diff --git a/src/authentic2_auth_fc/app_settings.py b/src/authentic2_auth_fc/app_settings.py
index bd16a0e..9ce9a26 100644
--- a/src/authentic2_auth_fc/app_settings.py
+++ b/src/authentic2_auth_fc/app_settings.py
@@ -108,6 +108,10 @@ class AppSettings(object):
     def scopes(self):
         return self._setting('SCOPES', [])
 
+    @property
+    def requests_proxies(self):
+        return self._setting('REQUESTS_PROXIES', {})
+
 
 import sys
 
diff --git a/src/authentic2_auth_fc/utils.py b/src/authentic2_auth_fc/utils.py
index 5182007..2e99dde 100644
--- a/src/authentic2_auth_fc/utils.py
+++ b/src/authentic2_auth_fc/utils.py
@@ -182,4 +182,6 @@ def requests_retry_session(
     adapter = HTTPAdapter(max_retries=retry)
     session.mount('http://', adapter)
     session.mount('https://', adapter)
+    # set proxies
+    session.proxies.update(app_settings.requests_proxies)
     return session
diff --git a/tests/test_auth_fc.py b/tests/test_auth_fc.py
index 77461ef..7a132d6 100644
--- a/tests/test_auth_fc.py
+++ b/tests/test_auth_fc.py
@@ -2,11 +2,14 @@
 import pytest
 import urlparse
 import httmock
+import mock
 import json
 import base64
 from jwcrypto import jwk, jwt
 import datetime
 
+import requests
+
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 from django.utils.timezone import now
@@ -14,6 +17,7 @@ from django.utils.timezone import now
 from authentic2.utils import timestamp_from_datetime
 
 from authentic2_auth_fc import models
+from authentic2_auth_fc.utils import requests_retry_session
 
 
 User = get_user_model()
@@ -214,3 +218,21 @@ def test_login_email_is_unique_and_already_linked(app, fc_settings, caplog):
         assert 'is already used' in str(response)
     assert User.objects.count() == 1
     assert '_auth_user_id' not in app.session
+
+
+def test_requests_proxies_support(app, fc_settings, caplog):
+    session = requests_retry_session()
+    assert session.proxies == {}
+    other_session = requests.Session()
+    other_session.proxies = {'http': 'http://example.net'}
+    session = requests_retry_session(session=other_session)
+    assert session is other_session
+    assert session.proxies == {'http': 'http://example.net'}
+    fc_settings.A2_FC_REQUESTS_PROXIES = {'https': 'http://pubproxy.com/api/proxy'}
+    session = requests_retry_session()
+    assert session.proxies == {'https': 'http://pubproxy.com/api/proxy'}
+
+    with mock.patch('authentic2_auth_fc.utils.requests.Session.send') as mocked_send:
+        mocked_send.return_value = mock.Mock(status_code=200, content='whatever')
+        session.get('https://example.net/')
+        assert mocked_send.call_args[1]['proxies'] == {'https': 'http://pubproxy.com/api/proxy'}