diff --git a/src/mirall/csyncthread.cpp b/src/mirall/csyncthread.cpp
index 135396b2b..d3b1cca35 100644
--- a/src/mirall/csyncthread.cpp
+++ b/src/mirall/csyncthread.cpp
@@ -29,10 +29,25 @@ namespace Mirall {
 /* static variables to hold the credentials */
 QString CSyncThread::_user;
 QString CSyncThread::_passwd;
+QString CSyncThread::_proxyType;
+QString CSyncThread::_proxyPwd;
+QString CSyncThread::_proxyPort;
+QString CSyncThread::_proxyHost;
+QString CSyncThread::_proxyUser;
+
 QString CSyncThread::_csyncConfigDir;  // to be able to remove the lock file.
 
 QMutex CSyncThread::_mutex;
 
+
+struct ProxyInfo {
+    char *proxyType;
+    char *proxyHost;
+    char *proxyPort;
+    char *proxyUser;
+    char *proxyPwd;
+};
+
  int CSyncThread::checkPermissions( TREE_WALK_FILE* file, void *data )
  {
      WalkStats *wStats = static_cast<WalkStats*>(data);
@@ -122,7 +137,6 @@ CSyncThread::~CSyncThread()
 void CSyncThread::run()
 {
     CSYNC *csync;
-
     WalkStats *wStats = new WalkStats;
     QTime walkTime;
 
@@ -137,9 +151,16 @@ void CSyncThread::run()
     wStats->seenFiles  = 0;
     wStats->conflicts  = 0;
     wStats->error      = 0;
-    const char *statedb = 0;
+
+    ProxyInfo *proxyInfo  = new ProxyInfo;
 
     _mutex.lock();
+    proxyInfo->proxyType = qstrdup( _proxyType.toAscii().constData() );
+    proxyInfo->proxyHost = qstrdup( _proxyHost.toAscii().constData() );
+    proxyInfo->proxyPort = qstrdup( _proxyPort.toAscii().constData() );
+    proxyInfo->proxyUser = qstrdup( _proxyUser.toAscii().constData() );
+    proxyInfo->proxyPwd  = qstrdup( _proxyPwd.toAscii().constData() );
+
     if( csync_create(&csync,
                      _source.toUtf8().data(),
                      _target.toUtf8().data()) < 0 ) {
@@ -170,6 +191,7 @@ void CSyncThread::run()
     if( _localCheckOnly ) {
         csync_set_local_only( csync, true );
     }
+    csync_set_userdata(csync, (void*) proxyInfo);
     _mutex.unlock();
 
     if( csync_init(csync) < 0 ) {
@@ -223,7 +245,7 @@ void CSyncThread::run()
 
     qDebug() << "############################################################### >>";
     if( csync_update(csync) < 0 ) {
-        emit csyncError(tr("CSync Update failed."));
+        emit csyncError(tr("CSync Update failed wiht errno."));
         goto cleanup;
     }
     qDebug() << "<<###############################################################";
@@ -272,6 +294,15 @@ void CSyncThread::run()
     }
 cleanup:
     csync_destroy(csync);
+
+    if( proxyInfo->proxyType ) free( proxyInfo->proxyType );
+    if( proxyInfo->proxyHost ) free( proxyInfo->proxyHost );
+    if( proxyInfo->proxyPort ) free( proxyInfo->proxyPort );
+    if( proxyInfo->proxyUser ) free( proxyInfo->proxyUser );
+    if( proxyInfo->proxyPwd  ) free( proxyInfo->proxyPwd  );
+
+    free( proxyInfo );
+
     /*
      * Attention: do not delete the wStat memory here. it is deleted in the
      * slot catching the signel treeWalkResult because this thread can faster
@@ -294,11 +325,18 @@ void CSyncThread::emitStateDb( CSYNC *csync )
     }
 }
 
-void CSyncThread::setUserPwd( const QString& user, const QString& passwd )
+void CSyncThread::setConnectionDetails( const QString& user, const QString& passwd,
+                                        const QString& proxyType, const QString& proxyHost,
+                                        int proxyPort , const QString& proxyUser, const QString& proxyPwd )
 {
     _mutex.lock();
     _user = user;
     _passwd = passwd;
+    _proxyType = proxyType;
+    _proxyHost = proxyHost;
+    _proxyPort = proxyPort;
+    _proxyUser = proxyUser;
+    _proxyPwd  = proxyPwd;
     _mutex.unlock();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/mirall/csyncthread.h b/src/mirall/csyncthread.h
index 0ae99d948..32aaac6b8 100644
--- a/src/mirall/csyncthread.h
+++ b/src/mirall/csyncthread.h
@@ -62,7 +62,9 @@ public:
 
     virtual void run();
 
-    static void setUserPwd( const QString&, const QString& );
+    static void setConnectionDetails( const QString&, const QString&,
+                                      const QString&, const QString&, int,
+                                      const QString&, const QString& );
     static int checkPermissions( TREE_WALK_FILE* file, void *data);
     static QString csyncConfigDir();
 
@@ -87,6 +89,12 @@ private:
     static QMutex _mutex;
     static QString _user;
     static QString _passwd;
+    static QString _proxyType;
+    static QString _proxyHost;
+    static QString _proxyPort;
+    static QString _proxyUser;
+    static QString _proxyPwd;
+
     static QString _csyncConfigDir;
 
     QString _source;
diff --git a/src/mirall/owncloudfolder.cpp b/src/mirall/owncloudfolder.cpp
index 284622819..55e268d73 100644
--- a/src/mirall/owncloudfolder.cpp
+++ b/src/mirall/owncloudfolder.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <QStringList>
 #include <QTextStream>
 #include <QTimer>
+#include <QNetworkProxy>
 
 namespace Mirall {
 
@@ -141,8 +142,28 @@ void ownCloudFolder::startSync(const QStringList &pathList)
 
 
     qDebug() << "*** Start syncing url to ownCloud: " << url.toString() << ", with localOnly: " << _localCheckOnly;
+
     _csync = new CSyncThread( path(), url.toString(), _localCheckOnly );
-    _csync->setUserPwd( cfgFile.ownCloudUser(), cfgFile.ownCloudPasswd() );
+
+    // Proxy settings. Proceed them as strings to csync thread.
+    QNetworkProxy proxy = QNetworkProxy::applicationProxy();
+    QString proxyType;
+    if( proxy.type() == QNetworkProxy::NoProxy )
+        proxyType = QLatin1String("NoProxy");
+    else if( proxy.type() == QNetworkProxy::DefaultProxy )
+        proxyType = QLatin1String("DefaultProxy");
+    else if( proxy.type() == QNetworkProxy::Socks5Proxy )
+        proxyType = QLatin1String("Socks5Proxy");
+    else if( proxy.type() == QNetworkProxy::HttpProxy )
+        proxyType = QLatin1String("HttpProxy");
+    else if( proxy.type() == QNetworkProxy::HttpCachingProxy )
+        proxyType = QLatin1String("HttpCachingProxy");
+    else if( proxy.type() == QNetworkProxy::FtpCachingProxy )
+            proxyType = QLatin1String("FtpCachingProxy");
+
+    _csync->setConnectionDetails( cfgFile.ownCloudUser(), cfgFile.ownCloudPasswd(), proxyType,
+                                  proxy.hostName(), proxy.port(), proxy.user(), proxy.password() );
+
     QObject::connect(_csync, SIGNAL(started()),  SLOT(slotCSyncStarted()));
     QObject::connect(_csync, SIGNAL(finished()), SLOT(slotCSyncFinished()));
     QObject::connect(_csync, SIGNAL(terminated()), SLOT(slotCSyncTerminated()));