diff --git a/src/twc-config.c b/src/twc-config.c
index ddc3507..a620180 100644
--- a/src/twc-config.c
+++ b/src/twc-config.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ char *twc_profile_option_names[TWC_PROFILE_NUM_OPTIONS] =
     "max_friend_requests",
     "proxy_address",
     "proxy_port",
-    "proxy",
+    "proxy_type",
     "udp",
     "ipv6",
 };
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ char *twc_profile_option_defaults[TWC_PROFILE_NUM_OPTIONS] =
     "100",
     NULL,
     NULL,
-    "off",
+    "none",
     "on",
     "on",
 };
@@ -231,16 +231,17 @@ twc_config_init_option(struct t_config_section *section,
             type = "string";
             description = "proxy address";
             break;
-        case TWC_PROFILE_OPTION_PROXY_ENABLED:
-            type = "boolean";
-            description = "use a proxy for communicating with the Tox "
-                          "network; requries profile reload to take effect";
-            break;
         case TWC_PROFILE_OPTION_PROXY_PORT:
             type = "integer";
             description = "proxy port";
             min = 0; max = UINT16_MAX;
             break;
+        case TWC_PROFILE_OPTION_PROXY_TYPE:
+            type = "integer";
+            description = "proxy type; requires profile reload to take effect";
+            string_values = "none|socks5|http";
+            min = 0; max = 0;
+            break;
         case TWC_PROFILE_OPTION_SAVEFILE:
             type = "string";
             description = "path to Tox data file (\"%h\" will be replaced by "
diff --git a/src/twc-config.h b/src/twc-config.h
index 79fd8e2..6ff17c3 100644
--- a/src/twc-config.h
+++ b/src/twc-config.h
@@ -25,6 +25,13 @@ struct t_twc_profile;
 extern struct t_config_option *twc_config_friend_request_message;
 extern struct t_config_option *twc_config_short_id_size;
 
+enum t_twc_proxy
+{
+    TWC_PROXY_NONE = 0,
+    TWC_PROXY_SOCKS5,
+    TWC_PROXY_HTTP
+};
+
 void
 twc_config_init();
 
diff --git a/src/twc-profile.c b/src/twc-profile.c
index 2110384..831eda6 100644
--- a/src/twc-profile.c
+++ b/src/twc-profile.c
@@ -218,8 +218,22 @@ twc_profile_load(struct t_twc_profile *profile)
 
     // create Tox options object
     Tox_Options options;
-    options.proxy_enabled =
-        TWC_PROFILE_OPTION_BOOLEAN(profile, TWC_PROFILE_OPTION_PROXY_ENABLED);
+
+    char *proxy_type;
+    switch (TWC_PROFILE_OPTION_INTEGER(profile, TWC_PROFILE_OPTION_PROXY_TYPE))
+    {
+        case TWC_PROXY_NONE:
+            options.proxy_type = TOX_PROXY_NONE;
+            break;
+        case TWC_PROXY_SOCKS5:
+            options.proxy_type = TOX_PROXY_SOCKS5;
+            proxy_type = "SOCKS5";
+            break;
+        case TWC_PROXY_HTTP:
+            options.proxy_type = TOX_PROXY_HTTP;
+            proxy_type = "HTTP";
+            break;
+    }
 
     const char *proxy_address =
         TWC_PROFILE_OPTION_STRING(profile, TWC_PROFILE_OPTION_PROXY_ADDRESS);
@@ -233,7 +247,7 @@ twc_profile_load(struct t_twc_profile *profile)
     options.ipv6enabled =
         TWC_PROFILE_OPTION_BOOLEAN(profile, TWC_PROFILE_OPTION_IPV6);
 
-    if (options.proxy_enabled)
+    if (options.proxy_type != TOX_PROXY_NONE)
     {
         if (!options.proxy_address || !options.proxy_port)
         {
@@ -246,8 +260,9 @@ twc_profile_load(struct t_twc_profile *profile)
         else
         {
             weechat_printf(profile->buffer,
-                           "%susing proxy %s:%d",
+                           "%susing %s proxy %s:%d",
                            weechat_prefix("network"),
+                           proxy_type,
                            options.proxy_address, options.proxy_port);
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/twc-profile.h b/src/twc-profile.h
index 4c3ff4a..258cab9 100644
--- a/src/twc-profile.h
+++ b/src/twc-profile.h
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ enum t_twc_profile_option
     TWC_PROFILE_OPTION_MAX_FRIEND_REQUESTS,
     TWC_PROFILE_OPTION_PROXY_ADDRESS,
     TWC_PROFILE_OPTION_PROXY_PORT,
-    TWC_PROFILE_OPTION_PROXY_ENABLED,
+    TWC_PROFILE_OPTION_PROXY_TYPE,
     TWC_PROFILE_OPTION_UDP,
     TWC_PROFILE_OPTION_IPV6,