+def make_socks_conn_class(base_class, socks_proxy):
+    assert issubclass(base_class, (
+        compat_http_client.HTTPConnection, compat_http_client.HTTPSConnection))
+
+    url_components = compat_urlparse.urlparse(socks_proxy)
+    if url_components.scheme.lower() == 'socks5':
+        socks_type = ProxyType.SOCKS5
+    elif url_components.scheme.lower() in ('socks', 'socks4'):
+        socks_type = ProxyType.SOCKS4
+    elif url_components.scheme.lower() == 'socks4a':
+        socks_type = ProxyType.SOCKS4A
+
+    def unquote_if_non_empty(s):
+        if not s:
+            return s
+        return compat_urllib_parse_unquote_plus(s)
+
+    proxy_args = (
+        socks_type,
+        url_components.hostname, url_components.port or 1080,
+        True,  # Remote DNS
+        unquote_if_non_empty(url_components.username),
+        unquote_if_non_empty(url_components.password),
+    )
+
+    class SocksConnection(base_class):
+        def connect(self):
+            self.sock = sockssocket()
+            self.sock.setproxy(*proxy_args)
+            if type(self.timeout) in (int, float):
+                self.sock.settimeout(self.timeout)
+            self.sock.connect((self.host, self.port))
+
+            if isinstance(self, compat_http_client.HTTPSConnection):
+                if hasattr(self, '_context'):  # Python > 2.6
+                    self.sock = self._context.wrap_socket(
+                        self.sock, server_hostname=self.host)
+                else:
+                    self.sock = ssl.wrap_socket(self.sock)
+
+    return SocksConnection
+
+