diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4d53d7d..a7a0ac3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Selected link and scroll position stays for non-cached pages (#122)
 - Keybinding to open URL with URL handler instead of configured proxy (#143)
 - `include` theme key to import themes from an external file (#154)
+- Support SOCKS5 proxying by setting `AMFORA_SOCKS5` environment variable (#155)
 
 ### Changed
 - Center text automatically, removing `left_margin` from the config (#233)
diff --git a/client/client.go b/client/client.go
index f4c4e93..59b4474 100644
--- a/client/client.go
+++ b/client/client.go
@@ -6,11 +6,13 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net"
 	"net/url"
+	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/makeworld-the-better-one/go-gemini"
+	gemsocks5 "github.com/makeworld-the-better-one/go-gemini-socks5"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 )
@@ -40,6 +42,10 @@ func Init() error {
 		ReadTimeout:    time.Duration(viper.GetInt("a-general.page_max_time")) * time.Second,
 	}
 
+	if socksHost := os.Getenv("AMFORA_SOCKS5"); socksHost != "" {
+		fetchClient.Proxy = gemsocks5.ProxyFunc(socksHost, nil)
+	}
+
 	// Populate config maps
 
 	certsViper := viper.Sub("auth.certs")
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9c63994..cb6a155 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.9 // indirect
 	github.com/gdamore/tcell/v2 v2.3.3
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.0 // indirect
-	github.com/makeworld-the-better-one/go-gemini v0.12.1
+	github.com/makeworld-the-better-one/go-gemini v0.13.0
+	github.com/makeworld-the-better-one/go-gemini-socks5 v1.0.0
 	github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0
 	github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.3.1 // indirect
 	github.com/mmcdole/gofeed v1.1.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 32656c4..16ac3e0 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -151,12 +151,13 @@ github.com/lucasb-eyer/go-colorful v1.2.0 h1:1nnpGOrhyZZuNyfu1QjKiUICQ74+3FNCN69
 github.com/lucasb-eyer/go-colorful v1.2.0/go.mod h1:R4dSotOR9KMtayYi1e77YzuveK+i7ruzyGqttikkLy0=
 github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.1 h1:ZC2Vc7/ZFkGmsVC9KvOjumD+G5lXy2RtTKyzRKO2BQ4=
 github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.1/go.mod h1:PppfXfuXeibc/6YijjN8zIbojt8czPbwD3XqdrwzmxQ=
-github.com/makeworld-the-better-one/go-gemini v0.12.1 h1:cWHvCHL31Caq3Rm9elCFFoQeyrn92Kv7KummsVxCOFg=
-github.com/makeworld-the-better-one/go-gemini v0.12.1/go.mod h1:F+3x+R1xeYK90jMtBq+U+8Sh64r2dHleDZ/en3YgSmg=
+github.com/makeworld-the-better-one/go-gemini v0.13.0 h1:CwUKLldUlZwWolG1/xKkYVgerCzlxwi0OFOh216GTHk=
+github.com/makeworld-the-better-one/go-gemini v0.13.0/go.mod h1:F+3x+R1xeYK90jMtBq+U+8Sh64r2dHleDZ/en3YgSmg=
+github.com/makeworld-the-better-one/go-gemini-socks5 v1.0.0 h1:D2o1rIfP/KOxcL3m3rzo4cfWNqfcGaMIhnU0keJc1+o=
+github.com/makeworld-the-better-one/go-gemini-socks5 v1.0.0/go.mod h1:mfPK9BfBAAyLKuxPEbZi8mgrGmVlzMKVTGElVspuVR8=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.0.9/go.mod h1:9vuHe8Xs5qXnSaW/c/ABM9alt+Vo+STaOChaDxuIBZU=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.6/go.mod h1:u6P/XSegPjTcexA+o6vUJrdnUu04hMope9wVRipJSqc=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.3/go.mod h1:M+lRXTBqGeGNdLjl/ufCoiOlB5xdOkqRJdNxMWT7Zi4=
-github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.12 h1:wuysRhFDzyxgEmMf5xjvJ2M9dZoWAXNNr5LSBS7uHXY=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.12/go.mod h1:cbi8OIDigv2wuxKPP5vlRcQ1OAZbq2CE4Kysco4FUpU=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.13 h1:qdl+GuBjcsKKDco5BsxPJlId98mSWNKqYA+Co0SC1yA=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.13/go.mod h1:cbi8OIDigv2wuxKPP5vlRcQ1OAZbq2CE4Kysco4FUpU=
@@ -306,8 +307,9 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190603091049-60506f45cf65/go.mod h1:HSz+uSET+XFnRR8LxR
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190620200207-3b0461eec859/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLLGU+0bjPO0LkuOLi4/5GtJWs/s=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20200202094626-16171245cfb2/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLLGU+0bjPO0LkuOLi4/5GtJWs/s=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20200301022130-244492dfa37a/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLLGU+0bjPO0LkuOLi4/5GtJWs/s=
-golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20201216054612-986b41b23924 h1:QsnDpLLOKwHBBDa8nDws4DYNc/ryVW2vCpxCs09d4PY=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20201216054612-986b41b23924/go.mod h1:m0MpNAwzfU5UDzcl9v0D8zg8gWTRqZa9RBIspLL5mdg=
+golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20211216030914-fe4d6282115f h1:hEYJvxw1lSnWIl8X9ofsYMklzaDs90JI2az5YMd4fPM=
+golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20211216030914-fe4d6282115f/go.mod h1:9nx3DQGgdP8bBQD5qxJ1jj9UTztislL4KSBs9R2vV5Y=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20180821212333-d2e6202438be/go.mod h1:N/0e6XlmueqKjAGxoOufVs8QHGRruUQn6yWY3a++T0U=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20190226205417-e64efc72b421/go.mod h1:gOpvHmFTYa4IltrdGE7lF6nIHvwfUNPOp7c8zoXwtLw=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20190604053449-0f29369cfe45/go.mod h1:gOpvHmFTYa4IltrdGE7lF6nIHvwfUNPOp7c8zoXwtLw=
@@ -337,6 +339,7 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200413165638-669c56c373c4/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7w
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20201119102817-f84b799fce68/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210223095934-7937bea0104d/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210309040221-94ec62e08169/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210423082822-04245dca01da/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210525143221-35b2ab0089ea h1:+WiDlPBBaO+h9vPNZi8uJ3k4BkKQB7Iow3aqwHVA5hI=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210525143221-35b2ab0089ea/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201117132131-f5c789dd3221/go.mod h1:Nr5EML6q2oocZ2LXRh80K7BxOlk5/8JxuGnuhpl+muw=