diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b3a47d5ec..ae6290b0e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
     <module>decorator</module>
     <module>facade</module>
     <module>flyweight</module>
+    <module>proxy</module>
   </modules>
   
 <build>
diff --git a/proxy/pom.xml b/proxy/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7e793ea8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proxy/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>com.iluwatar</groupId>
+    <artifactId>java-design-patterns</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+  <groupId>com.iluwatar</groupId>
+  <artifactId>proxy</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <name>proxy</name>
+  <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>3.8.1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/com/iluwatar/App.java b/proxy/src/main/java/com/iluwatar/App.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1e81f3829
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/com/iluwatar/App.java
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package com.iluwatar;
+
+public class App 
+{
+    public static void main( String[] args )
+    {
+
+    	WizardTowerProxy tower = new WizardTowerProxy();
+    	tower.enter(new Wizard("Red wizard"));
+    	tower.enter(new Wizard("White wizard"));
+    	tower.enter(new Wizard("Black wizard"));
+    	tower.enter(new Wizard("Green wizard"));
+    	tower.enter(new Wizard("Brown wizard"));
+        
+    }
+}
diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/com/iluwatar/Wizard.java b/proxy/src/main/java/com/iluwatar/Wizard.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..41c838fdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/com/iluwatar/Wizard.java
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package com.iluwatar;
+
+public class Wizard {
+
+	private String name;
+
+	public Wizard(String name) {
+		this.name = name;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		return name;
+	}
+	
+}
diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/com/iluwatar/WizardTower.java b/proxy/src/main/java/com/iluwatar/WizardTower.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..891c4cc59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/com/iluwatar/WizardTower.java
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package com.iluwatar;
+
+public class WizardTower {
+
+	public void enter(Wizard wizard) {
+		System.out.println(wizard + " enters the tower.");
+	}
+	
+}
diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/com/iluwatar/WizardTowerProxy.java b/proxy/src/main/java/com/iluwatar/WizardTowerProxy.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4bdefa75d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/com/iluwatar/WizardTowerProxy.java
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package com.iluwatar;
+
+public class WizardTowerProxy extends WizardTower {
+
+	private static final int NUM_WIZARDS_ALLOWED = 3;
+	
+	private int numWizards;
+	
+	@Override
+	public void enter(Wizard wizard) {
+		if (numWizards < NUM_WIZARDS_ALLOWED) {
+			super.enter(wizard);
+			numWizards++;
+		} else {
+			System.out.println(wizard + " is not allowed to enter!");
+		}
+	}
+	
+}