diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 0e69449..6bb6221 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 type myConfig struct {
 	MyURL  string
 	MySock string
+	Strip  string
 }
 
 func main() {
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	flag.StringVar(&c.MyURL, "url", "", "URL to proxy to")
 	flag.StringVar(&c.MySock, "unix", "", "Unix socket to listen on")
+	flag.StringVar(&c.Strip, "strip", "", "Strip prefix from reqeusts")
 
 	flag.Parse()
 
@@ -43,7 +45,7 @@ func main() {
 		WriteTimeout:      3 * time.Second,
 		IdleTimeout:       30 * time.Second,
 		ReadHeaderTimeout: 20 * time.Second,
-		Handler:           frontendProxy,
+		Handler:           http.StripPrefix(c.Strip, frontendProxy),
 	}
 
 	unixListener, err := net.Listen("unix", c.MySock)