diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8a9af319..1dbf15a7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "proxy-chain",
-  "version": "2.5.1",
+  "version": "2.5.2",
   "description": "Node.js implementation of a proxy server (think Squid) with support for SSL, authentication, upstream proxy chaining, and protocol tunneling.",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "keywords": [
diff --git a/src/anonymize_proxy.ts b/src/anonymize_proxy.ts
index 9771d211..0f5deff1 100644
--- a/src/anonymize_proxy.ts
+++ b/src/anonymize_proxy.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import net from 'net';
 import http from 'http';
 import { Buffer } from 'buffer';
 import { URL } from 'url';
-import { Server } from './server';
+import { Server, SOCKS_PROTOCOLS } from './server';
 import { nodeify } from './utils/nodeify';
 
 // Dictionary, key is value returned from anonymizeProxy(), value is Server instance.
@@ -38,10 +38,9 @@ export const anonymizeProxy = (
     }
 
     const parsedProxyUrl = new URL(proxyUrl);
-    if (parsedProxyUrl.protocol !== 'http:') {
-        throw new Error(
-            'Invalid "proxyUrl" option: only HTTP proxies are currently supported.',
-        );
+    if (!['http:', ...SOCKS_PROTOCOLS].includes(parsedProxyUrl.protocol)) {
+        // eslint-disable-next-line max-len
+        throw new Error(`Invalid "proxyUrl" provided: URL must have one of the following protocols: "http", ${SOCKS_PROTOCOLS.map((p) => `"${p.replace(':', '')}"`).join(', ')} (was "${parsedProxyUrl}")`);
     }
 
     // If upstream proxy requires no password, return it directly
diff --git a/src/server.ts b/src/server.ts
index ddea7e8b..2590cd74 100644
--- a/src/server.ts
+++ b/src/server.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import { customConnect } from './custom_connect';
 import { forwardSocks } from './forward_socks';
 import { chainSocks } from './chain_socks';
 
-const SOCKS_PROTOCOLS = ['socks:', 'socks4:', 'socks4a:', 'socks5:', 'socks5h:'];
+export const SOCKS_PROTOCOLS = ['socks:', 'socks4:', 'socks4a:', 'socks5:', 'socks5h:'];
 
 // TODO:
 // - Implement this requirement from rfc7230
diff --git a/test/anonymize_proxy.js b/test/anonymize_proxy.js
index 16ebabc2..46d2e24f 100644
--- a/test/anonymize_proxy.js
+++ b/test/anonymize_proxy.js
@@ -114,19 +114,11 @@ describe('utils.anonymizeProxy', function () {
         assert.throws(() => { closeAnonymizedProxy(null); }, Error);
     });
 
-    it('throws for unsupported proxy protocols', () => {
-        assert.throws(() => { anonymizeProxy('socks://whatever.com'); }, Error);
+    it('throws for unsupported https: protocol', () => {
         assert.throws(() => { anonymizeProxy('https://whatever.com'); }, Error);
-        assert.throws(() => { anonymizeProxy('socks5://whatever.com'); }, Error);
-        assert.throws(() => {
-            anonymizeProxy({ url: 'socks://whatever.com' });
-        }, Error);
         assert.throws(() => {
             anonymizeProxy({ url: 'https://whatever.com' });
         }, Error);
-        assert.throws(() => {
-            anonymizeProxy({ url: 'socks5://whatever.com' });
-        }, Error);
     });
 
     it('throws for invalid ports', () => {
@@ -144,16 +136,12 @@ describe('utils.anonymizeProxy', function () {
     it('throws for invalid URLs', () => {
         assert.throws(() => { anonymizeProxy('://whatever.com'); }, Error);
         assert.throws(() => { anonymizeProxy('https://whatever.com'); }, Error);
-        assert.throws(() => { anonymizeProxy('socks5://whatever.com'); }, Error);
         assert.throws(() => {
             anonymizeProxy({ url: '://whatever.com' });
         }, Error);
         assert.throws(() => {
             anonymizeProxy({ url: 'https://whatever.com' });
         }, Error);
-        assert.throws(() => {
-            anonymizeProxy({ url: 'socks5://whatever.com' });
-        }, Error);
     });
 
     it('keeps already anonymous proxies (both with callbacks and promises)', () => {
diff --git a/test/socks.js b/test/socks.js
index f2ef988c..26ed1049 100644
--- a/test/socks.js
+++ b/test/socks.js
@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@ const ProxyChain = require('../src/index');
 describe('SOCKS protocol', () => {
     let socksServer;
     let proxyServer;
+    let anonymizeProxyUrl;
 
     afterEach(() => {
         if (socksServer) socksServer.close();
         if (proxyServer) proxyServer.close();
+        if (anonymizeProxyUrl) ProxyChain.closeAnonymizedProxy(anonymizeProxyUrl, true);
     });
 
     it('works without auth', (done) => {
@@ -70,4 +72,27 @@ describe('SOCKS protocol', () => {
                 .catch(done);
         });
     }).timeout(5 * 1000);
+
+    it('works with anonymizeProxy', (done) => {
+        portastic.find({ min: 50500, max: 50750 }).then((ports) => {
+            const [socksPort, proxyPort] = ports;
+            socksServer = socksv5.createServer((info, accept) => {
+                accept();
+            });
+            socksServer.listen(socksPort, 'localhost');
+            socksServer.useAuth(socksv5.auth.UserPassword((user, password, cb) => {
+                cb(user === 'proxy-chain' && password === 'rules!');
+            }));
+
+            ProxyChain.anonymizeProxy({ port: proxyPort, url: `socks://proxy-chain:rules!@localhost:${socksPort}` }).then((anonymizedProxyUrl) => {
+                anonymizeProxyUrl = anonymizedProxyUrl;
+                gotScraping.get({ url: 'https://example.com', proxyUrl: anonymizedProxyUrl })
+                    .then((response) => {
+                        expect(response.body).to.contain('Example Domain');
+                        done();
+                    })
+                    .catch(done);
+            });
+        });
+    }).timeout(5 * 1000);
 });