diff --git a/cmd/main.go b/cmd/main.go
index 86fb278..8589866 100644
--- a/cmd/main.go
+++ b/cmd/main.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"flag"
 	"log"
 
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ func main() {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	e, err := engine.Run(cfg)
+	e, err := engine.Run(context.Background(), cfg)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
diff --git a/core/config/config.go b/core/config/config.go
index 770d446..6d7258a 100644
--- a/core/config/config.go
+++ b/core/config/config.go
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ type Config struct {
 	PeerID          string
 	Bootstraps      []string
 	PeersRouteTable map[string]netip.Prefix
+	Relays          []string
+	EnableAutoRelay bool
 	EnableMDNS      bool
 
 	// log
diff --git a/core/engine/engine.go b/core/engine/engine.go
index 881c2ef..bdf42a0 100644
--- a/core/engine/engine.go
+++ b/core/engine/engine.go
@@ -56,27 +56,65 @@ type Engine struct {
 	}
 }
 
-func Run(cfg *config.Config) (*Engine, error) {
+func Run(ctx context.Context, cfg *config.Config) (*Engine, error) {
 	var (
-		e   = new(Engine)
-		err error
+		e       = new(Engine)
+		err     error
+		options []libp2p.Option
 	)
 
 	e.cfg = cfg
 	mlog.SetOutputTypes(cfg.LogConfigs...)
 	e.log = mlog.New("engine")
-	e.ctx, e.cancel = context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	e.ctx, e.cancel = context.WithCancel(ctx)
 	e.devWriter = make(PacketChan, ChanSize)
 	e.devReader = make(PacketChan, ChanSize)
-	e.relayChan = make(chan peer.AddrInfo, ChanSize)
 
 	pk, err := cfg.PrivateKey.PrivKey()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	node, err := libp2p.New(
-		libp2p.Identity(pk),
-	)
+	options = append(options, libp2p.Identity(pk))
+
+	if len(cfg.Relays) > 0 {
+		var relays []peer.AddrInfo
+		for _, relay := range cfg.Relays {
+			addrInfo, err := peer.AddrInfoFromString(relay)
+			if err != nil {
+				e.log.Warnf("fail to parse '%s': %v", relay, err)
+				continue
+			}
+			relays = append(relays, *addrInfo)
+		}
+		options = append(options, libp2p.EnableAutoRelayWithStaticRelays(relays))
+	} else if cfg.EnableAutoRelay {
+		e.relayChan = make(chan peer.AddrInfo, ChanSize)
+		options = append(options, libp2p.EnableAutoRelayWithPeerSource(func(ctx context.Context, num int) <-chan peer.AddrInfo {
+			c := make(chan peer.AddrInfo, num)
+			go func() {
+				defer close(c)
+				for ; num >= 0; num-- {
+					select {
+					case v, ok := <-e.relayChan:
+						if !ok {
+							return
+						}
+						e.log.Debugf("auto relay find node: %v", v)
+						select {
+						case c <- v:
+						case <-ctx.Done():
+							return
+						}
+					case <-ctx.Done():
+						return
+					}
+				}
+			}()
+			return c
+		}))
+	}
+
+	node, err := libp2p.New(options...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -138,6 +176,11 @@ func (e *Engine) Run() error {
 		}
 	}
 
+	if len(e.cfg.Relays) == 0 && e.cfg.EnableAutoRelay {
+		// start auto relay detect
+		go e.autoRelayFinder(e.ctx)
+	}
+
 	e.host.SetStreamHandler(VPNStreamProtocol, e.VPNHandler)
 	util.Advertise(e.ctx, e.discovery, e.host.ID().String())
 
diff --git a/core/engine/relay.go b/core/engine/relay.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0f1b7e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/engine/relay.go
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+package engine
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/core/peer"
+)
+
+func (e *Engine) autoRelayFinder(ctx context.Context) {
+	e.log.Debugf("successfully start auto relay finder!")
+	peers := e.host.Network().Peers()
+	for _, p := range peers {
+		addrs := e.host.Peerstore().Addrs(p)
+		if len(addrs) == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+		node := peer.AddrInfo{ID: p, Addrs: addrs}
+		select {
+		case e.relayChan <- node:
+			e.log.Debugf("find relay candidate node %s", node)
+		default:
+		}
+	}
+
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(5 * time.Minute)
+	defer ticker.Stop()
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			return
+		case <-ticker.C:
+			closestPeers, err := e.dht.GetClosestPeers(ctx, e.host.ID().String())
+			if err != nil {
+				e.log.Warnf("autoRelay get cloest peers error: %v", err)
+				continue
+			}
+
+			for _, p := range closestPeers {
+				addrs := e.host.Peerstore().Addrs(p)
+				if len(addrs) == 0 {
+					continue
+				}
+				node := peer.AddrInfo{ID: p, Addrs: addrs}
+				select {
+				case e.relayChan <- node:
+					e.log.Debugf("find relay candidate node %s", node)
+				default:
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}