diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/admin_api/config.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/admin_api/config.ex
index e141a13da..acc5a5183 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/admin_api/config.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/admin_api/config.ex
@@ -145,6 +145,33 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.AdminAPI.Config do
     for {k, v} <- entity, into: %{}, do: {do_convert(k), do_convert(v)}
   end
 
+  defp do_convert({:proxy_url, {type, :localhost, port}}) do
+    %{"tuple" => [":proxy_url", %{"tuple" => [do_convert(type), "localhost", port]}]}
+  end
+
+  defp do_convert({:proxy_url, {type, host, port}}) when is_tuple(host) do
+    ip =
+      host
+      |> :inet_parse.ntoa()
+      |> to_string()
+
+    %{
+      "tuple" => [
+        ":proxy_url",
+        %{"tuple" => [do_convert(type), ip, port]}
+      ]
+    }
+  end
+
+  defp do_convert({:proxy_url, {type, host, port}}) do
+    %{
+      "tuple" => [
+        ":proxy_url",
+        %{"tuple" => [do_convert(type), to_string(host), port]}
+      ]
+    }
+  end
+
   defp do_convert({:dispatch, [entity]}), do: %{"tuple" => [":dispatch", [inspect(entity)]]}
   # TODO: will become useless after removing hackney
   defp do_convert({:partial_chain, entity}), do: %{"tuple" => [":partial_chain", inspect(entity)]}
@@ -173,6 +200,10 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.AdminAPI.Config do
 
   defp do_transform(%Regex{} = entity), do: entity
 
+  defp do_transform(%{"tuple" => [":proxy_url", %{"tuple" => [type, host, port]}]}) do
+    {:proxy_url, {do_transform_string(type), parse_host(host), port}}
+  end
+
   defp do_transform(%{"tuple" => [":dispatch", [entity]]}) do
     {dispatch_settings, []} = do_eval(entity)
     {:dispatch, [dispatch_settings]}
@@ -204,6 +235,20 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.AdminAPI.Config do
 
   defp do_transform(entity), do: entity
 
+  defp parse_host("localhost"), do: :localhost
+
+  defp parse_host(host) do
+    charlist = to_charlist(host)
+
+    case :inet.parse_address(charlist) do
+      {:error, :einval} ->
+        charlist
+
+      {:ok, ip} ->
+        ip
+    end
+  end
+
   @delimiters ["/", "|", "\"", "'", {"(", ")"}, {"[", "]"}, {"{", "}"}, {"<", ">"}]
 
   defp find_valid_delimiter([], _string, _),
diff --git a/test/web/admin_api/admin_api_controller_test.exs b/test/web/admin_api/admin_api_controller_test.exs
index 41d2c4212..06b3266c1 100644
--- a/test/web/admin_api/admin_api_controller_test.exs
+++ b/test/web/admin_api/admin_api_controller_test.exs
@@ -1997,6 +1997,8 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.AdminAPI.AdminAPIControllerTest do
     setup %{conn: conn} do
       admin = insert(:user, is_admin: true)
 
+      http = Application.get_env(:pleroma, :http)
+
       on_exit(fn ->
         Application.delete_env(:pleroma, :key1)
         Application.delete_env(:pleroma, :key2)
@@ -2006,6 +2008,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.AdminAPI.AdminAPIControllerTest do
         Application.delete_env(:pleroma, :keyaa2)
         Application.delete_env(:pleroma, Pleroma.Web.Endpoint.NotReal)
         Application.delete_env(:pleroma, Pleroma.Captcha.NotReal)
+        Application.put_env(:pleroma, :http, http)
         Application.put_env(:tesla, :adapter, Tesla.Mock)
         :ok = File.rm("config/test.exported_from_db.secret.exs")
       end)
@@ -2656,17 +2659,102 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.AdminAPI.AdminAPIControllerTest do
           ]
         })
 
-      assert(
-        json_response(conn, 200) == %{
-          "configs" => [
+      assert json_response(conn, 200) == %{
+               "configs" => [
+                 %{
+                   "group" => ":pleroma",
+                   "key" => ":keyaa1",
+                   "value" => [%{"tuple" => [":subkey2", "val2"]}]
+                 }
+               ]
+             }
+    end
+
+    test "proxy tuple localhost", %{conn: conn} do
+      conn =
+        post(conn, "/api/pleroma/admin/config", %{
+          configs: [
             %{
-              "group" => ":pleroma",
-              "key" => ":keyaa1",
-              "value" => [%{"tuple" => [":subkey2", "val2"]}]
+              group: ":pleroma",
+              key: ":http",
+              value: [
+                %{"tuple" => [":proxy_url", %{"tuple" => [":socks5", "localhost", 1234]}]},
+                %{"tuple" => [":send_user_agent", false]}
+              ]
             }
           ]
-        }
-      )
+        })
+
+      assert json_response(conn, 200) == %{
+               "configs" => [
+                 %{
+                   "group" => ":pleroma",
+                   "key" => ":http",
+                   "value" => [
+                     %{"tuple" => [":proxy_url", %{"tuple" => [":socks5", "localhost", 1234]}]},
+                     %{"tuple" => [":send_user_agent", false]}
+                   ]
+                 }
+               ]
+             }
+    end
+
+    test "proxy tuple domain", %{conn: conn} do
+      conn =
+        post(conn, "/api/pleroma/admin/config", %{
+          configs: [
+            %{
+              group: ":pleroma",
+              key: ":http",
+              value: [
+                %{"tuple" => [":proxy_url", %{"tuple" => [":socks5", "domain.com", 1234]}]},
+                %{"tuple" => [":send_user_agent", false]}
+              ]
+            }
+          ]
+        })
+
+      assert json_response(conn, 200) == %{
+               "configs" => [
+                 %{
+                   "group" => ":pleroma",
+                   "key" => ":http",
+                   "value" => [
+                     %{"tuple" => [":proxy_url", %{"tuple" => [":socks5", "domain.com", 1234]}]},
+                     %{"tuple" => [":send_user_agent", false]}
+                   ]
+                 }
+               ]
+             }
+    end
+
+    test "proxy tuple ip", %{conn: conn} do
+      conn =
+        post(conn, "/api/pleroma/admin/config", %{
+          configs: [
+            %{
+              group: ":pleroma",
+              key: ":http",
+              value: [
+                %{"tuple" => [":proxy_url", %{"tuple" => [":socks5", "127.0.0.1", 1234]}]},
+                %{"tuple" => [":send_user_agent", false]}
+              ]
+            }
+          ]
+        })
+
+      assert json_response(conn, 200) == %{
+               "configs" => [
+                 %{
+                   "group" => ":pleroma",
+                   "key" => ":http",
+                   "value" => [
+                     %{"tuple" => [":proxy_url", %{"tuple" => [":socks5", "127.0.0.1", 1234]}]},
+                     %{"tuple" => [":send_user_agent", false]}
+                   ]
+                 }
+               ]
+             }
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/test/web/admin_api/config_test.exs b/test/web/admin_api/config_test.exs
index c37eff092..b8b1b0130 100644
--- a/test/web/admin_api/config_test.exs
+++ b/test/web/admin_api/config_test.exs
@@ -217,6 +217,36 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.AdminAPI.ConfigTest do
       assert Config.from_binary(binary) == {"v1", :v2}
     end
 
+    test "proxy tuple with localhost" do
+      binary =
+        Config.transform(%{
+          "tuple" => [":proxy_url", %{"tuple" => [":socks5", "localhost", 1234]}]
+        })
+
+      assert binary == :erlang.term_to_binary({:proxy_url, {:socks5, :localhost, 1234}})
+      assert Config.from_binary(binary) == {:proxy_url, {:socks5, :localhost, 1234}}
+    end
+
+    test "proxy tuple with domain" do
+      binary =
+        Config.transform(%{
+          "tuple" => [":proxy_url", %{"tuple" => [":socks5", "domain.com", 1234]}]
+        })
+
+      assert binary == :erlang.term_to_binary({:proxy_url, {:socks5, 'domain.com', 1234}})
+      assert Config.from_binary(binary) == {:proxy_url, {:socks5, 'domain.com', 1234}}
+    end
+
+    test "proxy tuple with ip" do
+      binary =
+        Config.transform(%{
+          "tuple" => [":proxy_url", %{"tuple" => [":socks5", "127.0.0.1", 1234]}]
+        })
+
+      assert binary == :erlang.term_to_binary({:proxy_url, {:socks5, {127, 0, 0, 1}, 1234}})
+      assert Config.from_binary(binary) == {:proxy_url, {:socks5, {127, 0, 0, 1}, 1234}}
+    end
+
     test "tuple with n childs" do
       binary =
         Config.transform(%{