diff --git a/connect_class.php b/connect_class.php
index 996549a..56dce4c 100644
--- a/connect_class.php
+++ b/connect_class.php
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ class connect_class {
      * @param array $add_header an array of headers to add to the request
      */
     public function send_request($return_header = 0, $add_header = array(), $stop = false) {
+        global $CFG;
         $ch = curl_init();
 
         if ($stop) {
@@ -108,6 +109,13 @@ class connect_class {
             curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $this->_serverurl . $querystring);
         }
 
+       // Connect through a proxy if Moodle config says we should
+       if(isset($CFG->proxyhost)) {
+           curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROXY, $CFG->proxyhost);
+           if(isset($CFG->proxyport)) {
+               curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROXYPORT, $CFG->proxyport);
+           }
+       }
 
         curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
         curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $this->_xmlrequest);