diff --git a/.config.example.yml b/.config.example.yml
index 9ee7ffe..94675f5 100644
--- a/.config.example.yml
+++ b/.config.example.yml
@@ -33,6 +33,14 @@ stop_on_error: 1
 proxy:
   host: '10.10.2.70'
   port: 8080
+  # In some cases you may also need to tell the browser (driver) not to use the
+  # proxy for local or specific connections. For this simply provide a comma
+  # separated list of addresses.
+  #
+  # IMPORTANT NOTE! phantomjs does not currently support this option. If you
+  # have to go via a proxy server for external connections, but not local ones
+  # you will be limited to using either the Chrome or Firefox drivers.
+  no_proxy: '127.0.0.1,192.168.0.1'
 
 # If you select the browserstack driver, there are a number of options you
 # can pass through to setup your browserstack tests, username and auth_key
diff --git a/lib/quke/configuration.rb b/lib/quke/configuration.rb
index 1dcc71b..7e28faa 100644
--- a/lib/quke/configuration.rb
+++ b/lib/quke/configuration.rb
@@ -169,7 +169,8 @@ def proxy_data(data)
       data = {} if data.nil?
       data.merge(
         'host' => (data['host'] || '').downcase.strip,
-        'port' => (data['port'] || '0').to_s.downcase.strip.to_i
+        'port' => (data['port'] || '0').to_s.downcase.strip.to_i,
+        'no_proxy' => (data['no_proxy'] || '').downcase.strip
       )
     end
 
diff --git a/lib/quke/driver_configuration.rb b/lib/quke/driver_configuration.rb
index dbc9466..c24edd0 100644
--- a/lib/quke/driver_configuration.rb
+++ b/lib/quke/driver_configuration.rb
@@ -118,7 +118,10 @@ def phantomjs
     #     Capybara::Selenium::Driver.new(
     #       app,
     #       browser: :chrome,
-    #       switches: ["--proxy-server=localhost:8080"]
+    #       switches: [
+    #         "--proxy-server=localhost:8080",
+    #         "--proxy-bypass-list=127.0.0.1,192.168.0.1"
+    #       ]
     #     )
     #
     # Rather than setting the switches manually Quke::DriverConfiguration.chrome
@@ -131,13 +134,20 @@ def phantomjs
     #       switches: my_driver_config.chrome
     #     )
     #
+    # rubocop:disable Metrics/AbcSize
     def chrome
-      if config.use_proxy?
-        ["--proxy-server=#{config.proxy['host']}:#{config.proxy['port']}"]
-      else
-        []
-      end
+      result = []
+
+      host = config.proxy['host']
+      port = config.proxy['port']
+      no_proxy = config.proxy['no_proxy'].tr(',', ';')
+
+      result.push("--proxy-server=#{host}:#{port}") if config.use_proxy?
+      result.push("--proxy-bypass-list=#{no_proxy}") unless config.proxy['no_proxy'].empty?
+
+      result
     end
+    # rubocop:enable Metrics/AbcSize
 
     # Returns an instance of Selenium::WebDriver::Remote::Capabilities to be
     # used when registering an instance of Capybara::Selenium::Driver,
@@ -169,12 +179,16 @@ def chrome
     def firefox
       profile = Selenium::WebDriver::Firefox::Profile.new
 
-      if config.use_proxy?
-        profile.proxy = Selenium::WebDriver::Proxy.new(
-          http: "#{config.proxy['host']}:#{config.proxy['port']}",
-          ssl: "#{config.proxy['host']}:#{config.proxy['port']}"
-        )
-      end
+      settings = {}
+      host = config.proxy['host']
+      port = config.proxy['port']
+      no_proxy = config.proxy['no_proxy']
+
+      settings[:http] = "#{host}:#{port}" if config.use_proxy?
+      settings[:ssl] = settings[:http] if config.use_proxy?
+      settings[:no_proxy] = no_proxy unless config.proxy['no_proxy'].empty?
+
+      profile.proxy = Selenium::WebDriver::Proxy.new(settings) if config.use_proxy?
 
       profile
     end
diff --git a/lib/quke/driver_registration.rb b/lib/quke/driver_registration.rb
index fbd1f80..fe75b77 100644
--- a/lib/quke/driver_registration.rb
+++ b/lib/quke/driver_registration.rb
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ def register(driver)
     # poltergeist, and we can even pass on options to phantomjs to configure how
     # it runs.
     def phantomjs
+      # For future reference the options we pass through to phantomjs appear to
+      # mirror those you can actually supply on the command line.
+      # http://phantomjs.org/api/command-line.html
       Capybara.register_driver :phantomjs do |app|
         # We ignore the next line (and those like it in the subsequent methods)
         # from code coverage because we never actually execute them from Quke.
@@ -65,6 +68,8 @@ def firefox
       # object.
       # https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/wiki/Ruby-Bindings#firefox
       # http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/selenium-webdriver/0.0.28/Selenium/WebDriver/Firefox/Profile
+      # http://www.seleniumhq.org/docs/04_webdriver_advanced.jsp
+      # http://preferential.mozdev.org/preferences.html
       Capybara.register_driver :firefox do |app|
         # :simplecov_ignore:
         Capybara::Selenium::Driver.new(app, profile: config.firefox)
@@ -81,6 +86,7 @@ def chrome
       # Capybara to Selenium-webdriver, which in turn passes it to chromium
       # https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/wiki/Ruby-Bindings#chrome
       # http://peter.sh/experiments/chromium-command-line-switches/
+      # https://www.chromium.org/developers/design-documents/network-settings
       Capybara.register_driver :chrome do |app|
         # :simplecov_ignore:
         Capybara::Selenium::Driver.new(
diff --git a/lib/quke/version.rb b/lib/quke/version.rb
index 31933fd..ba37a2c 100644
--- a/lib/quke/version.rb
+++ b/lib/quke/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Quke #:nodoc:
-  VERSION = '0.2.6'.freeze
+  VERSION = '0.2.7'.freeze
 end
diff --git a/spec/data/.as_string.yml b/spec/data/.as_string.yml
index 9385799..7f56a47 100644
--- a/spec/data/.as_string.yml
+++ b/spec/data/.as_string.yml
@@ -5,5 +5,4 @@ pause: '1'
 stop_on_error: 'true'
 
 proxy:
-  host: '10.10.2.70'
   port: '8080'
diff --git a/spec/data/.proxy.yml b/spec/data/.proxy.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..14bdcdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/data/.proxy.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+proxy:
+  host: '10.10.2.70'
+  port: 8080
+  no_proxy: '127.0.0.1,192.168.0.1'
diff --git a/spec/quke/configuration_spec.rb b/spec/quke/configuration_spec.rb
index 48a3b77..e1178ec 100644
--- a/spec/quke/configuration_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/quke/configuration_spec.rb
@@ -97,18 +97,19 @@
 
   describe '#proxy' do
     context 'when NOT specified in the config file' do
-      it 'defaults to a blank host and port' do
+      it 'defaults to a blank values' do
         Quke::Configuration.file_location = data_path('.no_file.yml')
-        expect(subject.proxy).to eq('host' => '', 'port' => 0)
+        expect(subject.proxy).to eq('host' => '', 'port' => 0, 'no_proxy' => '')
       end
     end
 
     context 'when specified in the config file' do
       it 'matches the config file' do
-        Quke::Configuration.file_location = data_path('.simple.yml')
+        Quke::Configuration.file_location = data_path('.proxy.yml')
         expect(subject.proxy).to eq(
           'host' => '10.10.2.70',
-          'port' => 8080
+          'port' => 8080,
+          'no_proxy' => '127.0.0.1,192.168.0.1'
         )
       end
     end
@@ -117,8 +118,9 @@
       it 'matches the config file' do
         Quke::Configuration.file_location = data_path('.as_string.yml')
         expect(subject.proxy).to eq(
-          'host' => '10.10.2.70',
-          'port' => 8080
+          'host' => '',
+          'port' => 8080,
+          'no_proxy' => ''
         )
       end
     end
diff --git a/spec/quke/driver_configuration_spec.rb b/spec/quke/driver_configuration_spec.rb
index 9b813a3..eeef821 100644
--- a/spec/quke/driver_configuration_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/quke/driver_configuration_spec.rb
@@ -86,17 +86,30 @@
       end
     end
 
-    context 'proxy details have been set in the .config.yml' do
-      it 'returns an array containing proxy settings' do
+    context 'basic proxy details have been set in the .config.yml' do
+      it 'returns an array containing basic proxy settings' do
         Quke::Configuration.file_location = data_path('.simple.yml')
         config = Quke::Configuration.new
         expect(Quke::DriverConfiguration.new(config).chrome).to eq(["--proxy-server=#{config.proxy['host']}:#{config.proxy['port']}"])
       end
     end
 
+    context 'proxy details including addresses not to connect via the proxy server have been set in the .config.yml' do
+      it 'returns an array containing proxy settings including no-proxy details' do
+        Quke::Configuration.file_location = data_path('.proxy.yml')
+        config = Quke::Configuration.new
+        expect(Quke::DriverConfiguration.new(config).chrome).to eq(
+          [
+            "--proxy-server=#{config.proxy['host']}:#{config.proxy['port']}",
+            '--proxy-bypass-list=127.0.0.1;192.168.0.1'
+          ]
+        )
+      end
+    end
+
   end
 
-  describe '#firefox' do
+  describe '#firefox', focus: true do
 
     context 'proxy details have NOT been set in the .config.yml' do
       it 'returns a profile where the proxy details are NOT set' do
@@ -113,8 +126,8 @@
       end
     end
 
-    context 'proxy details have been set in the .config.yml' do
-      it 'returns a profile where the proxy details are set' do
+    context 'basic proxy details have been set in the .config.yml' do
+      it 'returns a profile where the basic proxy details are set' do
         Quke::Configuration.file_location = data_path('.simple.yml')
         config = Quke::Configuration.new
         profile = Quke::DriverConfiguration.new(config).firefox
@@ -128,6 +141,22 @@
       end
     end
 
+    context 'proxy details including addresses not to connect via the proxy server have been set in the .config.yml' do
+      it 'returns a profile where the proxy details are set including no-proxy details' do
+        Quke::Configuration.file_location = data_path('.proxy.yml')
+        config = Quke::Configuration.new
+        profile = Quke::DriverConfiguration.new(config).firefox
+
+        # See spec/helpers.rb#read_profile_preferences for details of why we
+        # need to test the profile's properties in this way
+        preferences = read_profile_preferences(profile)
+
+        expect(preferences).to include('user_pref("network.proxy.http", "10.10.2.70")')
+        expect(preferences).to include('user_pref("network.proxy.http_port", 8080)')
+        expect(preferences).to include('user_pref("network.proxy.no_proxies_on", "127.0.0.1,192.168.0.1")')
+      end
+    end
+
   end
 
   describe '#browserstack_url' do