diff --git a/packages/bruno-app/src/components/CollectionSettings/ProxySettings/index.js b/packages/bruno-app/src/components/CollectionSettings/ProxySettings/index.js
index 9ff12312cf1..5cdddf0435e 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-app/src/components/CollectionSettings/ProxySettings/index.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-app/src/components/CollectionSettings/ProxySettings/index.js
@@ -300,6 +300,18 @@ const ProxySettings = ({ collection }) => {
                   />
                   SOCKS5
                 </label>
+                <label className="flex items-center ml-4" title="SOCKS5 with hostname resolution performed by the proxy (remote DNS)">
+                  <input
+                    type="radio"
+                    name="protocol"
+                    value="socks5h"
+                    checked={(currentProxyConfig.config?.protocol || 'http') === 'socks5h'}
+                    onChange={handleProtocolChange}
+                    className="mr-1"
+                    data-testid="use-proxy-socks5h"
+                  />
+                  SOCKS5h
+                </label>
               </div>
             </div>
             <div className="mb-3 flex items-center">
diff --git a/packages/bruno-app/src/components/Preferences/ProxySettings/index.js b/packages/bruno-app/src/components/Preferences/ProxySettings/index.js
index e7931f2d709..b23898685e2 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-app/src/components/Preferences/ProxySettings/index.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-app/src/components/Preferences/ProxySettings/index.js
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ const ProxySettings = ({ close }) => {
         .nullable()
     }).optional(),
     config: Yup.object({
-      protocol: Yup.string().required().oneOf(['http', 'https', 'socks4', 'socks5']),
+      protocol: Yup.string().required().oneOf(['http', 'https', 'socks4', 'socks5', 'socks5h']),
       hostname: Yup.string().max(1024),
       port: Yup.number()
         .min(1)
@@ -257,6 +257,17 @@ const ProxySettings = ({ close }) => {
                   />
                   SOCKS5
                 </label>
+                <label className="flex items-center ml-4" title="SOCKS5 with hostname resolution performed by the proxy (remote DNS)">
+                  <input
+                    type="radio"
+                    name="config.protocol"
+                    value="socks5h"
+                    checked={formik.values.config.protocol === 'socks5h'}
+                    onChange={formik.handleChange}
+                    className="mr-1"
+                  />
+                  SOCKS5h
+                </label>
               </div>
             </div>
             <div className="mb-3 flex items-center">
diff --git a/packages/bruno-electron/src/store/preferences.js b/packages/bruno-electron/src/store/preferences.js
index de0bb3a5f6b..1faae83c26e 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-electron/src/store/preferences.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-electron/src/store/preferences.js
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ const preferencesSchema = Yup.object().shape({
       source: Yup.string().optional().max(2048).nullable()
     }).optional(),
     config: Yup.object({
-      protocol: Yup.string().oneOf(['http', 'https', 'socks4', 'socks5']),
+      protocol: Yup.string().oneOf(['http', 'https', 'socks4', 'socks5', 'socks5h']),
       hostname: Yup.string().max(1024),
       port: Yup.number().min(1).max(65535).nullable(),
       auth: Yup.object({
diff --git a/packages/bruno-electron/test/proxy-util.test.js b/packages/bruno-electron/test/proxy-util.test.js
index 55b869cdeb0..4fe674dd7d4 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-electron/test/proxy-util.test.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-electron/test/proxy-util.test.js
@@ -147,6 +147,37 @@ describe('proxy-util', () => {
     );
   });
 
+  test('setupProxyAgents: manual socks5h proxy routes through socks agent and preserves the socks5h scheme', async () => {
+    setupMocks();
+    const { setupProxyAgents } = require('../src/utils/proxy-util');
+    const { SocksProxyAgent } = require('socks-proxy-agent');
+    const { getOrCreateHttpsAgent } = require('@usebruno/requests');
+
+    // https request → only the https agent should be set
+    const requestConfig = { url: 'https://example.com/resource' };
+    const timeline = [];
+
+    await setupProxyAgents({
+      requestConfig,
+      proxyMode: 'on',
+      proxyConfig: {
+        protocol: 'socks5h',
+        hostname: 'socks.example',
+        port: 1080,
+        auth: { disabled: true }
+      },
+      httpsAgentRequestFields: {},
+      interpolationOptions: {},
+      timeline
+    });
+
+    // The socks5h scheme must reach socks-proxy-agent verbatim — that scheme is what
+    // tells the agent to resolve the target hostname on the proxy side (remote DNS).
+    expect(getOrCreateHttpsAgent).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({ AgentClass: SocksProxyAgent, proxyUri: 'socks5h://socks.example:1080' })
+    );
+  });
+
   test('setupProxyAgents: PAC resolution error logs to timeline and falls back to direct agent', async () => {
     jest.doMock('../src/store/preferences', () => ({
       preferencesUtil: { isSslSessionCachingEnabled: () => false }