diff --git a/mopidy/backends/spotify/session_manager.py b/mopidy/backends/spotify/session_manager.py
index dff29fad..130164fb 100644
--- a/mopidy/backends/spotify/session_manager.py
+++ b/mopidy/backends/spotify/session_manager.py
@@ -36,9 +36,11 @@ class SpotifySessionManager(process.BaseThread, PyspotifySessionManager):
         full_proxy = ''
         if config['proxy']['hostname']:
             full_proxy = config['proxy']['hostname']
-            # Add proxy port only if available
+            # Add proxy port and scheme only if available
             if config['proxy']['port']:
-                full_proxy = full_proxy + ':' + str(config['proxy']['port'])
+                full_proxy += ':' + str(config['proxy']['port'])
+            if config['proxy']['scheme']:
+                full_proxy = config['proxy']['scheme'] + "://" + full_proxy
 
         PyspotifySessionManager.__init__(
             self, config['spotify']['username'], config['spotify']['password'],
diff --git a/mopidy/config/__init__.py b/mopidy/config/__init__.py
index 35a1d8e0..582a1a03 100644
--- a/mopidy/config/__init__.py
+++ b/mopidy/config/__init__.py
@@ -26,10 +26,12 @@ _audio_schema['mixer_track'] = String(optional=True)
 _audio_schema['output'] = String()
 
 _proxy_schema = ConfigSchema('proxy')
+_proxy_schema['scheme'] = String(optional=True,
+                                 choices=['', 'https', 'socks4', 'socks5'])
 _proxy_schema['hostname'] = Hostname(optional=True)
+_proxy_schema['port'] = Port()
 _proxy_schema['username'] = String(optional=True)
 _proxy_schema['password'] = Secret(optional=True)
-_proxy_schema['port'] = Port()
 
 # NOTE: if multiple outputs ever comes something like LogLevelConfigSchema
 #_outputs_schema = config.AudioOutputConfigSchema()
diff --git a/mopidy/config/default.conf b/mopidy/config/default.conf
index 4a259c49..8d2101fb 100644
--- a/mopidy/config/default.conf
+++ b/mopidy/config/default.conf
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ mixer_track =
 output = autoaudiosink
 
 [proxy]
+scheme =
 hostname =
+port =
 username =
 password =
-port =
diff --git a/mopidy/config/types.py b/mopidy/config/types.py
index 8309a591..ba8b8f2a 100644
--- a/mopidy/config/types.py
+++ b/mopidy/config/types.py
@@ -245,7 +245,6 @@ class Port(Integer):
         return value
 
 
-
 class Path(ConfigValue):
     """File system path