diff --git a/lib/utils/google.py b/lib/utils/google.py
index 677fc4c72..0fec576e6 100644
--- a/lib/utils/google.py
+++ b/lib/utils/google.py
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ from lib.core.settings import HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING_HEADER_VALUE
 from lib.core.settings import UNICODE_ENCODING
 from lib.request.basic import decodePage
 from lib.request.httpshandler import HTTPSHandler
+from thirdparty.socks import socks
+
 
 class Google(object):
     """
@@ -100,7 +102,7 @@ class Google(object):
                 warnMsg += "to get error page information (%d)" % e.code
                 logger.critical(warnMsg)
                 return None
-        except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.error, socket.error, socket.timeout):
+        except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.error, socket.error, socket.timeout, socks.ProxyError):
             errMsg = "unable to connect to Google"
             raise SqlmapConnectionException(errMsg)