diff --git a/plugins/viewhtml/plugin.go b/plugins/viewhtml/plugin.go
index f22364e..b34372f 100644
--- a/plugins/viewhtml/plugin.go
+++ b/plugins/viewhtml/plugin.go
@@ -1,10 +1,59 @@
 package koushinviewhtml
 
 import (
+	"io"
+	"mime"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+
 	"git.sr.ht/~emersion/koushin"
+	"github.com/labstack/echo/v4"
+)
+
+var (
+	proxyEnabled = true
+	proxyMaxSize = 5 * 1024 * 1024 // 5 MiB
 )
 
 func init() {
 	p := koushin.GoPlugin{Name: "viewhtml"}
+
+	p.GET("/proxy", func(ctx *koushin.Context) error {
+		if !proxyEnabled {
+			return echo.NewHTTPError(http.StatusForbidden, "proxy disabled")
+		}
+
+		u, err := url.Parse(ctx.QueryParam("src"))
+		if err != nil {
+			return echo.NewHTTPError(http.StatusBadRequest, "invalid URL")
+		}
+
+		if u.Scheme != "https" {
+			return echo.NewHTTPError(http.StatusBadRequest, "invalid scheme")
+		}
+
+		resp, err := http.Get(u.String())
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+		mediaType, _, err := mime.ParseMediaType(resp.Header.Get("Content-Type"))
+		if err != nil || !strings.HasPrefix(mediaType, "image/") {
+			return echo.NewHTTPError(http.StatusBadRequest, "invalid resource type")
+		}
+
+		size, err := strconv.Atoi(resp.Header.Get("Content-Length"))
+		if err != nil || size > proxyMaxSize {
+			return echo.NewHTTPError(http.StatusBadRequest, "invalid resource length")
+		}
+
+		ctx.Response().Header().Set("Content-Length", strconv.Itoa(size))
+		lr := io.LimitedReader{resp.Body, int64(proxyMaxSize)}
+		return ctx.Stream(http.StatusOK, mediaType, &lr)
+	})
+
 	koushin.RegisterPluginLoader(p.Loader())
 }
diff --git a/plugins/viewhtml/sanitize.go b/plugins/viewhtml/sanitize.go
index c7de703..a931fe1 100644
--- a/plugins/viewhtml/sanitize.go
+++ b/plugins/viewhtml/sanitize.go
@@ -80,17 +80,32 @@ func (san *sanitizer) sanitizeImageURL(src string) string {
 		return "about:blank"
 	}
 
+	switch strings.ToLower(u.Scheme) {
 	// TODO: mid support?
-	if !strings.EqualFold(u.Scheme, "cid") || san.msg == nil {
+	case "cid":
+		if san.msg == nil {
+			return "about:blank"
+		}
+
+		part := san.msg.PartByID(u.Opaque)
+		if part == nil || !strings.HasPrefix(part.MIMEType, "image/") {
+			return "about:blank"
+		}
+
+		return part.URL(true).String()
+	case "https":
+		if !proxyEnabled {
+			return "about:blank"
+		}
+
+		proxyURL := url.URL{Path: "/proxy"}
+		proxyQuery := make(url.Values)
+		proxyQuery.Set("src", u.String())
+		proxyURL.RawQuery = proxyQuery.Encode()
+		return proxyURL.String()
+	default:
 		return "about:blank"
 	}
-
-	part := san.msg.PartByID(u.Opaque)
-	if part == nil || !strings.HasPrefix(part.MIMEType, "image/") {
-		return "about:blank"
-	}
-
-	return part.URL(true).String()
 }
 
 func (san *sanitizer) sanitizeCSSDecls(decls []*css.Declaration) []*css.Declaration {