diff --git a/binance/websockets.py b/binance/websockets.py
index 42ad33065..2b8ac2460 100644
--- a/binance/websockets.py
+++ b/binance/websockets.py
@@ -97,6 +97,19 @@ def _start_socket(self, path, callback, prefix='ws/'):
         factory.protocol = BinanceClientProtocol
         factory.callback = callback
         factory.reconnect = True
+
+        try:
+          http_proxy = self._client._requests_params['proxies']['http']
+        except KeyError:
+          http_proxy = None
+
+        if http_proxy:
+          http_proxy = http_proxy[http_proxy.find("://") + 3:] # strip leading http:// etc
+          parts = http_proxy.split(":")
+          host = parts[0]
+          port = parts[1] if len(parts) > 1 else 80
+          factory.proxy = {'host' : host, 'port': int(port)}
+
         context_factory = ssl.ClientContextFactory()
 
         self._conns[path] = connectWS(factory, context_factory)