diff --git a/src/Config.py b/src/Config.py
index 9dfcda27..60b74f78 100644
--- a/src/Config.py
+++ b/src/Config.py
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ class Config(object):
         self.parser.add_argument('--ip_external', help='Set reported external ip (tested on start if None)', metavar='ip')
         self.parser.add_argument('--trackers', help='Bootstraping torrent trackers', default=trackers, metavar='protocol://address', nargs='*')
         self.parser.add_argument('--trackers_file', help='Load torrent trackers dynamically from a file', default=False, metavar='path')
-        self.parser.add_argument('--trackers_proxy', help='Force use proxy to connect to trackers', default="disable", choices=["disable", "tor"])
+        self.parser.add_argument('--trackers_proxy', help='Force use proxy to connect to trackers (disable, tor, ip:port)', default="disable")
         self.parser.add_argument('--use_openssl', help='Use OpenSSL liblary for speedup',
                                  type='bool', choices=[True, False], default=use_openssl)
         self.parser.add_argument('--disable_db', help='Disable database updating', action='store_true')
diff --git a/src/Connection/Connection.py b/src/Connection/Connection.py
index 5037b766..4071c773 100644
--- a/src/Connection/Connection.py
+++ b/src/Connection/Connection.py
@@ -112,8 +112,14 @@ class Connection(object):
             self.sock = self.server.tor_manager.createSocket(self.ip, self.port)
         elif config.tor == "always" and helper.isPrivateIp(self.ip) and self.ip not in config.ip_local:
             raise Exception("Can't connect to local IPs in Tor: always mode")
-        elif config.trackers_proxy == "tor" and self.cert_pin and "zero://%s#%s:%s" % (self.ip, self.cert_pin, self.port) in config.trackers:
-            self.sock = self.server.tor_manager.createSocket(self.ip, self.port)
+        elif config.trackers_proxy != "disable" and self.cert_pin and "zero://%s#%s:%s" % (self.ip, self.cert_pin, self.port) in config.trackers:
+            if config.trackers_proxy == "tor":
+                self.sock = self.server.tor_manager.createSocket(self.ip, self.port)
+            else:
+                from lib.PySocks import socks
+                self.sock = socks.socksocket()
+                proxy_ip, proxy_port = config.trackers_proxy.split(":")
+                self.sock.set_proxy(socks.PROXY_TYPE_SOCKS5, proxy_ip, int(proxy_port))
         else:
             self.sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
 
diff --git a/src/Site/SiteAnnouncer.py b/src/Site/SiteAnnouncer.py
index 917a9051..090e0afc 100644
--- a/src/Site/SiteAnnouncer.py
+++ b/src/Site/SiteAnnouncer.py
@@ -241,8 +241,13 @@ class SiteAnnouncer(object):
             handler = sockshandler.SocksiPyHandler(socks.SOCKS5, tor_manager.proxy_ip, tor_manager.proxy_port)
             opener = urllib2.build_opener(handler)
             return opener.open(url, timeout=50)
-        else:
+        elif config.trackers_proxy == "disable":
             return urllib2.urlopen(url, timeout=25)
+        else:
+            proxy_ip, proxy_port = config.trackers_proxy.split(":")
+            handler = sockshandler.SocksiPyHandler(socks.SOCKS5, proxy_ip, int(proxy_port))
+            opener = urllib2.build_opener(handler)
+            return opener.open(url, timeout=50)
 
     def announceTrackerHttp(self, tracker_address, mode="start", num_want=10):
         if "ip4" in self.getOpenedServiceTypes():