diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index eac88c8..005d145 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -123,6 +123,8 @@ export AWS_DEFAULT_ACL=public-read
 export AWS_S3_CUSTOM_DOMAIN=cdn.winget.pro
 # To use a non-AWS S3 endpoint such as Linode, you can optionally set:
 export AWS_S3_HOST=us-east-1.linodeobjects.com
+# Optionally configure the proxy for S3 access:
+export AWS_S3_PROXIES="{'http': 'foo.bar:3128', 'http://hostname': 'foo.bar:4012'}"
 
 ######### Optional settings for using a pre-generated SSL certificate ##########
 
diff --git a/core/settings.py b/core/settings.py
index f91e13d..505ebfa 100644
--- a/core/settings.py
+++ b/core/settings.py
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ if DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE == 'storages.backends.s3boto3.S3Boto3Storage':
     AWS_S3_ENDPOINT_URL = 'https://' + AWS_S3_HOST
     AWS_DEFAULT_ACL = os.getenv('AWS_DEFAULT_ACL')
     AWS_S3_CUSTOM_DOMAIN = os.getenv('AWS_S3_CUSTOM_DOMAIN')
+    AWS_S3_PROXIES = os.getenv('AWS_S3_PROXIES')
 
 DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'