diff --git a/CordovaLib/Classes/Public/CDVURLSchemeHandler.h b/CordovaLib/Classes/Public/CDVURLSchemeHandler.h
index 1cd84d09d6..304cc64987 100644
--- a/CordovaLib/Classes/Public/CDVURLSchemeHandler.h
+++ b/CordovaLib/Classes/Public/CDVURLSchemeHandler.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 @interface CDVURLSchemeHandler : NSObject <WKURLSchemeHandler>
 
 @property (nonatomic, strong) CDVViewController* viewController;
+@property (nonatomic) Boolean isRunning;
 
 - (instancetype)initWithVC:(CDVViewController *)controller;
 
diff --git a/CordovaLib/Classes/Public/CDVURLSchemeHandler.m b/CordovaLib/Classes/Public/CDVURLSchemeHandler.m
index 6c88ceb696..0fb1c91538 100644
--- a/CordovaLib/Classes/Public/CDVURLSchemeHandler.m
+++ b/CordovaLib/Classes/Public/CDVURLSchemeHandler.m
@@ -37,12 +37,70 @@ - (void)webView:(WKWebView *)webView startURLSchemeTask:(id <WKURLSchemeTask>)ur
 {
     NSString * startPath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:self.viewController.wwwFolderName ofType: nil];
     NSURL * url = urlSchemeTask.request.URL;
-    NSString * stringToLoad = url.path;
     NSString * scheme = url.scheme;
+    self.isRunning = true;
+    Boolean loadFile = true;
+    NSDictionary * header = urlSchemeTask.request.allHTTPHeaderFields;
+    NSMutableString * stringToLoad = [NSMutableString string];
+    [stringToLoad appendString:url.path];
+    NSString * method = urlSchemeTask.request.HTTPMethod;
+    NSData * body = urlSchemeTask.request.HTTPBody;
 
     if ([scheme isEqualToString:self.viewController.appScheme]) {
         if ([stringToLoad hasPrefix:@"/_app_file_"]) {
             startPath = [stringToLoad stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"/_app_file_" withString:@""];
+        } else if ([stringToLoad hasPrefix:@"/_http_proxy_"]||[stringToLoad hasPrefix:@"/_https_proxy_"]) {
+            if(url.query) {
+                [stringToLoad appendString:@"?"];
+                [stringToLoad appendString:url.query];
+            }
+            loadFile = false;
+            startPath = [stringToLoad stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"/_http_proxy_" withString:@"http://"];
+            startPath = [startPath stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"/_https_proxy_" withString:@"https://"];
+            NSURL * requestUrl = [NSURL URLWithString:startPath];
+            WKWebsiteDataStore* dataStore = [WKWebsiteDataStore defaultDataStore];
+            WKHTTPCookieStore* cookieStore = dataStore.httpCookieStore;
+            NSMutableURLRequest *request = [[NSMutableURLRequest alloc] init];
+            [request setHTTPMethod:method];
+            [request setURL:requestUrl];
+            if (body) {
+                [request setHTTPBody:body];
+            }
+            [request setAllHTTPHeaderFields:header];
+            [request setHTTPShouldHandleCookies:YES];
+            
+            [[[NSURLSession sharedSession] dataTaskWithRequest:request completionHandler:^(NSData *data, NSURLResponse *response, NSError *error) {
+                if(error && self.isRunning) {
+                    NSLog(@"Proxy error: %@", error);
+                    [urlSchemeTask didFailWithError:error];
+                    return;
+                }
+                
+                // set cookies to WKWebView
+                NSHTTPURLResponse *httpResponse = (NSHTTPURLResponse*)response;
+                if(httpResponse) {
+                    NSArray* cookies = [NSHTTPCookie cookiesWithResponseHeaderFields:[httpResponse allHeaderFields] forURL:response.URL];
+                    [[NSHTTPCookieStorage sharedHTTPCookieStorage] setCookies:cookies forURL:httpResponse.URL mainDocumentURL:nil];
+                    cookies = [[NSHTTPCookieStorage sharedHTTPCookieStorage] cookies];
+                    
+                    for (NSHTTPCookie* c in cookies)
+                    {
+                        dispatch_async(dispatch_get_global_queue( DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_DEFAULT, 0), ^(void){
+                            //running in background thread is necessary because setCookie otherwise fails
+                            dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^(void){
+                                [cookieStore setCookie:c completionHandler:nil];
+                            });
+                        });
+                    };
+                }
+
+                // Do not use urlSchemeTask if it has been closed in stopURLSchemeTask. Otherwise the app will crash.
+                if(self.isRunning) {
+                    [urlSchemeTask didReceiveResponse:response];
+                    [urlSchemeTask didReceiveData:data];
+                    [urlSchemeTask didFinish];
+                }
+            }] resume];
         } else {
             if ([stringToLoad isEqualToString:@""] || [url.pathExtension isEqualToString:@""]) {
                 startPath = [startPath stringByAppendingPathComponent:self.viewController.startPage];
@@ -52,37 +110,39 @@ - (void)webView:(WKWebView *)webView startURLSchemeTask:(id <WKURLSchemeTask>)ur
         }
     }
 
-    NSError * fileError = nil;
-    NSData * data = nil;
-    if ([self isMediaExtension:url.pathExtension]) {
-        data = [NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:startPath options:NSDataReadingMappedIfSafe error:&fileError];
-    }
-    if (!data || fileError) {
-        data =  [[NSData alloc] initWithContentsOfFile:startPath];
-    }
-    NSInteger statusCode = 200;
-    if (!data) {
-        statusCode = 404;
-    }
-    NSURL * localUrl = [NSURL URLWithString:url.absoluteString];
-    NSString * mimeType = [self getMimeType:url.pathExtension];
-    id response = nil;
-    if (data && [self isMediaExtension:url.pathExtension]) {
-        response = [[NSURLResponse alloc] initWithURL:localUrl MIMEType:mimeType expectedContentLength:data.length textEncodingName:nil];
-    } else {
-        NSDictionary * headers = @{ @"Content-Type" : mimeType, @"Cache-Control": @"no-cache"};
-        response = [[NSHTTPURLResponse alloc] initWithURL:localUrl statusCode:statusCode HTTPVersion:nil headerFields:headers];
-    }
+    if(loadFile) {
+        NSError * fileError = nil;
+        NSData * data = nil;
+        if ([self isMediaExtension:url.pathExtension]) {
+            data = [NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:startPath options:NSDataReadingMappedIfSafe error:&fileError];
+        }
+        if (!data || fileError) {
+            data =  [[NSData alloc] initWithContentsOfFile:startPath];
+        }
+        NSInteger statusCode = 200;
+        if (!data) {
+            statusCode = 404;
+        }
+        NSURL * localUrl = [NSURL URLWithString:url.absoluteString];
+        NSString * mimeType = [self getMimeType:url.pathExtension];
+        id response = nil;
+        if (data && [self isMediaExtension:url.pathExtension]) {
+            response = [[NSURLResponse alloc] initWithURL:localUrl MIMEType:mimeType expectedContentLength:data.length textEncodingName:nil];
+        } else {
+            NSDictionary * headers = @{ @"Content-Type" : mimeType, @"Cache-Control": @"no-cache"};
+            response = [[NSHTTPURLResponse alloc] initWithURL:localUrl statusCode:statusCode HTTPVersion:nil headerFields:headers];
+        }
 
-    [urlSchemeTask didReceiveResponse:response];
-    [urlSchemeTask didReceiveData:data];
-    [urlSchemeTask didFinish];
+        [urlSchemeTask didReceiveResponse:response];
+        [urlSchemeTask didReceiveData:data];
+        [urlSchemeTask didFinish];
+    }
 
 }
 
 - (void)webView:(nonnull WKWebView *)webView stopURLSchemeTask:(nonnull id<WKURLSchemeTask>)urlSchemeTask
 {
-
+    self.isRunning = false;
 }
 
 -(NSString *) getMimeType:(NSString *)fileExtension {
diff --git a/CordovaLib/cordova.js b/CordovaLib/cordova.js
index 51c783d0a1..8054199f8e 100644
--- a/CordovaLib/cordova.js
+++ b/CordovaLib/cordova.js
@@ -1799,6 +1799,18 @@ var WkWebKit = {
             return window.CDV_ASSETS_URL + path.replace('file://', '/_app_file_');
         }
         return path;
+    },
+    convertProxyUrl: function (path) {
+        if (!path || !window.CDV_ASSETS_URL) {
+            return path;
+        }
+        if (path.startsWith('http://')) {
+            return window.CDV_ASSETS_URL + '/_http_proxy_' + encodeURIComponent(path.replace('http://', ''));
+        }
+        if (path.startsWith('https://')) {
+            return window.CDV_ASSETS_URL + '/_https_proxy_' + encodeURIComponent(path.replace('https://', ''));
+        }
+        return path;
     }
 };
 
diff --git a/cordova-js-src/plugin/ios/wkwebkit.js b/cordova-js-src/plugin/ios/wkwebkit.js
index 35c819cf14..2e1b265ab4 100644
--- a/cordova-js-src/plugin/ios/wkwebkit.js
+++ b/cordova-js-src/plugin/ios/wkwebkit.js
@@ -35,6 +35,17 @@ var WkWebKit = {
         if (path.startsWith('file://')) {
             return window.CDV_ASSETS_URL + path.replace('file://', '/_app_file_');
         }
+    },
+    convertProxyUrl: function (path) {
+        if (!path || !window.CDV_ASSETS_URL) {
+            return path;
+        }
+        if (path.startsWith('http://')) {
+            return window.CDV_ASSETS_URL + '/_http_proxy_' + encodeURIComponent(path.replace('http://', ''));
+        }
+        if (path.startsWith('https://')) {
+            return window.CDV_ASSETS_URL + '/_https_proxy_' + encodeURIComponent(path.replace('https://', ''));
+        }
         return path;
     }
 };