diff --git a/src/common.h b/src/common.h
index 91468bc..d866622 100644
--- a/src/common.h
+++ b/src/common.h
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #ifndef COMMON_H
 #define COMMON_H
 
+#define PROXYCHAINS_SOCKS5_PORT_ENV_VAR "PROXYCHAINS_SOCKS5_PORT"
+#define PROXYCHAINS_SOCKS5_HOST_ENV_VAR "PROXYCHAINS_SOCKS5_HOST"
+
 #define PROXYCHAINS_CONF_FILE_ENV_VAR "PROXYCHAINS_CONF_FILE"
 #define PROXYCHAINS_QUIET_MODE_ENV_VAR "PROXYCHAINS_QUIET_MODE"
 #define PROXYCHAINS_CONF_FILE "proxychains.conf"
diff --git a/src/libproxychains.c b/src/libproxychains.c
index b67ce83..b60db55 100644
--- a/src/libproxychains.c
+++ b/src/libproxychains.c
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ pthread_once_t init_once = PTHREAD_ONCE_INIT;
 
 static int init_l = 0;
 
-static void get_chain_data(proxy_data * pd, unsigned int *proxy_count, chain_type * ct);
+static int socks5_from_env(proxy_data *pd, unsigned int *proxy_count, chain_type *ct);
+static void get_chain_data(proxy_data * pd, unsigned int *proxy_count, chain_type * ct, int count);
 
 static void* load_sym(char* symname, void* proxyfunc) {
 
@@ -137,12 +138,52 @@ static unsigned get_rand_seed(void) {
 #endif
 }
 
+static int socks5_from_env(proxy_data *pd, unsigned int *proxy_count, chain_type *ct) {
+	char *port_string;
+    char *host_string;
+
+	port_string = getenv(PROXYCHAINS_SOCKS5_PORT_ENV_VAR);
+
+	if(!port_string)
+		return 1;
+        
+	host_string = getenv(PROXYCHAINS_SOCKS5_HOST_ENV_VAR);
+
+	if(!host_string)
+		return 1;
+
+	memset(pd, 0, sizeof(proxy_data));
+
+	pd[0].ps = PLAY_STATE;
+
+	memset(&pd[0].ip, 0, sizeof(pd[0].ip));
+
+	pd[0].ip.is_v6 = !!strchr(host_string, ':');
+	ip_type* host_ip = &pd[0].ip;
+
+	if(1 != inet_pton(host_ip->is_v6 ? AF_INET6 : AF_INET, host_string, host_ip->addr.v6)) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "proxy %s has invalid value or is not numeric\n", host_string);
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
+	pd[0].port = htons((unsigned short) strtol(port_string, NULL, 0));
+	pd[0].pt = SOCKS5_TYPE;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static void do_init(void) {
 	srand(get_rand_seed());
 	core_initialize();
 
+	int count = 0;
+
+	// if 0, a proxy was set via ENV var (with -p option)
+	if (0 == socks5_from_env(proxychains_pd, &proxychains_proxy_count, &proxychains_ct))
+		count++;
+
 	/* read the config file */
-	get_chain_data(proxychains_pd, &proxychains_proxy_count, &proxychains_ct);
+	get_chain_data(proxychains_pd, &proxychains_proxy_count, &proxychains_ct, count);
 	DUMP_PROXY_CHAIN(proxychains_pd, proxychains_proxy_count);
 
 	proxychains_write_log(LOG_PREFIX "DLL init: proxychains-ng %s\n", proxychains_get_version());
@@ -278,8 +319,9 @@ static const char* bool_str(int bool_val) {
 
 #define STR_STARTSWITH(P, LIT) (!strncmp(P, LIT, sizeof(LIT)-1))
 /* get configuration from config file */
-static void get_chain_data(proxy_data * pd, unsigned int *proxy_count, chain_type * ct) {
-	int count = 0, port_n = 0, list = 0;
+static void get_chain_data(proxy_data * pd, unsigned int *proxy_count, chain_type * ct, int count) {
+	// int count = 0
+	int port_n = 0, list = 0;
 	char buf[1024], type[1024], host[1024], user[1024];
 	char *buff, *env, *p;
 	char local_in_addr_port[32];
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index ac10f89..d236be2 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -63,10 +63,11 @@ static void set_own_dir(const char *argv0) {
 	}
 }
 
-#define MAX_COMMANDLINE_FLAGS 2
+#define MAX_COMMANDLINE_FLAGS 3
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 	char *path = NULL;
+	char *ipport = NULL;
 	char buf[256];
 	char pbuf[256];
 	int start_argv = 1;
@@ -74,6 +75,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 	size_t i;
 	const char *prefix = NULL;
 
+	char *token;
+
 	if(argc == 2 && !strcmp(argv[1], "--help"))
 		return usage(argv);
 
@@ -89,6 +92,14 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 				else
 					return usage(argv);
 
+				start_argv += 2;
+			} else if(argv[start_argv][1] == 'p') {
+				
+				if(start_argv + 1 < argc)
+					ipport = argv[start_argv + 1];
+				else
+					return usage(argv);
+
 				start_argv += 2;
 			}
 		} else
@@ -104,6 +115,18 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 	if(!quiet)
 		fprintf(stderr, LOG_PREFIX "config file found: %s\n", path);
 
+	if(ipport) {
+		if(!quiet)
+			fprintf(stderr, LOG_PREFIX "proxy to %s\n", ipport);
+		
+		if ((token = strsep(&ipport, ":"))) {
+			setenv(PROXYCHAINS_SOCKS5_HOST_ENV_VAR, token, 1);
+		}
+		if ((token = strsep(&ipport, ":"))) {
+			setenv(PROXYCHAINS_SOCKS5_PORT_ENV_VAR, token, 1);
+		} 
+	}
+
 	/* Set PROXYCHAINS_CONF_FILE to get proxychains lib to use new config file. */
 	setenv(PROXYCHAINS_CONF_FILE_ENV_VAR, path, 1);