diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/sip/SipPlugin.cpp b/src/libtomahawk/sip/SipPlugin.cpp
index 4af179694..bb849637f 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/sip/SipPlugin.cpp
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/sip/SipPlugin.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /* === This file is part of Tomahawk Player - <http://tomahawk-player.org> ===
- * 
+ *
  *   Copyright 2010-2011, Christian Muehlhaeuser <muesli@tomahawk-player.org>
+ *             2011, Dominik Schmidt <dev@dominik-schmidt.de>
  *
  *   Tomahawk is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -31,3 +32,9 @@ SipPlugin::configWidget()
 {
     return 0;
 }
+
+void
+SipPlugin::setProxy( const QNetworkProxy& proxy )
+{
+    qDebug() << Q_FUNC_INFO << "Not implemented";
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/sip/SipPlugin.h b/src/libtomahawk/sip/SipPlugin.h
index 4bd55fc31..bc7640349 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/sip/SipPlugin.h
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/sip/SipPlugin.h
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /* === This file is part of Tomahawk Player - <http://tomahawk-player.org> ===
- * 
+ *
  *   Copyright 2010-2011, Christian Muehlhaeuser <muesli@tomahawk-player.org>
+ *             2011, Dominik Schmidt <dev@dominik-schmidt.de>
  *
  *   Tomahawk is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -22,6 +23,8 @@
 #include <QObject>
 #include <QString>
 #include <QMenu>
+#include <QNetworkProxy>
+
 
 #include "dllmacro.h"
 
@@ -49,6 +52,8 @@ public slots:
     virtual void addContact( const QString &jid, const QString& msg = QString() ) = 0;
     virtual void sendMsg( const QString& to, const QString& msg ) = 0;
 
+    void setProxy( const QNetworkProxy &proxy );
+
 signals:
     void error( int, const QString& );
     void connected();
diff --git a/src/sip/jreen/jabber.cpp b/src/sip/jreen/jabber.cpp
index 2ad5ec7a7..3c4f519c3 100644
--- a/src/sip/jreen/jabber.cpp
+++ b/src/sip/jreen/jabber.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 #include <jreen/capabilities.h>
 #include <jreen/vcardupdate.h>
 #include <jreen/vcard.h>
+#include <jreen/directconnection.h>
+#include <jreen/tcpconnection.h>
 
 #include <qjson/parser.h>
 #include <qjson/serializer.h>
@@ -113,9 +115,22 @@ JabberPlugin::~JabberPlugin()
 }
 
 void
-JabberPlugin::setProxy( QNetworkProxy* proxy )
+JabberPlugin::setProxy( const QNetworkProxy &proxy )
 {
-    qDebug() << Q_FUNC_INFO << "Not implemented";
+    if(m_currentServer.isEmpty() || !(m_currentPort > 0))
+    {
+        // patches are welcome in Jreen that implement jdns through proxy
+        qDebug() << Q_FUNC_INFO << "Jreen proxy only works when you explicitly set host and port";
+        Q_ASSERT(false);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if(!m_client->connection())
+    {
+        m_client->setConnection(new Jreen::TcpConnection(m_currentServer, m_currentPort));
+    }
+
+    qobject_cast<Jreen::DirectConnection*>(m_client->connection())->setProxy(proxy);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/sip/jreen/jabber.h b/src/sip/jreen/jabber.h
index 67e3722d6..cb0b3c2b8 100644
--- a/src/sip/jreen/jabber.h
+++ b/src/sip/jreen/jabber.h
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ public:
     virtual const QString accountName();
     virtual QMenu* menu();
 
-    void setProxy( QNetworkProxy* proxy );
 signals:
     void jidChanged( const QString& );
 
@@ -73,6 +72,7 @@ public slots:
     void sendMsg( const QString& to, const QString& msg );
     void broadcastMsg( const QString &msg );
     void addContact( const QString &jid, const QString& msg = QString() );
+    void setProxy( const QNetworkProxy &proxy );
 
 private slots:
     void showAddFriendDialog();