diff --git a/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/Worker.java b/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/Worker.java
index c0f413be..1ce25579 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/Worker.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/Worker.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
 
+import com.amazonaws.services.kinesis.clientlibrary.proxies.IKinesisProxy;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 
@@ -1073,6 +1074,7 @@ public class Worker implements Runnable {
         private IMetricsFactory metricsFactory;
         private ExecutorService execService;
         private ShardPrioritization shardPrioritization;
+        private IKinesisProxy kinesisProxy;
 
         /**
          * Default constructor.
@@ -1192,6 +1194,19 @@ public class Worker implements Runnable {
             return this;
         }
 
+        /**
+         * Set KinesisProxy for the worker.
+         *
+         * @param kinesisProxy
+         *            KinesisProxy uses the AmazonKinesis client to get data from Kinesis or DynamoDBStreams
+         *
+         * @return A reference to this updated object so that method calls can be chained together.
+         */
+        public Builder kinesisProxy(IKinesisProxy kinesisProxy) {
+            this.kinesisProxy = kinesisProxy;
+            return this;
+        }
+
         /**
          * Build the Worker instance.
          *
@@ -1257,13 +1272,15 @@ public class Worker implements Runnable {
             if (shardPrioritization == null) {
                 shardPrioritization = new ParentsFirstShardPrioritization(1);
             }
-
+            if (kinesisProxy == null) {
+                kinesisProxy = new KinesisProxyFactory(config.getKinesisCredentialsProvider(), kinesisClient)
+                    .getProxy(config.getStreamName());
+            }
 
             return new Worker(config.getApplicationName(),
                     recordProcessorFactory,
                     config,
-                    new StreamConfig(new KinesisProxyFactory(config.getKinesisCredentialsProvider(),
-                            kinesisClient).getProxy(config.getStreamName()),
+                    new StreamConfig(kinesisProxy,
                             config.getMaxRecords(),
                             config.getIdleTimeBetweenReadsInMillis(),
                             config.shouldCallProcessRecordsEvenForEmptyRecordList(),