diff --git a/mitmproxy/addons/proxyauth.py b/mitmproxy/addons/proxyauth.py
index dc99d5cc3..c0a3f83a3 100644
--- a/mitmproxy/addons/proxyauth.py
+++ b/mitmproxy/addons/proxyauth.py
@@ -52,6 +52,18 @@ class ProxyAuth:
         self.authenticated = weakref.WeakKeyDictionary()  # type: MutableMapping[connections.ClientConnection, Tuple[str, str]]
         """Contains all connections that are permanently authenticated after an HTTP CONNECT"""
 
+    def load(self, loader):
+        loader.add_option(
+            "proxyauth", Optional[str], None,
+            """
+            Require proxy authentication. Format:
+            "username:pass",
+            "any" to accept any user/pass combination,
+            "@path" to use an Apache htpasswd file,
+            or "ldap[s]:url_server_ldap:dn_auth:password:dn_subtree" for LDAP authentication.
+            """
+        )
+
     def enabled(self) -> bool:
         return any([self.nonanonymous, self.htpasswd, self.singleuser, self.ldapconn, self.ldapserver])
 
diff --git a/mitmproxy/options.py b/mitmproxy/options.py
index 39fbff8fc..7a00bb879 100644
--- a/mitmproxy/options.py
+++ b/mitmproxy/options.py
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ class Options(optmanager.OptManager):
         # FIXME: Options that must be migrated to addons, but are complicated
         # because they're used by more than one addon, or because they're
         # embedded in the core code somehow.
-        proxyauth = None  # type: Optional[str]
         showhost = None  # type: bool
         verbosity = None  # type: str
         view_filter = None  # type: Optional[str]
@@ -78,16 +77,6 @@ class Options(optmanager.OptManager):
         )
 
         # Proxy options
-        self.add_option(
-            "proxyauth", Optional[str], None,
-            """
-            Require proxy authentication. Format:
-            "username:pass",
-            "any" to accept any user/pass combination,
-            "@path" to use an Apache htpasswd file,
-            or "ldap[s]:url_server_ldap:dn_auth:password:dn_subtree" for LDAP authentication.
-            """
-        )
         self.add_option(
             "add_upstream_certs_to_client_chain", bool, False,
             """
diff --git a/test/mitmproxy/addons/test_allowremote.py b/test/mitmproxy/addons/test_allowremote.py
index 52dae68d4..69019726f 100644
--- a/test/mitmproxy/addons/test_allowremote.py
+++ b/test/mitmproxy/addons/test_allowremote.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from unittest import mock
 import pytest
 
-from mitmproxy.addons import allowremote
+from mitmproxy.addons import allowremote, proxyauth
 from mitmproxy.test import taddons
 
 
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ from mitmproxy.test import taddons
 ])
 def test_allowremote(allow_remote, ip, should_be_killed):
     ar = allowremote.AllowRemote()
-    with taddons.context(ar) as tctx:
+    up = proxyauth.ProxyAuth()
+    with taddons.context(ar, up) as tctx:
         tctx.options.allow_remote = allow_remote
 
         with mock.patch('mitmproxy.proxy.protocol.base.Layer') as layer:
diff --git a/test/mitmproxy/addons/test_proxyauth.py b/test/mitmproxy/addons/test_proxyauth.py
index 97259d1c9..9e2365cfc 100644
--- a/test/mitmproxy/addons/test_proxyauth.py
+++ b/test/mitmproxy/addons/test_proxyauth.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class TestProxyAuth:
     ])
     def test_is_proxy_auth(self, mode, expected):
         up = proxyauth.ProxyAuth()
-        with taddons.context() as ctx:
+        with taddons.context(up) as ctx:
             ctx.options.mode = mode
             assert up.is_proxy_auth() is expected
 
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class TestProxyAuth:
 
     def test_check(self):
         up = proxyauth.ProxyAuth()
-        with taddons.context() as ctx:
+        with taddons.context(up) as ctx:
             ctx.configure(up, proxyauth="any", mode="regular")
             f = tflow.tflow()
             assert not up.check(f)
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ class TestProxyAuth:
 
     def test_authenticate(self):
         up = proxyauth.ProxyAuth()
-        with taddons.context() as ctx:
+        with taddons.context(up) as ctx:
             ctx.configure(up, proxyauth="any", mode="regular")
 
             f = tflow.tflow()
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ class TestProxyAuth:
 
     def test_configure(self):
         up = proxyauth.ProxyAuth()
-        with taddons.context() as ctx:
+        with taddons.context(up) as ctx:
             with pytest.raises(exceptions.OptionsError):
                 ctx.configure(up, proxyauth="foo")
 
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ class TestProxyAuth:
 
     def test_handlers(self):
         up = proxyauth.ProxyAuth()
-        with taddons.context() as ctx:
+        with taddons.context(up) as ctx:
             ctx.configure(up, proxyauth="any", mode="regular")
 
             f = tflow.tflow()