diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 57bf78d..bf90a9e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
 # YouTube Transcript/Subtitle API (including automatically generated subtitles)
 
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-
 This is an python API which allows you to get the transcripts/subtitles for a given YouTube video. It also works for automatically generated subtitles and it does not require a headless browser, like other selenium based solutions do!
 
 ## Install
@@ -90,6 +84,25 @@ If you would prefer to write it into a file or pipe it into another application,
 youtube_transcript_api <first_video_id> <second_video_id> ... --languages de en --json > transcripts.json
 ```
 
+### Proxy
+
+You can pass a proxy to use during the network requests
+
+Code:
+```python
+from youtube_transcript_api import YouTubeTranscriptApi
+
+YouTubeTranscriptApi.get_transcript(video_id, proxy={"http": "http://user:pass@domain:port", "https": "https://user:pass@domain:port"})
+
+```
+
+CLI:
+```
+youtube_transcript_api <first_video_id> <second_video_id> --http-proxy http://user:pass@domain:port --https-proxy https://user:pass@domain:port
+```
+
+Find out more about using proxies and the type of proxies you can use here: http://docs.python-requests.org/en/master/user/advanced/#proxies
+
 ## Warning
 
-This code uses an undocumented part of the YouTube API, which is called by the YouTube web-client. So there is no guarantee that it won't stop working tomorrow, if they change how things work. I will however do my best to make things working again as soon as possible if that happens. So if it stops working, let me know!
+This code uses an undocumented part of the YouTube API, which is called by the YouTube web-client. So there is no guarantee that it won't stop working tomorrow, if they change how things work. I will however do my best to make things working again as soon as possible if that happens. So if it stops working, let me know!
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diff --git a/youtube_transcript_api/_api.py b/youtube_transcript_api/_api.py
index 35a5abe..46a2154 100644
--- a/youtube_transcript_api/_api.py
+++ b/youtube_transcript_api/_api.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class YouTubeTranscriptApi():
             self.video_id = video_id
 
     @classmethod
-    def get_transcripts(cls, video_ids, languages=None, continue_after_error=False):
+    def get_transcripts(cls, video_ids, languages=None, continue_after_error=False, proxies=None):
         """
         Retrieves the transcripts for a list of videos.
 
@@ -55,13 +55,15 @@ class YouTubeTranscriptApi():
         :return: a tuple containing a dictionary mapping video ids onto their corresponding transcripts, and a list of
         video ids, which could not be retrieved
         :rtype: ({str: [{'text': str, 'start': float, 'end': float}]}, [str]}
+        :param proxies: a dictionary mapping of http and https proxies to be used for the network requests
+        :rtype {'http': str, 'https': str} - http://docs.python-requests.org/en/master/user/advanced/#proxies
         """
         data = {}
         unretrievable_videos = []
 
         for video_id in video_ids:
             try:
-                data[video_id] = cls.get_transcript(video_id, languages)
+                data[video_id] = cls.get_transcript(video_id, languages, proxies)
             except Exception as exception:
                 if not continue_after_error:
                     raise exception
@@ -71,7 +73,7 @@ class YouTubeTranscriptApi():
         return data, unretrievable_videos
 
     @classmethod
-    def get_transcript(cls, video_id, languages=None):
+    def get_transcript(cls, video_id, languages=None, proxies=None):
         """
         Retrieves the transcript for a single video.
 
@@ -84,9 +86,11 @@ class YouTubeTranscriptApi():
         :type languages: [str]
         :return: a list of dictionaries containing the 'text', 'start' and 'duration' keys
         :rtype: [{'text': str, 'start': float, 'end': float}]
+        :param proxies: a dictionary mapping of http and https proxies to be used for the network requests
+        :rtype {'http': str, 'https': str} - http://docs.python-requests.org/en/master/user/advanced/#proxies
         """
         try:
-            return _TranscriptParser(_TranscriptFetcher(video_id, languages).fetch()).parse()
+            return _TranscriptParser(_TranscriptFetcher(video_id, languages, proxies).fetch()).parse()
         except Exception:
             logger.error(
                 YouTubeTranscriptApi.CouldNotRetrieveTranscript.ERROR_MESSAGE.format(
@@ -101,12 +105,16 @@ class _TranscriptFetcher():
     API_BASE_URL = 'https://www.youtube.com/api/{api_url}'
     LANGUAGE_REGEX = re.compile(r'(&lang=.*&)|(&lang=.*)')
 
-    def __init__(self, video_id, languages):
+    def __init__(self, video_id, languages, proxies):
         self.video_id = video_id
         self.languages = languages
+        self.proxies = proxies
 
     def fetch(self):
-        fetched_site = requests.get(self.WATCH_URL.format(video_id=self.video_id)).text
+        if self.proxies:
+            fetched_site = requests.get(self.WATCH_URL.format(video_id=self.video_id), proxies=self.proxies).text
+        else:
+            fetched_site = requests.get(self.WATCH_URL.format(video_id=self.video_id)).text
         timedtext_url_start = fetched_site.find('timedtext')
 
         for language in (self.languages if self.languages else [None,]):
@@ -128,7 +136,10 @@ class _TranscriptFetcher():
         )
         if language:
             url = re.sub(self.LANGUAGE_REGEX, '&lang={language}&'.format(language=language), url)
-        return requests.get(url).text
+        if self.proxies:
+            return requests.get(url, proxies=self.proxies).text
+        else:
+            return requests.get(url).text
 
 
 class _TranscriptParser():
diff --git a/youtube_transcript_api/_cli.py b/youtube_transcript_api/_cli.py
index dc80934..d49684b 100644
--- a/youtube_transcript_api/_cli.py
+++ b/youtube_transcript_api/_cli.py
@@ -14,10 +14,13 @@ class YouTubeTranscriptCli():
     def run(self):
         parsed_args = self._parse_args()
 
+        proxies = {"http": parsed_args.http_proxy, "https": parsed_args.https_proxy}
+
         transcripts, _ = YouTubeTranscriptApi.get_transcripts(
             parsed_args.video_ids,
             languages=parsed_args.languages,
-            continue_after_error=True
+            continue_after_error=True,
+            proxies=proxies
         )
 
         if parsed_args.json:
@@ -53,5 +56,15 @@ class YouTubeTranscriptCli():
             default=False,
             help='If this flag is set the output will be JSON formatted.',
         )
+        parser.add_argument(
+            '--http-proxy', dest='http_proxy',
+            default='', metavar='URL',
+            help='Use the specified HTTP proxy.'
+        )
+        parser.add_argument(
+            '--https-proxy', dest='https_proxy',
+            default='', metavar='URL',
+            help='Use the specified HTTPS proxy.'
+        )
 
         return parser.parse_args(self._args)
diff --git a/youtube_transcript_api/test/test_api.py b/youtube_transcript_api/test/test_api.py
index a8105e7..a21a02f 100644
--- a/youtube_transcript_api/test/test_api.py
+++ b/youtube_transcript_api/test/test_api.py
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ class TestYouTubeTranscriptApi(TestCase):
 
         YouTubeTranscriptApi.get_transcripts([video_id_1, video_id_2], languages=languages)
 
-        YouTubeTranscriptApi.get_transcript.assert_any_call(video_id_1, languages)
-        YouTubeTranscriptApi.get_transcript.assert_any_call(video_id_2, languages)
+        YouTubeTranscriptApi.get_transcript.assert_any_call(video_id_1, languages, None)
+        YouTubeTranscriptApi.get_transcript.assert_any_call(video_id_2, languages, None)
         self.assertEqual(YouTubeTranscriptApi.get_transcript.call_count, 2)
 
     def test_get_transcripts__stop_on_error(self):
@@ -99,5 +99,19 @@ class TestYouTubeTranscriptApi(TestCase):
 
         YouTubeTranscriptApi.get_transcripts(['video_id_1', 'video_id_2'], continue_after_error=True)
 
-        YouTubeTranscriptApi.get_transcript.assert_any_call(video_id_1, None)
-        YouTubeTranscriptApi.get_transcript.assert_any_call(video_id_2, None)
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+        YouTubeTranscriptApi.get_transcript.assert_any_call(video_id_1, None, None)
+        YouTubeTranscriptApi.get_transcript.assert_any_call(video_id_2, None, None)
+
+    def test_get_transcript__with_proxies(self):
+        transcript = YouTubeTranscriptApi.get_transcript(
+            'GJLlxj_dtq8', proxies={'http': '', 'https:': ''}
+        )
+
+        self.assertEqual(
+            transcript,
+            [
+                {'text': 'Hey, this is just a test', 'start': 0.0, 'duration': 1.54},
+                {'text': 'this is not the original transcript', 'start': 1.54, 'duration': 4.16},
+                {'text': 'just something shorter, I made up for testing', 'start': 5.7, 'duration': 3.239}
+            ]
+        )
diff --git a/youtube_transcript_api/test/test_cli.py b/youtube_transcript_api/test/test_cli.py
index 8a63c23..f525e66 100644
--- a/youtube_transcript_api/test/test_cli.py
+++ b/youtube_transcript_api/test/test_cli.py
@@ -23,6 +23,31 @@ class TestYouTubeTranscriptCli(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(parsed_args.json, True)
         self.assertEqual(parsed_args.languages, ['de', 'en'])
 
+        parsed_args = YouTubeTranscriptCli(
+            'v1 v2 --languages de en --json --http-proxy http://user:pass@domain:port --https-proxy https://user:pass@domain:port'.split()
+        )._parse_args()
+        self.assertEqual(parsed_args.video_ids, ['v1', 'v2'])
+        self.assertEqual(parsed_args.json, True)
+        self.assertEqual(parsed_args.languages, ['de', 'en'])
+        self.assertEqual(parsed_args.http_proxy, 'http://user:pass@domain:port')
+        self.assertEqual(parsed_args.https_proxy, 'https://user:pass@domain:port')
+
+        parsed_args = YouTubeTranscriptCli(
+            'v1 v2 --languages de en --json --http-proxy http://user:pass@domain:port'.split()
+        )._parse_args()
+        self.assertEqual(parsed_args.video_ids, ['v1', 'v2'])
+        self.assertEqual(parsed_args.json, True)
+        self.assertEqual(parsed_args.languages, ['de', 'en'])
+        self.assertEqual(parsed_args.http_proxy, 'http://user:pass@domain:port')
+
+        parsed_args = YouTubeTranscriptCli(
+            'v1 v2 --languages de en --json --https-proxy https://user:pass@domain:port'.split()
+        )._parse_args()
+        self.assertEqual(parsed_args.video_ids, ['v1', 'v2'])
+        self.assertEqual(parsed_args.json, True)
+        self.assertEqual(parsed_args.languages, ['de', 'en'])
+        self.assertEqual(parsed_args.https_proxy, 'https://user:pass@domain:port')
+
     def test_argument_parsing__only_video_ids(self):
         parsed_args = YouTubeTranscriptCli('v1 v2'.split())._parse_args()
         self.assertEqual(parsed_args.video_ids, ['v1', 'v2'])
@@ -50,6 +75,17 @@ class TestYouTubeTranscriptCli(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(parsed_args.json, False)
         self.assertEqual(parsed_args.languages, ['de', 'en'])
 
+    def test_argument_parsing__proxies(self):
+        parsed_args = YouTubeTranscriptCli(
+            'v1 v2 --http-proxy http://user:pass@domain:port'.split()
+        )._parse_args()
+        self.assertEqual(parsed_args.http_proxy, 'http://user:pass@domain:port')
+
+        parsed_args = YouTubeTranscriptCli(
+            'v1 v2 --https-proxy https://user:pass@domain:port'.split()
+        )._parse_args()
+        self.assertEqual(parsed_args.https_proxy, 'https://user:pass@domain:port')
+
     def test_run(self):
         YouTubeTranscriptApi.get_transcripts = MagicMock(return_value=([], []))
         YouTubeTranscriptCli('v1 v2 --languages de en'.split()).run()
@@ -57,7 +93,8 @@ class TestYouTubeTranscriptCli(TestCase):
         YouTubeTranscriptApi.get_transcripts.assert_called_once_with(
             ['v1', 'v2'],
             languages=['de', 'en'],
-            continue_after_error=True
+            continue_after_error=True,
+            proxies={"http": "", "https": ""}
         )
 
     def test_run__json_output(self):