diff --git a/lib/Local.js b/lib/Local.js
index 1f00ac4..d976320 100644
--- a/lib/Local.js
+++ b/lib/Local.js
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ function Local(){
           callback(new LocalError('No output received'));
 
         if(data['state'] != 'connected'){
-          callback(new LocalError(data['message']));
+          callback(new LocalError(data['message']['message']));
         } else {
           that.pid = data['pid'];
           callback();
@@ -199,7 +199,12 @@ function Local(){
   this.getBinaryPath = function(callback){
     if(typeof(this.binaryPath) == 'undefined'){
       this.binary = new LocalBinary();
-      this.binary.binaryPath(callback);
+      var conf = {};
+      if(this.proxyHost && this.proxyPort){
+        conf.proxyHost = this.proxyHost;
+        conf.proxyPort = this.proxyPort;
+      }
+      this.binary.binaryPath(conf, callback);
     } else {
       callback(this.binaryPath);
     }
diff --git a/lib/LocalBinary.js b/lib/LocalBinary.js
index c81260c..aa6a503 100644
--- a/lib/LocalBinary.js
+++ b/lib/LocalBinary.js
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 var https = require('https'),
+  url = require('url'),
   fs = require('fs'),
   path = require('path'),
   os = require('os'),
+  HttpsProxyAgent = require('https-proxy-agent'),
   LocalError = require('./LocalError');
 
 function LocalBinary(){
@@ -20,7 +22,7 @@ function LocalBinary(){
       this.httpPath = 'https://s3.amazonaws.com/browserStack/browserstack-local/BrowserStackLocal-linux-ia32';
   }
 
-  this.download = function(destParentDir, callback){
+  this.download = function(conf, destParentDir, callback){
     if(!this.checkPath(destParentDir))
       fs.mkdirSync(destParentDir);
 
@@ -28,7 +30,15 @@ function LocalBinary(){
     var binaryPath = path.join(destParentDir, destBinaryName);
     var file = fs.createWriteStream(binaryPath);
 
-    https.get(this.httpPath, function (response) {
+    var options = url.parse(this.httpPath);
+    if(conf.proxyHost && conf.proxyPort){
+      options.agent = new HttpsProxyAgent({
+        host: conf.proxyHost,
+        port: conf.proxyPort
+      });
+    }
+
+    https.get(options, function (response) {
       response.on('end', function () {
         fs.chmod(binaryPath, '0755', function() {
           callback(binaryPath);
@@ -38,14 +48,14 @@ function LocalBinary(){
     });
   };
 
-  this.binaryPath = function(callback){
+  this.binaryPath = function(conf, callback){
     var destParentDir = this.getAvailableDirs();
     var destBinaryName = (this.windows) ? 'BrowserStackLocal.exe' : 'BrowserStackLocal';
     var binaryPath = path.join(destParentDir, destBinaryName);
     if(this.checkPath(binaryPath, fs.X_OK)){
       callback(binaryPath);
     } else {
-      this.download(destParentDir, callback);
+      this.download(conf, destParentDir, callback);
     }
   };
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 50d0d6e..fa3e062 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -17,13 +17,16 @@
   "author": "BrowserStack",
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
+    "https-proxy-agent": "^1.0.0",
     "is-running": "^2.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "eslint": "1.10.3",
     "expect.js": "0.3.1",
     "mocha": "2.4.5",
-    "mocks": "0.0.15"
+    "mocks": "0.0.15",
+    "proxy": "^0.2.4",
+    "rimraf": "^2.5.4"
   },
   "bugs": "https://github.com/browserstack/browserstack-local-nodejs/issues",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/browserstack/browserstack-local-nodejs",
diff --git a/test/local.js b/test/local.js
index f73a260..5fd442d 100644
--- a/test/local.js
+++ b/test/local.js
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ var expect = require('expect.js'),
     mocks = require('mocks'),
     path = require('path'),
     fs = require('fs'),
-    browserstack = require('../index');
+    rimraf = require('rimraf'),
+    Proxy = require('proxy'),
+    browserstack = require('../index'),
+    LocalBinary = require('../lib/LocalBinary');
 
 describe('Local', function () {
   var bsLocal;
@@ -152,3 +155,55 @@ describe('Local', function () {
   });
 
 });
+
+describe('LocalBinary', function () {
+  var proxy;
+  var proxyPort;
+  var binary;
+  var tempDownloadPath;
+
+  before(function (done) {
+    // setup HTTP proxy server
+    proxy = new Proxy();
+    proxy.listen(function () {
+      proxyPort = proxy.address().port;
+      done();
+    });
+  });
+
+  after(function (done) {
+    proxy.once('close', function () { done(); });
+    proxy.close();
+  });
+
+  beforeEach(function () {
+    binary = new LocalBinary();
+    tempDownloadPath = path.join(process.cwd(), 'download');
+  });
+
+  afterEach(function () {
+    rimraf.sync(tempDownloadPath);
+  });
+
+  it('should download binaries without proxy', function (done) {
+    this.timeout(600000);
+    var conf = {};
+    binary.download(conf, tempDownloadPath, function (result) {
+      expect(fs.existsSync(result)).to.equal(true);
+      done();
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('should download binaries with proxy', function (done) {
+    this.timeout(600000);
+    var conf = {
+      proxyHost: '127.0.0.1',
+      proxyPort: proxyPort
+    };
+    binary.download(conf, tempDownloadPath, function (result) {
+      // test for file existence
+      expect(fs.existsSync(result)).to.equal(true);
+      done();
+    });
+  });
+});