diff --git a/libpathod/pathoc.py b/libpathod/pathoc.py
index 4a2ac5cd4..39d3c3d6b 100644
--- a/libpathod/pathoc.py
+++ b/libpathod/pathoc.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import threading
 
 import OpenSSL.crypto
 
-from netlib import tcp, http, http2, certutils, websockets
+from netlib import tcp, http, http2, certutils, websockets, socks
 
 import language.http
 import language.websockets
@@ -254,6 +254,39 @@ class Pathoc(tcp.TCPClient):
             )
         http.read_headers(self.rfile)
 
+    def socks_connect(self, connect_to):
+        try:
+            client_greet = socks.ClientGreeting(socks.VERSION.SOCKS5, [socks.METHOD.NO_AUTHENTICATION_REQUIRED])
+            client_greet.to_file(self.wfile)
+            self.wfile.flush()
+
+            server_greet = socks.ServerGreeting.from_file(self.rfile)
+            server_greet.assert_socks5()
+            if server_greet.method != socks.METHOD.NO_AUTHENTICATION_REQUIRED:
+                raise socks.SocksError(
+                    socks.METHOD.NO_ACCEPTABLE_METHODS,
+                    "pathoc only supports SOCKS without authentication"
+                )
+
+            connect_request = socks.Message(
+                socks.VERSION.SOCKS5,
+                socks.CMD.CONNECT,
+                socks.ATYP.DOMAINNAME,
+                tcp.Address.wrap(connect_to)
+            )
+            connect_request.to_file(self.wfile)
+            self.wfile.flush()
+
+            connect_reply = socks.Message.from_file(self.rfile)
+            connect_reply.assert_socks5()
+            if connect_reply.msg != socks.REP.SUCCEEDED:
+                raise socks.SocksError(
+                    connect_reply.msg,
+                    "SOCKS server error"
+                )
+        except (socks.SocksError, tcp.NetLibDisconnect) as e:
+            raise PathocError(str(e))
+
     def connect(self, connect_to=None, showssl=False, fp=sys.stdout):
         """
             connect_to: A (host, port) tuple, which will be connected to with
diff --git a/test/test_pathoc.py b/test/test_pathoc.py
index 6b037bcc2..fb8d348ac 100644
--- a/test/test_pathoc.py
+++ b/test/test_pathoc.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import re
 import OpenSSL
 from mock import Mock
 
-from netlib import tcp, http, http2
+from netlib import tcp, http, http2, socks
 from libpathod import pathoc, test, version, pathod, language
 import tutils
 
@@ -230,6 +230,29 @@ class TestDaemon(_TestDaemon):
         )
         c.http_connect(to)
 
+    def test_socks_connect(self):
+        to = ("foobar", 80)
+        c = pathoc.Pathoc(("127.0.0.1", self.d.port), fp=None)
+        c.rfile, c.wfile = tutils.treader(""), cStringIO.StringIO()
+        tutils.raises(pathoc.PathocError, c.socks_connect, to)
+
+        c.rfile = tutils.treader(
+            "\x05\xEE"
+        )
+        tutils.raises("SOCKS without authentication", c.socks_connect, ("example.com", 0xDEAD))
+
+        c.rfile = tutils.treader(
+            "\x05\x00" +
+            "\x05\xEE\x00\x03\x0bexample.com\xDE\xAD"
+        )
+        tutils.raises("SOCKS server error", c.socks_connect, ("example.com", 0xDEAD))
+
+        c.rfile = tutils.treader(
+            "\x05\x00" +
+            "\x05\x00\x00\x03\x0bexample.com\xDE\xAD"
+        )
+        c.socks_connect(("example.com", 0xDEAD))
+
 
 class TestDaemonHTTP2(_TestDaemon):
     ssl = True
diff --git a/test/tutils.py b/test/tutils.py
index 9d9b687d2..f7fcc3121 100644
--- a/test/tutils.py
+++ b/test/tutils.py
@@ -5,8 +5,16 @@ import shutil
 import cStringIO
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 from libpathod import utils, test, pathoc, pathod, language
+from netlib import tcp
 import requests
 
+def treader(bytes):
+    """
+        Construct a tcp.Read object from bytes.
+    """
+    fp = cStringIO.StringIO(bytes)
+    return tcp.Reader(fp)
+
 
 class DaemonTests(object):
     noweb = False