diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3ae4c700..9cfec66d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 - support Intellij Request Body separator
 - support Intellij TextResponseStreaming (onEachLIne, onEachMessage)
+- add `proxyExcludeList` config (AnWeber/vscode-httpyac#176)
 
 #### Fixes
 
diff --git a/src/models/environmentConfig.ts b/src/models/environmentConfig.ts
index a3d6fc4f..f3c83573 100644
--- a/src/models/environmentConfig.ts
+++ b/src/models/environmentConfig.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ export interface EnvironmentConfig {
 
   request?: ConfigRequest;
   proxy?: string;
+  proxyExcludeList?: Array<string>;
   /** count auf characters before pretty print is ommited (default: 1000000)*/
   requestPrettyPrintBodyMaxSize?: number;
   requestBodyInjectVariablesExtensions?: Array<string>;
diff --git a/src/plugins/core/index.ts b/src/plugins/core/index.ts
index 56c5d6bf..8b545753 100644
--- a/src/plugins/core/index.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/core/index.ts
@@ -28,4 +28,5 @@ function initOnRequestHook(api: models.HttpyacHooksApi) {
   api.hooks.onRequest.addHook('encodeRequestBody', request.encodeRequestBody);
 
   api.hooks.onRequest.addInterceptor(request.isTrustedInterceptor);
+  api.hooks.onRequest.addInterceptor(request.excludeProxyInterceptor);
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/core/request/excludeProxyInterceptor.ts b/src/plugins/core/request/excludeProxyInterceptor.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7a88b6dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/core/request/excludeProxyInterceptor.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import * as models from '../../../models';
+import { HookTriggerContext } from 'hookpoint';
+
+export const excludeProxyInterceptor = {
+  id: 'excludeProxy',
+  afterLoop: async function excludeProxy(
+    hookContext: HookTriggerContext<[models.Request, models.ProcessorContext], void>
+  ): Promise<boolean> {
+    const [request, context] = hookContext.args;
+    if (!request.proxy) {
+      request.proxy = context.config?.proxy;
+    }
+
+    if (request.proxy) {
+      if (context.httpRegion.metaData.noProxy) {
+        delete request.proxy;
+      } else if (context.config?.proxyExcludeList) {
+        if (context.config.proxyExcludeList.some(proxyExclude => request.url.startsWith(proxyExclude))) {
+          delete request.proxy;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return true;
+  },
+};
diff --git a/src/plugins/core/request/index.ts b/src/plugins/core/request/index.ts
index 38d67be9..c15916a6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/core/request/index.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/core/request/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 export * from './attachDefaultHeaders';
 export * from './encodeRequestBody';
+export * from './excludeProxyInterceptor';
 export * from './isTrustedInterceptor';
 export * from './requestVariableReplacer';
 export * from './setEnvRequestOptions';
diff --git a/src/plugins/core/request/isTrustedInterceptor.ts b/src/plugins/core/request/isTrustedInterceptor.ts
index 8de215fc..4f4ad2c0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/core/request/isTrustedInterceptor.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/core/request/isTrustedInterceptor.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { HookTriggerContext } from 'hookpoint';
 
 export const isTrustedInterceptor = {
   id: 'isTrusted',
-  afterLoop: async function escapeVariable(
+  afterLoop: async function isTrusted(
     hookContext: HookTriggerContext<[models.Request, models.ProcessorContext], void>
   ): Promise<boolean> {
     if (!io.userInteractionProvider.isTrusted()) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/http/gotUtils.ts b/src/plugins/http/gotUtils.ts
index 220e8e64..80658f83 100644
--- a/src/plugins/http/gotUtils.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/http/gotUtils.ts
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export function getClientOptions(
     options.https = request.options?.https || {};
     options.https.rejectUnauthorized = false;
   }
-  initProxy(options, request.proxy || config?.proxy);
+  initProxy(options, request.proxy);
   ensureStringHeaders(options.headers);
 
   log.debug('request', options);
diff --git a/src/plugins/websocket/websocketRequestClient.ts b/src/plugins/websocket/websocketRequestClient.ts
index 21b9c60e..5d9a2b34 100644
--- a/src/plugins/websocket/websocketRequestClient.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/websocket/websocketRequestClient.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ import * as store from '../../store';
 import * as utils from '../../utils';
 import { isWebsocketRequest, WebsocketRequest } from './websocketRequest';
 import { IncomingMessage } from 'http';
+import { HttpProxyAgent } from 'http-proxy-agent';
+import { HttpsProxyAgent } from 'https-proxy-agent';
+import { SocksProxyAgent } from 'socks-proxy-agent';
 import WebSocket, { ClientOptions } from 'ws';
 
 const WEBSOCKET_CLOSE_NORMAL = 1000;
@@ -175,6 +178,9 @@ export class WebsocketRequestClient extends models.AbstractRequestClient<WebSock
     if (request.noRejectUnauthorized) {
       metaDataOptions.rejectUnauthorized = false;
     }
+    if (request.proxy) {
+      this.initProxy(configOptions, request.proxy);
+    }
     return Object.assign({}, config?.request, request.options, metaDataOptions);
   }
 
@@ -202,4 +208,17 @@ export class WebsocketRequestClient extends models.AbstractRequestClient<WebSock
       store.userSessionStore.removeUserSession(this.getWebsocketId(this.request));
     }
   }
+
+  private initProxy(options: ClientOptions, proxy: string | undefined) {
+    if (proxy) {
+      if (proxy.startsWith('socks://')) {
+        const socksProxy = new SocksProxyAgent(proxy);
+        options.agent = socksProxy;
+      } else if (proxy.startsWith('http://')) {
+        options.agent = new HttpProxyAgent(proxy);
+      } else {
+        options.agent = new HttpsProxyAgent(proxy);
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/utils/parserUtils.ts b/src/utils/parserUtils.ts
index 3bcd2e79..63002f2c 100644
--- a/src/utils/parserUtils.ts
+++ b/src/utils/parserUtils.ts
@@ -360,6 +360,10 @@ export const knownMetaData: Array<{
     name: 'noClientCert',
     description: 'SSL client certificate is not send for this request',
   },
+  {
+    name: 'noProxy',
+    description: 'disable proxy for this request',
+  },
   {
     name: 'noRejectUnauthorized',
     description: 'all invalid SSL certificates will be ignored and no error will be thrown.',