diff --git a/home/common.nix b/home/common.nix
index c2c5264..b8dc67f 100644
--- a/home/common.nix
+++ b/home/common.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     ./modules/packages.nix
     ./modules/vscodium.nix
     ./modules/fonts.nix
+    ./modules/captive-browser.nix
   ];
   home.homeDirectory =
     if pkgs.stdenv.isDarwin then "/Users/${config.home.username}" else "/home/${config.home.username}";
diff --git a/home/modules/captive-browser.nix b/home/modules/captive-browser.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b07be4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home/modules/captive-browser.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+{
+  pkgs,
+  lib,
+  inputs,
+  config,
+  system,
+  ...
+}:
+
+let
+  tomlFormat = pkgs.formats.toml { };
+  cfg = config.programs.captive-browser;
+  inherit (pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform) isDarwin;
+in
+{
+  options.programs.captive-browser = {
+    enable = lib.mkEnableOption "Enable custom captive-browser in user PATH";
+    package = lib.mkPackageOption pkgs "captive-browser" { nullable = true; };
+    settings = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.submodule {
+        freeformType = tomlFormat.type;
+
+        options = {
+          browser = lib.mkOption {
+            type = lib.types.str;
+            description = "command to invoke the browser with";
+
+            # browser is the shell (/bin/sh) command executed once the proxy starts.
+            # When browser exits, the proxy exits. An extra env var PROXY is available.
+            #
+            # Here, we use a separate Chrome instance in Incognito mode, so that
+            # it can run (and be waited for) alongside the default one, and that
+            # it maintains no state across runs. To configure this browser open a
+            # normal window in it, settings will be preserved.
+            default = ''
+              ${cfg.browserCommand} \
+              --user-data-dir="$HOME/Library/Application Support/Google/Captive" \
+              --proxy-server="socks5://$PROXY" \
+              --host-resolver-rules="MAP * ~NOTFOUND , EXCLUDE localhost" \
+              --no-first-run --new-window --incognito \
+              http://example.com
+            '';
+          };
+        };
+      };
+    };
+    interface = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.str;
+      description = "WLAN interface to use";
+    };
+    browserCommand = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.str;
+      default = if isDarwin then "open -n -W -a \"Google Chrome\" --args" else (lib.getExe pkgs.chromium);
+    };
+  };
+  config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
+    home.packages = [ cfg.package ];
+
+    programs.captive-browser.settings = {
+      # dhcp-dns is the shell (/bin/sh) command executed to obtain the DHCP
+      # DNS server address. The first match of an IPv4 regex is used.
+      # IPv4 only, because let's be real, it's a captive portal.
+      dhcp-dns = "ipconfig getoption ${cfg.interface} domain_name_server";
+
+      # socks5-addr is the listen address for the SOCKS5 proxy server.
+      socks5-addr = "localhost:1666";
+    };
+    home.file.".config/captive-browser.toml" = lib.mkIf (isDarwin && !config.xdg.enable) {
+      source = tomlFormat.generate "captive-browser-config" cfg.settings;
+    };
+
+    xdg.configFile."captive-browser.toml" = lib.mkIf (!(isDarwin && !config.xdg.enable)) {
+      source = tomlFormat.generate "captive-browser-config" cfg.settings;
+    };
+
+  };
+}
diff --git a/home/workmac.nix b/home/workmac.nix
index f0803ec..0a9cc65 100644
--- a/home/workmac.nix
+++ b/home/workmac.nix
@@ -93,6 +93,11 @@ in
     + import ./scripts/ssh-loop-fc.nix { inherit pkgs lib; }
   );
 
+  # separate proxied browser using the DHCP-supplied DNS for accessing captive portals
+  programs.captive-browser = {
+    enable = true;
+    interface = "en0";
+  };
   launchd.agents.hydra_proxy = {
     enable = true;
     config = {