diff --git a/homeassistant/components/telegram_bot/__init__.py b/homeassistant/components/telegram_bot/__init__.py
index 85a7ec8dc78..b58bdb8916b 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/telegram_bot/__init__.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/telegram_bot/__init__.py
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ ATTR_USER_ID = 'user_id'
 ATTR_USERNAME = 'username'
 
 CONF_ALLOWED_CHAT_IDS = 'allowed_chat_ids'
+CONF_PROXY_URL = 'proxy_url'
+CONF_PROXY_PARAMS = 'proxy_params'
 
 DOMAIN = 'telegram_bot'
 
@@ -85,6 +87,8 @@ PLATFORM_SCHEMA = cv.PLATFORM_SCHEMA.extend({
     vol.Required(CONF_ALLOWED_CHAT_IDS):
         vol.All(cv.ensure_list, [vol.Coerce(int)]),
     vol.Optional(ATTR_PARSER, default=PARSER_MD): cv.string,
+    vol.Optional(CONF_PROXY_URL): cv.string,
+    vol.Optional(CONF_PROXY_PARAMS): dict,
 })
 
 BASE_SERVICE_SCHEMA = vol.Schema({
@@ -240,7 +244,9 @@ def async_setup(hass, config):
         hass,
         p_config.get(CONF_API_KEY),
         p_config.get(CONF_ALLOWED_CHAT_IDS),
-        p_config.get(ATTR_PARSER)
+        p_config.get(ATTR_PARSER),
+        p_config.get(CONF_PROXY_URL),
+        p_config.get(CONF_PROXY_PARAMS)
     )
 
     @asyncio.coroutine
@@ -303,10 +309,12 @@ def async_setup(hass, config):
 class TelegramNotificationService:
     """Implement the notification services for the Telegram Bot domain."""
 
-    def __init__(self, hass, api_key, allowed_chat_ids, parser):
+    def __init__(self, hass, api_key, allowed_chat_ids, parser,
+                 proxy_url=None, proxy_params=None):
         """Initialize the service."""
         from telegram import Bot
         from telegram.parsemode import ParseMode
+        from telegram.utils.request import Request
 
         self.allowed_chat_ids = allowed_chat_ids
         self._default_user = self.allowed_chat_ids[0]
@@ -314,7 +322,11 @@ class TelegramNotificationService:
         self._parsers = {PARSER_HTML: ParseMode.HTML,
                          PARSER_MD: ParseMode.MARKDOWN}
         self._parse_mode = self._parsers.get(parser)
-        self.bot = Bot(token=api_key)
+        request = None
+        if proxy_url is not None:
+            request = Request(proxy_url=proxy_url,
+                              urllib3_proxy_kwargs=proxy_params)
+        self.bot = Bot(token=api_key, request=request)
         self.hass = hass
 
     def _get_msg_ids(self, msg_data, chat_id):