 $ua->timeout(15);
 
+# set proxy
+$ua->proxy (['http', 'https'], $opt_proxy) if (defined($opt_proxy));
+
 my $req = POST("https://${opt_domain}/services/hooks/nagios?token=${opt_token}", \%event);
 
 my $s = $req->as_string;