diff --git a/backend/getIP.php b/backend/getIP.php
index 7d7c40053..141c08e72 100644
--- a/backend/getIP.php
+++ b/backend/getIP.php
@@ -79,11 +79,15 @@ function getIpInfoTokenString(){
 	if(empty($IPINFO_APIKEY)) return "";
 	return "?token=".$IPINFO_APIKEY;
 }
+$httpproxyFile="getIP_ipInfo_httpproxy.php";
+if (!file_exists($httpproxyFile)) return "";
+require $httpproxyFile;
+if (empty($IPINFO_PROXYADDRESS)) $IPINFO_HTTPPROXY = $NULL;
 if (isset($_GET["isp"])) {
     $isp = "";
 	$rawIspInfo=null;
     try {
-        $json = file_get_contents("https://ipinfo.io/" . $ip . "/json".getIpInfoTokenString());
+        $json = file_get_contents("https://ipinfo.io/" . $ip . "/json".getIpInfoTokenString(), False, $IPINFO_HTTPPROXY);
         $details = json_decode($json, true);
 		$rawIspInfo=$details;
         if (array_key_exists("org", $details)){
@@ -107,7 +111,7 @@ function getIpInfoTokenString(){
 				if(file_exists($locFile)){
 					require $locFile;
 				}else{
-					$json = file_get_contents("https://ipinfo.io/json".getIpInfoTokenString());
+					$json = file_get_contents("https://ipinfo.io/json".getIpInfoTokenString(), False, $IPINFO_HTTPPROXY);
 					$details = json_decode($json, true);
 					if (array_key_exists("loc", $details)){
 						$serverLoc = $details["loc"];
diff --git a/backend/getIP_ipinfo_httpproxy.php b/backend/getIP_ipinfo_httpproxy.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8c9265e67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/getIP_ipinfo_httpproxy.php
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?php
+$IPINFO_PROXYADDRESS=""; // leave proxy address blank for direct
+$IPINFO_PROXYPORT="800";
+
+$streamContext = array(
+    "ssl"=>array(
+        "verify_peer"=>false,
+        "verify_peer_name"=>false,
+    ),
+    'http' => array(
+        'proxy'           => 'tcp://'.$IPINFO_PROXYADDRESS.':'.$IPINFO_PROXYPORT,
+        'request_fulluri' => true,
+    ),
+);
+$IPINFO_HTTPPROXY= stream_context_create($streamContext);
+?>