1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/soap/netHttpClient.rb b/lib/soap/netHttpClient.rb
index a0b3b7ca26..4505de815e 100644
--- a/lib/soap/netHttpClient.rb
+++ b/lib/soap/netHttpClient.rb
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ class NetHttpClient
       @proxy = nil
     else
       @proxy = URI.parse(proxy_str)
+      if @proxy.scheme == nil or @proxy.scheme.downcase != 'http' or
+	  @proxy.host == nil or @proxy.port == nil
+	raise ArgumentError.new("unsupported proxy `#{proxy_str}'")
+      end
+      @proxy
     end
   end