diff --git a/nse_nsock.cc b/nse_nsock.cc
index f32f5d349..af5cfb119 100644
--- a/nse_nsock.cc
+++ b/nse_nsock.cc
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ static nsock_pool new_pool (lua_State *L)
     nsp_set_proxychain(nsp, o.proxy_chain);
 
   nsp_setbroadcast(nsp, true);
+
+  if (o.proxy_chain) {
+    nsp_set_proxychain(nsp, o.proxy_chain);
+  }
   
   nspp = (nsock_pool *) lua_newuserdata(L, sizeof(nsock_pool));
   *nspp = nsp;