diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 44c7c657..abe913ee 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -136,6 +136,22 @@ $ TEST_INTEGRATION=1 TEST_DELETE_RECORDS=1 KAFKA_CONNECT=localhost:9094 cargo te
 in another session. Note that Apache Kafka supports a different set of features then redpanda, so we pass other
 environment variables.
 
+### Using a SOCKS 5 Proxy
+
+To run the integration test via a SOCKS 5 proxy, you need to set the environment variable `SOCKS_PROXY`. The following command requires a running proxy on the local machine.
+```console
+$ KAFKA_CONNECT=0.0.0.0:9094 SOCKS_PROXY=localhost:1080 cargo test --features full
+```
+
+A SOCKS proxy can be installed with:
+```console
+cargo install rsocx
+```
+Launch this proxy with:
+```console
+rsocx -l 0.0.0.0:1080
+```
+
 ### Java Interopt
 To test if RSKafka can produce/consume records to/from the official Java client, you need to have Java installed and the
 `TEST_JAVA_INTEROPT=1` environment variable set.
diff --git a/docker-compose-kafka.yml b/docker-compose-kafka.yml
index 9d0ed746..a4f747f1 100644
--- a/docker-compose-kafka.yml
+++ b/docker-compose-kafka.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-version: "2"
+version: "3"
 
 services:
   zookeeper:
diff --git a/tests/client.rs b/tests/client.rs
index f710feac..8ede1a6f 100644
--- a/tests/client.rs
+++ b/tests/client.rs
@@ -116,15 +116,18 @@ async fn test_tls() {
         .unwrap();
 }
 
-// Disabled as currently no SOCKS5 integration tests
 #[cfg(feature = "transport-socks5")]
-#[ignore]
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn test_socks5() {
     maybe_start_logging();
 
-    let client = ClientBuilder::new(vec!["my-cluster-kafka-bootstrap:9092".to_owned()])
-        .socks5_proxy("localhost:1080".to_owned())
+    // e.g. "my-connection-kafka-bootstrap:9092"
+    let connection = maybe_skip_kafka_integration!();
+    // e.g. "localhost:1080"
+    let proxy = maybe_skip_socks_proxy!();
+
+    let client = ClientBuilder::new(vec![connection])
+        .socks5_proxy(proxy)
         .build()
         .await
         .unwrap();
diff --git a/tests/test_helpers.rs b/tests/test_helpers.rs
index f0ce6b09..8a8b4668 100644
--- a/tests/test_helpers.rs
+++ b/tests/test_helpers.rs
@@ -68,6 +68,26 @@ macro_rules! maybe_skip_delete {
     };
 }
 
+/// Get the Socks Proxy environment variable.
+///
+/// If `SOCKS_PROXY` is not set, fail the tests and provide
+/// guidance for setting `SOCKS_PROXY`.
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! maybe_skip_socks_proxy {
+    () => {{
+        use std::env;
+        dotenv::dotenv().ok();
+
+        match (env::var("SOCKS_PROXY").ok()) {
+            Some(proxy) => proxy,
+            _ => {
+                eprintln!("skipping integration tests with Proxy - set SOCKS_PROXY to run");
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+    }};
+}
+
 /// Generated random topic name for testing.
 pub fn random_topic_name() -> String {
     format!("test_topic_{}", uuid::Uuid::new_v4())