diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index e03ff438d4..53b0fbb580 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -304,7 +304,8 @@ std::string HelpMessage()
         "  -datadir=<dir>         " + _("Specify data directory") + "\n" +
         "  -dbcache=<n>           " + _("Set database cache size in megabytes (default: 25)") + "\n" +
         "  -timeout=<n>           " + _("Specify connection timeout in milliseconds (default: 5000)") + "\n" +
-        "  -proxy=<ip:port>       " + _("Connect through socks proxy") + "\n" +
+        "  -proxy=<ip:port>       " + _("Exclusively connect through socks proxy") + "\n" +
+        "  -proxytoo=<ip:port>    " + _("Also connect through socks proxy") + "\n" +
         "  -socks=<n>             " + _("Select the version of socks proxy to use (4-5, default: 5)") + "\n" +
         "  -tor=<ip:port>         " + _("Use proxy to reach tor hidden services (default: same as -proxy)") + "\n"
         "  -dns                   " + _("Allow DNS lookups for -addnode, -seednode and -connect") + "\n" +
@@ -788,6 +789,23 @@ bool AppInit2(boost::thread_group& threadGroup)
         SetReachable(NET_TOR);
     }
 
+    if (mapArgs.count("-proxytoo")) {
+        fProxyToo = true;
+        CService addrProxy = CService(mapArgs["-proxytoo"], 9050);
+        if (!addrProxy.IsValid())
+            return InitError(strprintf(_("Invalid -proxytoo address: '%s'"), mapArgs["-proxytoo"].c_str()));
+
+        if (!IsLimited(NET_IPV4))
+            SetProxy(NET_IPV4, addrProxy, nSocksVersion);
+        if (nSocksVersion > 4) {
+#ifdef USE_IPV6
+            if (!IsLimited(NET_IPV6))
+                SetProxy(NET_IPV6, addrProxy, nSocksVersion);
+#endif
+            SetNameProxy(addrProxy, nSocksVersion);
+        }
+    }
+
     // see Step 2: parameter interactions for more information about these
     fNoListen = !GetBoolArg("-listen", true);
     fDiscover = GetBoolArg("-discover", true);
diff --git a/src/netbase.cpp b/src/netbase.cpp
index d969516750..e69d8cd21a 100644
--- a/src/netbase.cpp
+++ b/src/netbase.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ using namespace std;
 static proxyType proxyInfo[NET_MAX];
 static proxyType nameproxyInfo;
 static CCriticalSection cs_proxyInfos;
+int fProxyToo = false;
 int nConnectTimeout = 5000;
 bool fNameLookup = false;
 
@@ -475,7 +476,7 @@ bool ConnectSocket(const CService &addrDest, SOCKET& hSocketRet, int nTimeout)
     proxyType proxy;
 
     // no proxy needed
-    if (!GetProxy(addrDest.GetNetwork(), proxy))
+    if (!GetProxy(addrDest.GetNetwork(), proxy) || (fProxyToo && rand() %2 == 0))
         return ConnectSocketDirectly(addrDest, hSocketRet, nTimeout);
 
     SOCKET hSocket = INVALID_SOCKET;
diff --git a/src/netbase.h b/src/netbase.h
index e4ec4ef597..1bc7ef1b42 100644
--- a/src/netbase.h
+++ b/src/netbase.h
@@ -148,4 +148,6 @@ bool LookupNumeric(const char *pszName, CService& addr, int portDefault = 0);
 bool ConnectSocket(const CService &addr, SOCKET& hSocketRet, int nTimeout = nConnectTimeout);
 bool ConnectSocketByName(CService &addr, SOCKET& hSocketRet, const char *pszDest, int portDefault = 0, int nTimeout = nConnectTimeout);
 
+// Settings
+extern int fProxyToo;
 #endif