diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/http_proxy_config-cb39b55520e84db5.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/http_proxy_config-cb39b55520e84db5.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..56969de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/http_proxy_config-cb39b55520e84db5.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+features:
+  - Adds a new config options, ``proxy_url``. This options is used to configure
+    running tempest through a proxy server.
+  - The RestClient class in tempest.lib.rest_client has a new kwarg parameters,
+    ``proxy_url``, that is used to set a proxy server.
+  - A new class was added to tempest.lib.http, ClosingProxyHttp. This behaves
+    identically to ClosingHttp except that it requires a proxy url and will
+    establish a connection through a proxy
diff --git a/tempest/config.py b/tempest/config.py
index 024a638..d2765fc 100644
--- a/tempest/config.py
+++ b/tempest/config.py
@@ -194,6 +194,8 @@
                default=60,
                help='Timeout in seconds to wait for the http request to '
                     'return'),
+    cfg.StrOpt('proxy_url',
+               help='Specify an http proxy to use.')
 ]
 
 identity_feature_group = cfg.OptGroup(name='identity-feature-enabled',
@@ -1308,6 +1310,7 @@
         * `ca_certs`
         * `trace_requests`
         * `http_timeout`
+        * `proxy_url`
 
     The dict returned by this does not fit a few service clients:
 
@@ -1330,7 +1333,8 @@
             CONF.identity.disable_ssl_certificate_validation,
         'ca_certs': CONF.identity.ca_certificates_file,
         'trace_requests': CONF.debug.trace_requests,
-        'http_timeout': CONF.service_clients.http_timeout
+        'http_timeout': CONF.service_clients.http_timeout,
+        'proxy_url': CONF.service_clients.proxy_url,
     }
 
     if service_client_name is None:
diff --git a/tempest/lib/auth.py b/tempest/lib/auth.py
index ab4308f..a850fe1 100644
--- a/tempest/lib/auth.py
+++ b/tempest/lib/auth.py
@@ -261,12 +261,13 @@
     def __init__(self, credentials, auth_url,
                  disable_ssl_certificate_validation=None,
                  ca_certs=None, trace_requests=None, scope='project',
-                 http_timeout=None):
+                 http_timeout=None, proxy_url=None):
         super(KeystoneAuthProvider, self).__init__(credentials, scope)
         self.dscv = disable_ssl_certificate_validation
         self.ca_certs = ca_certs
         self.trace_requests = trace_requests
         self.http_timeout = http_timeout
+        self.proxy_url = proxy_url
         self.auth_url = auth_url
         self.auth_client = self._auth_client(auth_url)
 
@@ -345,7 +346,7 @@
         return json_v2id.TokenClient(
             auth_url, disable_ssl_certificate_validation=self.dscv,
             ca_certs=self.ca_certs, trace_requests=self.trace_requests,
-            http_timeout=self.http_timeout)
+            http_timeout=self.http_timeout, proxy_url=self.proxy_url)
 
     def _auth_params(self):
         """Auth parameters to be passed to the token request
@@ -433,7 +434,7 @@
         return json_v3id.V3TokenClient(
             auth_url, disable_ssl_certificate_validation=self.dscv,
             ca_certs=self.ca_certs, trace_requests=self.trace_requests,
-            http_timeout=self.http_timeout)
+            http_timeout=self.http_timeout, proxy_url=self.proxy_url)
 
     def _auth_params(self):
         """Auth parameters to be passed to the token request
diff --git a/tempest/lib/common/http.py b/tempest/lib/common/http.py
index b4b1fc9..738c37f 100644
--- a/tempest/lib/common/http.py
+++ b/tempest/lib/common/http.py
@@ -17,6 +17,47 @@
 import urllib3
 
 
+class ClosingProxyHttp(urllib3.ProxyManager):
+    def __init__(self, proxy_url, disable_ssl_certificate_validation=False,
+                 ca_certs=None, timeout=None):
+        kwargs = {}
+
+        if disable_ssl_certificate_validation:
+            urllib3.disable_warnings()
+            kwargs['cert_reqs'] = 'CERT_NONE'
+        elif ca_certs:
+            kwargs['cert_reqs'] = 'CERT_REQUIRED'
+            kwargs['ca_certs'] = ca_certs
+
+        if timeout:
+            kwargs['timeout'] = timeout
+
+        super(ClosingProxyHttp, self).__init__(proxy_url, **kwargs)
+
+    def request(self, url, method, *args, **kwargs):
+
+        class Response(dict):
+            def __init__(self, info):
+                for key, value in info.getheaders().items():
+                    self[key.lower()] = value
+                self.status = info.status
+                self['status'] = str(self.status)
+                self.reason = info.reason
+                self.version = info.version
+                self['content-location'] = url
+
+        original_headers = kwargs.get('headers', {})
+        new_headers = dict(original_headers, connection='close')
+        new_kwargs = dict(kwargs, headers=new_headers)
+
+        # Follow up to 5 redirections. Don't raise an exception if
+        # it's exceeded but return the HTTP 3XX response instead.
+        retry = urllib3.util.Retry(raise_on_redirect=False, redirect=5)
+        r = super(ClosingProxyHttp, self).request(method, url, retries=retry,
+                                                  *args, **new_kwargs)
+        return Response(r), r.data
+
+
 class ClosingHttp(urllib3.poolmanager.PoolManager):
     def __init__(self, disable_ssl_certificate_validation=False,
                  ca_certs=None, timeout=None):
diff --git a/tempest/lib/common/rest_client.py b/tempest/lib/common/rest_client.py
index f58d737..22276d4 100644
--- a/tempest/lib/common/rest_client.py
+++ b/tempest/lib/common/rest_client.py
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
                               of the request and response payload
     :param str http_timeout: Timeout in seconds to wait for the http request to
                              return
+    :param str proxy_url: http proxy url to use.
     """
 
     # The version of the API this client implements
@@ -80,7 +81,8 @@
                  endpoint_type='publicURL',
                  build_interval=1, build_timeout=60,
                  disable_ssl_certificate_validation=False, ca_certs=None,
-                 trace_requests='', name=None, http_timeout=None):
+                 trace_requests='', name=None, http_timeout=None,
+                 proxy_url=None):
         self.auth_provider = auth_provider
         self.service = service
         self.region = region
@@ -100,9 +102,16 @@
                                        'retry-after', 'server',
                                        'vary', 'www-authenticate'))
         dscv = disable_ssl_certificate_validation
-        self.http_obj = http.ClosingHttp(
-            disable_ssl_certificate_validation=dscv, ca_certs=ca_certs,
-            timeout=http_timeout)
+
+        if proxy_url:
+            self.http_obj = http.ClosingProxyHttp(
+                proxy_url,
+                disable_ssl_certificate_validation=dscv, ca_certs=ca_certs,
+                timeout=http_timeout)
+        else:
+            self.http_obj = http.ClosingHttp(
+                disable_ssl_certificate_validation=dscv, ca_certs=ca_certs,
+                timeout=http_timeout)
 
     def get_headers(self, accept_type=None, send_type=None):
         """Return the default headers which will be used with outgoing requests
diff --git a/tempest/lib/services/clients.py b/tempest/lib/services/clients.py
index 4fa7a7a..c564810 100644
--- a/tempest/lib/services/clients.py
+++ b/tempest/lib/services/clients.py
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@
     @removals.removed_kwarg('client_parameters')
     def __init__(self, credentials, identity_uri, region=None, scope='project',
                  disable_ssl_certificate_validation=True, ca_certs=None,
-                 trace_requests='', client_parameters=None):
+                 trace_requests='', client_parameters=None, proxy_url=None):
         """Service Clients provider
 
         Instantiate a `ServiceClients` object, from a set of credentials and an
@@ -336,6 +336,8 @@
             name, as declared in `service_clients.available_modules()` except
             for the version. Values are dictionaries of parameters that are
             going to be passed to all clients in the service client module.
+        :param proxy_url: Applies to auth and to all service clients, set a
+            proxy url for the clients to use.
         """
         self._registered_services = set([])
         self.credentials = credentials
@@ -360,14 +362,18 @@
         self.dscv = disable_ssl_certificate_validation
         self.ca_certs = ca_certs
         self.trace_requests = trace_requests
+        self.proxy_url = proxy_url
         # Creates an auth provider for the credentials
         self.auth_provider = auth_provider_class(
             self.credentials, self.identity_uri, scope=scope,
             disable_ssl_certificate_validation=self.dscv,
-            ca_certs=self.ca_certs, trace_requests=self.trace_requests)
+            ca_certs=self.ca_certs, trace_requests=self.trace_requests,
+            proxy_url=proxy_url)
+
         # Setup some defaults for client parameters of registered services
         client_parameters = client_parameters or {}
         self.parameters = {}
+
         # Parameters are provided for unversioned services
         all_modules = available_modules() | _tempest_internal_modules()
         unversioned_services = set(
@@ -420,8 +426,8 @@
             clients in tempest.
         :param client_names: List or set of names of service client classes.
         :param kwargs: Extra optional parameters to be passed to all clients.
-            ServiceClient provides defaults for region, dscv, ca_certs and
-            trace_requests.
+            ServiceClient provides defaults for region, dscv, ca_certs, http
+            proxies and trace_requests.
         :raise ServiceClientRegistrationException: if the provided name is
             already in use or if service_version is already registered.
         :raise ImportError: if module_path cannot be imported.
@@ -442,7 +448,8 @@
         params = dict(region=self.region,
                       disable_ssl_certificate_validation=self.dscv,
                       ca_certs=self.ca_certs,
-                      trace_requests=self.trace_requests)
+                      trace_requests=self.trace_requests,
+                      proxy_url=self.proxy_url)
         params.update(kwargs)
         # Instantiate the client factory
         _factory = ClientsFactory(module_path=module_path,