diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 88a1db51..1ad1d2ae 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -77,13 +77,16 @@ local storage). It will require some manual configuration:
 Mullvad Browser Extension requires the following permissions:
 
 - `management` to be able to recommend third party extensions
-- `privacy` to disable webRTC
-- `proxy` to configure and use Mullvad proxy servers
+- `privacy` to disable webRTC and check HTTPS-Only status
 - `storage` to save preferences
 - `search` to recommend other search engines
-- `tabs` to be able to show proxy settings based on the active tab
 - `*://*.mullvad.net/*` to get proxy servers list and display your connection information (See
   `Network requests` for details)
+
+The following permissions are optional, but are needed to use the proxy feature:
+
+- `proxy` to configure and use Mullvad proxy servers
+- `tabs` to show proxy settings from active tab
 - `<all_urls>` to have granular proxy settings
 
 _Permissions are automatically accepted when testing the extension._
diff --git a/src/background/main.ts b/src/background/main.ts
index 0439a5c9..5b9d03f6 100644
--- a/src/background/main.ts
+++ b/src/background/main.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { addExtensionsListeners } from '@/helpers/extensions';
-import { initBrowserAction } from '@/helpers/browserAction';
-import { initProxyRequests } from '@/helpers/socksProxy';
+import { cleanProxyListeners, initProxyListeners } from '@/helpers/socksProxy';
 
 // only on dev mode
 if (import.meta.hot) {
@@ -11,8 +10,9 @@ if (import.meta.hot) {
 // Add listeners on extension actions
 addExtensionsListeners();
 
-// Update browserAction for tabs and add listeners
-initBrowserAction();
+// Init proxy listeners
+initProxyListeners();
 
-// Add listener for proxy requests
-initProxyRequests();
+// Listeners for permissions changes
+browser.permissions.onAdded.addListener(initProxyListeners);
+browser.permissions.onRemoved.addListener(cleanProxyListeners);
diff --git a/src/composables/useActiveTab.ts b/src/composables/useActiveTab.ts
index 87b5bf38..d32a6699 100644
--- a/src/composables/useActiveTab.ts
+++ b/src/composables/useActiveTab.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,19 @@
 import { ref } from 'vue';
+import useProxyPermissions from '@/composables/useProxyPermissions';
 
+const { proxyPermissionsGranted } = useProxyPermissions();
 const activeTabHost = ref('');
 const isAboutPage = ref(false);
 
 const getActiveTab = async () => {
-  const activeWindow = await browser.windows.getCurrent({ populate: true });
-  const activeTab = activeWindow.tabs!.find((tab) => tab.active);
+  if (proxyPermissionsGranted.value) {
+    const activeWindow = await browser.windows.getCurrent({ populate: true });
+    const activeTab = activeWindow.tabs!.find((tab) => tab.active);
 
-  const activeTabURL = new URL(activeTab!.url!);
-  activeTabHost.value = activeTabURL.hostname;
-  isAboutPage.value = activeTabURL.protocol === 'about:';
+    const activeTabURL = new URL(activeTab!.url!);
+    activeTabHost.value = activeTabURL.hostname;
+    isAboutPage.value = activeTabURL.protocol === 'about:';
+  }
 };
 
 const useActiveTab = () => {
diff --git a/src/composables/useProxyPermissions.ts b/src/composables/useProxyPermissions.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f9f74b45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/composables/useProxyPermissions.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { ref } from 'vue';
+import { getProxyPermissions, requestProxyPermissions } from '@/helpers/permissions';
+
+const useProxyPermissions = () => {
+  const proxyPermissionsGranted = ref(false);
+
+  const checkProxyPermissions = async () => {
+    proxyPermissionsGranted.value = await getProxyPermissions();
+  };
+
+  const triggerProxyPermissions = async () => {
+    proxyPermissionsGranted.value = await requestProxyPermissions();
+  };
+
+  checkProxyPermissions();
+
+  return { proxyPermissionsGranted, triggerProxyPermissions };
+};
+
+export default useProxyPermissions;
diff --git a/src/helpers/browserAction.ts b/src/helpers/browserAction.ts
index 3a120bba..4c039ff8 100644
--- a/src/helpers/browserAction.ts
+++ b/src/helpers/browserAction.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export const updateTabsProxyBadges = async () => {
   }
 };
 
-const updatedTabListener = async (
+export const updatedTabListener = async (
   _tabId: number,
   _changeInfo: browser.tabs._OnUpdatedChangeInfo,
   tab: browser.tabs.Tab,
diff --git a/src/helpers/permissions.ts b/src/helpers/permissions.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a18ec08c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/helpers/permissions.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+export const getProxyPermissions = async () => {
+  return await browser.permissions.contains({
+    permissions: ['proxy', 'tabs'],
+    origins: ['<all_urls>'],
+  });
+};
+
+export const requestProxyPermissions = async () => {
+  return await browser.permissions.request({
+    permissions: ['proxy', 'tabs'],
+    origins: ['<all_urls>'],
+  });
+};
diff --git a/src/helpers/socksProxy.ts b/src/helpers/socksProxy.ts
index 9dc99b52..1447bdbb 100644
--- a/src/helpers/socksProxy.ts
+++ b/src/helpers/socksProxy.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
-import { RequestDetails, ProxyDetails } from './socksProxy.types';
 import ipaddr from 'ipaddr.js';
 
+import { RequestDetails, ProxyDetails } from './socksProxy.types';
+import { getProxyPermissions } from './permissions';
+import { initBrowserAction, updatedTabListener } from './browserAction';
+
 const getGlobalProxyDetails = async (): Promise<ProxyDetails> => {
   const response = await browser.storage.local.get('globalProxyDetails');
 
@@ -39,6 +42,32 @@ export const initProxyRequests = () => {
   browser.proxy.onRequest.addListener(handleProxyRequest, { urls: ['<all_urls>'] });
 };
 
+export const initProxyListeners = async () => {
+  const proxyPermissionsGranted = await getProxyPermissions();
+  if (proxyPermissionsGranted) {
+    await removeProxyListeners();
+    await addProxyListeners();
+  }
+};
+
+export const cleanProxyListeners = async () => {
+  const proxyPermissionsGranted = await getProxyPermissions();
+
+  if (!proxyPermissionsGranted) {
+    await removeProxyListeners();
+  }
+};
+
+const addProxyListeners = async () => {
+  initBrowserAction();
+  initProxyRequests();
+};
+
+const removeProxyListeners = async () => {
+  browser.tabs.onUpdated.removeListener(updatedTabListener);
+  browser.proxy.onRequest.removeListener(handleProxyRequest);
+};
+
 // TODO decide what how to handle fallback proxy (if proxy is invalid, it will fallback to Firefox proxy if configured)
 // https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1750561
 
diff --git a/src/manifest.ts b/src/manifest.ts
index 664518de..e224b01d 100644
--- a/src/manifest.ts
+++ b/src/manifest.ts
@@ -27,16 +27,8 @@ export async function getManifest() {
       '48': './assets/mullvad-logo.svg',
       '96': './assets/mullvad-logo.svg',
     },
-    permissions: [
-      'management',
-      'privacy',
-      'proxy',
-      'search',
-      'storage',
-      'tabs',
-      '*://*.mullvad.net/*',
-      '<all_urls>',
-    ],
+    permissions: ['management', 'privacy', 'search', 'storage', '*://*.mullvad.net/*'],
+    optional_permissions: ['proxy', 'tabs', '<all_urls>'],
     browser_specific_settings: {
       gecko: {
         strict_min_version: '91.1.0',
diff --git a/src/popup/views/Home.vue b/src/popup/views/Home.vue
index 532914b0..ca65225b 100644
--- a/src/popup/views/Home.vue
+++ b/src/popup/views/Home.vue
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <script lang="ts" setup>
-import { computed, inject } from 'vue';
+import { inject, onMounted, ref } from 'vue';
 
 import ConnectionDetails from '@/components/ConnectionDetails/ConnectionDetails.vue';
 import IconLabel from '@/components/IconLabel.vue';
@@ -7,22 +7,29 @@ import NotificationsCarousel from '@/components/NotificationsCarousel.vue';
 
 import useActiveTab from '@/composables/useActiveTab';
 import { ConnectionKey, defaultConnection } from '@/composables/useConnection';
+import useProxyPermissions from '@/composables/useProxyPermissions';
 import useSocksProxy from '@/composables/useSocksProxy';
 import useStore from '@/composables/useStore';
 
+const { proxyPermissionsGranted } = useProxyPermissions();
 const { activeTabHost } = useActiveTab();
 const { currentHostProxyDetails, currentHostProxyEnabled } = useSocksProxy();
 const { excludedHosts } = useStore();
 const { isLoading, isError, connection } = inject(ConnectionKey, defaultConnection);
 
-const currentHostExcluded = computed(() => excludedHosts.value.includes(activeTabHost.value));
+const currentHostExcluded = ref(false);
+
+onMounted(async () => {
+  if (proxyPermissionsGranted.value) {
+    currentHostExcluded.value = excludedHosts.value.includes(activeTabHost.value);
+  }
+});
 </script>
 
 <template>
   <NotificationsCarousel v-if="!isLoading && !isError" />
   <ConnectionDetails />
-
-  <div v-if="!isLoading">
+  <div v-if="!isLoading && proxyPermissionsGranted">
     <IconLabel v-if="currentHostExcluded" type="info" class="my-2">
       <strong>{{ activeTabHost }}</strong> is set to never be proxied
     </IconLabel>
diff --git a/src/popup/views/Proxy.vue b/src/popup/views/Proxy.vue
index 28c800bb..7bcef1b4 100644
--- a/src/popup/views/Proxy.vue
+++ b/src/popup/views/Proxy.vue
@@ -1,14 +1,19 @@
 <script lang="ts" setup>
 import { computed, inject } from 'vue';
+import { NCard } from 'naive-ui';
 
+import Button from '@/components/Buttons/Button.vue';
 import IconLabel from '@/components/IconLabel.vue';
 import LocationDrawer from '@/components/ConnectionDetails/LocationDrawer.vue';
 import ProxyGlobal from '@/components/Proxy/ProxyGlobal.vue';
 import ProxyHost from '@/components/Proxy/ProxyHost.vue';
+import TitleCategory from '@/components/TitleCategory.vue';
 
 import useActiveTab from '@/composables/useActiveTab';
 import { ConnectionKey, defaultConnection } from '@/composables/useConnection';
+import useProxyPermissions from '@/composables/useProxyPermissions';
 
+const { proxyPermissionsGranted, triggerProxyPermissions } = useProxyPermissions();
 const { isAboutPage } = useActiveTab();
 const { connection } = inject(ConnectionKey, defaultConnection);
 
@@ -20,13 +25,33 @@ const isWireGuard = computed(
 </script>
 
 <template>
-  <IconLabel v-if="!isWireGuard" type="warning" class="my-2">
-    Connect first to Mullvad VPN (WireGuard) to use the proxy.
-  </IconLabel>
-
-  <div>
-    <ProxyHost v-if="!isAboutPage" />
-    <ProxyGlobal />
-    <LocationDrawer />
-  </div>
+  <template v-if="proxyPermissionsGranted">
+    <IconLabel v-if="!isWireGuard" type="warning" class="my-2">
+      Connect first to Mullvad VPN (WireGuard) to use the proxy.
+    </IconLabel>
+
+    <div>
+      <ProxyHost v-if="!isAboutPage" />
+      <ProxyGlobal />
+      <LocationDrawer />
+    </div>
+  </template>
+
+  <template v-else>
+    <n-card :bordered="false" class="mb-4">
+      <div class="flex justify-between">
+        <TitleCategory title="Permissions required" />
+      </div>
+
+      <IconLabel type="warning" class="my-2">
+        <ul>
+          <li>- <strong>tabs</strong> to show proxy settings from the active tab</li>
+          <li>- <strong>proxy</strong> to configure and use Mullvad proxy servers</li>
+          <li>- <strong>&lt;all_urls&gt;</strong> to have granular proxy settings</li>
+        </ul>
+      </IconLabel>
+
+      <Button class="mt-3" @click="triggerProxyPermissions"> Grant permissions </Button>
+    </n-card>
+  </template>
 </template>