diff --git a/config.example.edn b/config.example.edn
index ec2c855..85962c6 100644
--- a/config.example.edn
+++ b/config.example.edn
@@ -4,7 +4,14 @@
           :private-key "-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----\nMII...\n-----END PRIVATE KEY-----\n"
           :port 443
           :host "ORG_ID-ACCOUNT_ID.snowflakecomputing.com"
-          :scheme "https"}
+          :scheme "https"
+          ;; uncomment the `:proxy` field if you need to use an HTTP proxy
+          ;; to uncomment, simply remove the `_#` prefixes
+          #_:proxy #_{:host "my.proxy.host"
+                  :port 1234
+                  :user "proxy-user"
+                  :password "secret-proxy-pass"}
+          }
  :channels [{:chan-name "my_channel"
              :database "TESTDATABASE"
              :schema "PUBLIC"
diff --git a/src/emqx/adapter.clj b/src/emqx/adapter.clj
index b1821cf..d5e8d00 100644
--- a/src/emqx/adapter.clj
+++ b/src/emqx/adapter.clj
@@ -1,7 +1,34 @@
 (ns emqx.adapter
   (:require
+   [camel-snake-kebab.core :as csk]
    [cats.monad.either :refer [left right]]
-   [cheshire.core :as json]))
+   [cheshire.core :as json])
+  (:import
+   [java.util Properties]
+   [net.snowflake.ingest.utils HttpUtil]))
+
+(defn channel-client-proxy-config->props
+  [{:keys [:host :port :user :password]}]
+  (let [props (Properties.)]
+    (doto props
+      (.setProperty HttpUtil/USE_PROXY "true")
+      (.setProperty HttpUtil/PROXY_HOST host)
+      (.setProperty HttpUtil/PROXY_PORT (str port)))
+    (when user
+      (.setProperty props HttpUtil/HTTP_PROXY_USER user))
+    (when password
+      (.setProperty props HttpUtil/HTTP_PROXY_PASSWORD password))
+    props))
+
+(defn channel-client-config->props
+  [params]
+  (let [keys [:user :url :private-key :port :host :scheme]
+        props (Properties.)
+        _ (doseq [k keys]
+            (.setProperty props (csk/->snake_case_string k) (str (get params k))))
+        proxy-props (when-some [proxy-cfg (:proxy params)]
+                      (channel-client-proxy-config->props proxy-cfg))]
+    [props proxy-props]))
 
 (defn mqtt-client-config
   [{:keys [:host :port :clientid :topic :qos :clean-start :username :password]}]
diff --git a/src/emqx/channel.clj b/src/emqx/channel.clj
index 39162fb..4b28ea3 100644
--- a/src/emqx/channel.clj
+++ b/src/emqx/channel.clj
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 (ns emqx.channel
   (:require
-   [camel-snake-kebab.core :as csk]
+   [emqx.adapter :as adapter]
    [emqx.log :as log])
   (:import
-   [java.util Properties]
    [net.snowflake.ingest.streaming
     SnowflakeStreamingIngestClientFactory
     OpenChannelRequest
@@ -19,10 +18,10 @@
 
 (defn start-client
   [{:keys [:client-name] :as params}]
-  (let [props (Properties.)
-        _ (doseq [[k v] params
-                  :when (not= :client-name k)]
-            (.setProperty props (csk/->snake_case_string k) (str v)))
+  (let [[props proxy-props] (adapter/channel-client-config->props params)
+        _ (when proxy-props
+            (doseq [[k v] proxy-props]
+              (System/setProperty k v)))
         c (.. (SnowflakeStreamingIngestClientFactory/builder client-name)
               (setProperties props)
               (build))]
diff --git a/src/emqx/config.clj b/src/emqx/config.clj
index 670d83c..7c9c376 100644
--- a/src/emqx/config.clj
+++ b/src/emqx/config.clj
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@
    [schema.coerce :as coerce]
    [schema.core :as s]))
 
+(s/defschema ClientProxyConfig
+  {:host s/Str
+   :port s/Num
+   (s/optional-key :user) s/Str
+   (s/optional-key :password) s/Str})
+
 (s/defschema ClientConfig
   {:client-name s/Str
    :user s/Str
@@ -12,7 +18,8 @@
    :private-key s/Str
    :port s/Num
    :host s/Str
-   :scheme s/Str})
+   :scheme s/Str
+   (s/optional-key :proxy) ClientProxyConfig})
 
 (s/defschema MQTTConfig
   {:host s/Str
diff --git a/test/emqx/adapter_test.clj b/test/emqx/adapter_test.clj
index 1c4aa74..6b079f0 100644
--- a/test/emqx/adapter_test.clj
+++ b/test/emqx/adapter_test.clj
@@ -49,3 +49,53 @@
                                                               :password "bar"})
                                  :opts
                                  (select-keys [:username :password]))))))
+
+(deftest channel-client-config->props
+  (let [base-proxy-params {:host "proxy.host.com" :port 1234}
+        base-params {:client-name "client-name"
+                     :user "client-user"
+                     :url "snowflake.url.com"
+                     :private-key "secret-private-key"
+                     :port 443
+                     :host "snowflake.host"
+                     :scheme "https"}]
+    (testing "no proxy config"
+      (let [props (adapter/channel-client-config->props base-params)]
+        (is (= [{"scheme" "https"
+                 "port" "443"
+                 "host" "snowflake.host"
+                 "private_key" "secret-private-key"
+                 "user" "client-user"
+                 "url" "snowflake.url.com"}
+                nil]
+               props))))
+    (testing "proxy config, no username and password"
+      (let [props (adapter/channel-client-config->props (assoc base-params :proxy base-proxy-params))]
+        (is (= [{"scheme" "https"
+                 "port" "443"
+                 "host" "snowflake.host"
+                 "private_key" "secret-private-key"
+                 "user" "client-user"
+                 "url" "snowflake.url.com"}
+                {"http.useProxy" "true"
+                 "http.proxyHost" "proxy.host.com"
+                 "http.proxyPort" "1234"}]
+               props))))
+    (testing "proxy config, with username and password"
+      (let [props (-> base-params
+                      (assoc :proxy base-proxy-params)
+                      (assoc-in [:proxy :user] "proxy-user")
+                      (assoc-in [:proxy :password] "proxy-password")
+                      adapter/channel-client-config->props)]
+        (is (= [{"scheme" "https"
+                 "port" "443"
+                 "host" "snowflake.host"
+                 "private_key" "secret-private-key"
+                 "user" "client-user"
+                 "url" "snowflake.url.com"}
+                {"http.useProxy" "true"
+                 "http.proxyHost" "proxy.host.com"
+                 "http.proxyPort" "1234"
+                 "http.proxyUser" "proxy-user"
+                 "http.proxyPassword" "proxy-password"}]
+               props))))))