diff --git a/include/tgbot/net/CurlHttpClient.h b/include/tgbot/net/CurlHttpClient.h
index 0089ddbe..393e3436 100644
--- a/include/tgbot/net/CurlHttpClient.h
+++ b/include/tgbot/net/CurlHttpClient.h
@@ -47,8 +47,19 @@ class TGBOT_API CurlHttpClient : public HttpClient {
      */
     std::mutex curlHandlesMutex;
 
+    /**
+     * @brief Proxy URL (NULL = no proxy).
+     */
+    void setProxy(const char* url = NULL, long timeout = 20L) {
+	_proxyUrl = url;
+	_connectTimeout = timeout;
+    }
+
 private:
     const HttpParser _httpParser;
+    const char* _proxyUrl = NULL;
+    long _connectTimeout = 20L;
+
 };
 
 }
diff --git a/samples/echobot-curl-proxy-carousel/CMakeLists.txt b/samples/echobot-curl-proxy-carousel/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bf778c6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/echobot-curl-proxy-carousel/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10.2)
+project(echobot-curl-proxy-carousel)
+
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 14)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wall")
+set(Boost_USE_MULTITHREADED ON)
+
+find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
+find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED)
+find_package(Boost COMPONENTS system REQUIRED)
+find_package(CURL)
+include_directories(/usr/local/include ${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR} ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIR})
+if (CURL_FOUND)
+    include_directories(${CURL_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+    add_definitions(-DHAVE_CURL)
+endif()
+
+add_executable(echobot-curl-proxy-carousel src/main.cpp)
+
+target_link_libraries(echobot-curl-proxy-carousel /usr/local/lib/libTgBot.a ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT} ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES} ${Boost_LIBRARIES} ${CURL_LIBRARIES})
diff --git a/samples/echobot-curl-proxy-carousel/Dockerfile b/samples/echobot-curl-proxy-carousel/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..352c467a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/echobot-curl-proxy-carousel/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+FROM reo7sp/tgbot-cpp
+MAINTAINER Oleg Morozenkov <m@oleg.rocks>
+
+WORKDIR /usr/src/echobot-curl-proxy-carousel
+COPY . .
+RUN cmake .
+RUN make -j4
+CMD ./echobot-curl-proxy-carousel
diff --git a/samples/echobot-curl-proxy-carousel/src/main.cpp b/samples/echobot-curl-proxy-carousel/src/main.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eff10c94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/echobot-curl-proxy-carousel/src/main.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+// Example of using array of proxies wth tgbot-cpp library.
+// Based on original code (c) Oleg Morozenkov [reo7sp] https://github.com/reo7sp
+// https://github.com/reo7sp/tgbot-cpp/blob/master/samples/echobot-curl-client/src/main.cpp
+
+#include <csignal>
+#include <cstdio>
+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <exception>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
+#ifndef HAVE_CURL
+#define HAVE_CURL
+#endif
+
+#include <tgbot/net/CurlHttpClient.h>
+#include <tgbot/tgbot.h>
+
+using namespace std;
+using namespace TgBot;
+
+#define CONNECT_TIMEOUT 10L
+
+int main() {
+  // Filling array of proxies.
+  vector<const char*> proxies;
+  // NULL = no proxy, direct connection to API.
+  proxies.push_back(NULL);  // [0]
+  // All proxy-URLs below are fake. Use yuor own.
+  proxies.push_back("socks5://user:password@10.20.30.40:1080");  // [1]
+  proxies.push_back("http://user:password@192.168.50.70:3128");  // [2]
+  proxies.push_back("http://user:password@192.168.80.90:3128");  // [3]
+  // Choose "staring" index of proxy. In this example [0] - NULL=no proxy.
+  size_t proxy_now = 0;
+
+  string token(getenv("TOKEN"));
+  printf("Token: %s\n", token.c_str());
+
+  CurlHttpClient curlHttpClient;
+  Bot bot(token, curlHttpClient);
+
+  bot.getEvents().onCommand("start", [&bot](Message::Ptr message) {
+    bot.getApi().sendMessage(message->chat->id, "Hi!");
+  });
+  bot.getEvents().onAnyMessage([&bot](Message::Ptr message) {
+    printf("User wrote %s\n", message->text.c_str());
+    if (StringTools::startsWith(message->text, "/start")) return;
+    bot.getApi().sendMessage(message->chat->id,
+                             "Your message is: " + message->text);
+  });
+
+  signal(SIGINT, [](int s) {
+    printf("SIGINT got: %i\n", s);
+    exit(0);
+  });
+
+  while (true) {
+    try {
+      printf("Bot username: %s\n", bot.getApi().getMe()->username.c_str());
+      bot.getApi().deleteWebhook();
+
+      TgLongPoll longPoll(bot);
+      while (true) {
+        printf("Long poll started\n");
+        longPoll.start();
+      }
+    } catch (exception &e) {
+      printf("Proxy[%li]: %s error\n", proxy_now, proxies[proxy_now]);
+      printf("%s\n", e.what());
+      // Assumption:
+      // the reason of exception was - disconnect,
+      // connection timeout or other network problem.
+      // Trying to switch (cycle) to next proxy in array.
+      proxy_now++;
+      if (proxy_now >= proxies.size()) proxy_now = 0;
+      curlHttpClient.setProxy(proxies[proxy_now], CONNECT_TIMEOUT);
+      printf("Switch proxy[%li]: %s\n", proxy_now, proxies[proxy_now]);
+    }
+  }
+  return 0;
+}
+
+// eof
diff --git a/src/net/CurlHttpClient.cpp b/src/net/CurlHttpClient.cpp
index fe6a7387..39f3956b 100644
--- a/src/net/CurlHttpClient.cpp
+++ b/src/net/CurlHttpClient.cpp
@@ -44,8 +44,10 @@ std::string CurlHttpClient::makeRequest(const Url& url, const std::vector<HttpRe
     CURL* curl = getCurlHandle(this);
 
     curl_easy_reset(curl);
-    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 20);
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, _connectTimeout);
     curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, _timeout);
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROXY, _proxyUrl);
+
     std::string u = url.protocol + "://" + url.host + url.path;
     if (args.empty()) {
         u += "?" + url.query;