diff --git a/README b/README
index fc4fd0de..402a1a21 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ ryandewhurst at gmail
 
 --proxy  Supply a proxy in the format host:port or protocol://host:port (will override the one from conf/browser.conf.json). HTTP, SOCKS4 SOCKS4A and SOCKS5 are supported. If no protocol is given (format host:port), HTTP will be used
 
+--proxy-auth Supply the proxy login credentials in the format username:password (will override the one from conf/browser.conf.json).
+
 --wordlist | -w <wordlist>  Supply a wordlist for the password bruter and do the brute.
 
 --threads  | -t <number of threads>  The number of threads to use when multi-threading requests. (will override the value from conf/browser.conf.json)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e097eb6b..b6e9023e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ Prerequisites:
     --proxy  Supply a proxy in the format host:port or protocol://host:port (will override the one from conf/browser.conf.json).
              HTTP, SOCKS4 SOCKS4A and SOCKS5 are supported. If no protocol is given (format host:port), HTTP will be used
 
+    --proxy-auth Supply the proxy login credentials in the format username:password (will override the one from conf/browser.conf.json).
+
     --wordlist | -w <wordlist>  Supply a wordlist for the password bruter and do the brute.
 
     --threads  | -t <number of threads>  The number of threads to use when multi-threading requests. (will override the value from conf/browser.conf.json)
diff --git a/lib/wpscan/wpscan_helper.rb b/lib/wpscan/wpscan_helper.rb
index 42bf6513..5df68a6d 100644
--- a/lib/wpscan/wpscan_helper.rb
+++ b/lib/wpscan/wpscan_helper.rb
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ def help()
   puts "Help :"
   puts
   puts "Some values are settable in conf/browser.conf.json :"
-  puts "  user-agent, proxy, threads, cache timeout and request timeout"
+  puts "  user-agent, proxy, proxy-auth, threads, cache timeout and request timeout"
   puts
   puts "--update   Update to the latest revision"
   puts "--url   | -u <target url>  The WordPress URL/domain to scan."
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ def help()
   puts "--wp-plugins-dir <wp plugins dir>  Same thing than --wp-content-dir but for the plugins directory. If not supplied, WPScan will use wp-content-dir/plugins. Subdirectories are allowed"
   puts "--proxy  Supply a proxy in the format host:port or protocol://host:port (will override the one from conf/browser.conf.json)."
   puts "         HTTP, SOCKS4 SOCKS4A and SOCKS5 are supported. If no protocol is given (format host:port), HTTP will be used"
+  puts "--proxy-auth Supply the proxy login credentials in the format username:password (will override the one from conf/browser.conf.json)."
   puts "--wordlist | -w <wordlist>  Supply a wordlist for the password bruter and do the brute."
   puts "--threads  | -t <number of threads>  The number of threads to use when multi-threading requests. (will override the value from conf/browser.conf.json)"
   puts "--username | -U <username>  Only brute force the supplied username."