diff --git a/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/CSharp/CSharpDecompiler.cs b/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/CSharp/CSharpDecompiler.cs
index 1d3990401..55f20d3dc 100644
--- a/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/CSharp/CSharpDecompiler.cs
+++ b/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/CSharp/CSharpDecompiler.cs
@@ -122,7 +122,8 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.Decompiler.CSharp
 					}
 				},
 				new DelegateConstruction(),
-				new AssignVariableNames()
+				new AssignVariableNames(),
+				new ProxyCallReplacer(),
 			};
 		}
 
diff --git a/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/ICSharpCode.Decompiler.csproj b/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/ICSharpCode.Decompiler.csproj
index 912fa636d..e68291245 100644
--- a/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/ICSharpCode.Decompiler.csproj
+++ b/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/ICSharpCode.Decompiler.csproj
@@ -273,6 +273,7 @@
     <Compile Include="DotNetCore\UnresolvedAssemblyNameReference.cs" />
     <Compile Include="IL\Instructions\CallIndirect.cs" />
     <Compile Include="IL\Transforms\EarlyExpressionTransforms.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="IL\Transforms\ProxyCallReplacer.cs" />
     <Compile Include="IL\Transforms\UsingTransform.cs" />
     <Compile Include="IL\ControlFlow\AsyncAwaitDecompiler.cs" />
     <Compile Include="IL\ControlFlow\ControlFlowGraph.cs" />
diff --git a/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/IL/Transforms/ProxyCallReplacer.cs b/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/IL/Transforms/ProxyCallReplacer.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fac68c61e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/IL/Transforms/ProxyCallReplacer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using ICSharpCode.Decompiler.TypeSystem;
+using Mono.Cecil;
+
+namespace ICSharpCode.Decompiler.IL.Transforms
+{
+	class ProxyCallReplacer : ILVisitor, IILTransform
+	{
+		ILTransformContext context;
+
+		public void Run(ILFunction function, ILTransformContext context)
+		{
+			this.context = context;
+			function.AcceptVisitor(this);
+		}
+
+		protected override void Default(ILInstruction inst)
+		{
+			foreach (var child in inst.Children) {
+				child.AcceptVisitor(this);
+			}
+		}
+
+		protected internal override void VisitCallVirt(CallVirt inst)
+		{
+			VisitCally(inst);
+		}
+
+		protected internal override void VisitCall(Call inst)
+		{
+			VisitCally(inst);
+		}
+
+		protected internal void VisitCally(CallInstruction inst)
+		{
+			if (inst.Method.DeclaringTypeDefinition == null) // TODO: investigate why
+				return;
+			foreach (IMethod method in inst.Method.DeclaringTypeDefinition.Methods) {
+				if (method.FullName.Equals(inst.Method.FullName)) {
+					MethodDefinition methodDef = context.TypeSystem.GetCecil(method) as MethodDefinition;
+					if (methodDef != null && methodDef.Body != null) {
+						if (method.IsCompilerGeneratedOrIsInCompilerGeneratedClass()) {
+							// partially copied from CSharpDecompiler
+							var specializingTypeSystem = this.context.TypeSystem.GetSpecializingTypeSystem(this.context.TypeSystem.Compilation.TypeResolveContext);
+							var ilReader = new ILReader(specializingTypeSystem);
+							System.Threading.CancellationToken cancellationToken = new System.Threading.CancellationToken();
+							var function = ilReader.ReadIL(methodDef.Body, cancellationToken);
+							var context = new ILTransformContext(function, specializingTypeSystem, this.context.Settings) {
+								CancellationToken = cancellationToken
+							};
+							foreach (var transform in CSharp.CSharpDecompiler.GetILTransforms()) {
+								if (transform.GetType() != typeof(ProxyCallReplacer)) { // don't call itself on itself
+									cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
+									transform.Run(function, context);
+								}
+							}
+							Call currentCall = new ProxyMethodVisitor().GetCalledMethod(function, context);
+							if (currentCall != null) {
+								Call newInst = (Call)currentCall.Clone();
+								newInst.Arguments.Clear();
+
+								ILInstruction thisArg = inst.Arguments.ElementAtOrDefault(0).Clone();
+
+								// special handling for first argument (this) - the underlying issue may be somewhere else
+								// normally
+								// leave IL_0000(await(callvirt<> n__0(ldobj xxHandler(ldloca this), ldobj System.Net.Http.HttpRequestMessage(ldloca request), ldobj System.Threading.CancellationToken(ldloca cancellationToken))))
+								// would be decompiled to
+								// return await((DelegatingHandler)this).SendAsync(request, cancellationToken);
+								// this changes it to
+								// return await base.SendAsync(request, cancellationToken);
+								if (thisArg.OpCode == OpCode.LdObj && thisArg.Children.Count > 0 && thisArg.Children[0].OpCode == OpCode.LdLoca) {
+									thisArg = new LdLoc(((LdLoca)thisArg.Children[0]).Variable);
+								}
+
+								newInst.Arguments.Add(thisArg);
+
+								// add everything except first argument
+								for (int i = 1; i < inst.Arguments.Count; i++) {
+									newInst.Arguments.Add(inst.Arguments.ElementAtOrDefault(i).Clone());
+								}
+								inst.ReplaceWith(newInst);
+							}
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Checks if the method is a proxy method by checking if it only contains a call instruction and if it has special compiler attributes.
+		private class ProxyMethodVisitor : ILVisitor
+		{
+			ILTransformContext context;
+			int invalidInstructions = 0;
+			Call currentCall;
+
+			public Call GetCalledMethod(ILFunction function, ILTransformContext context)
+			{
+				this.context = context;
+				function.AcceptVisitor(this);
+				if (invalidInstructions == 0) {
+					return currentCall;
+				}
+				return null;
+			}
+
+			protected override void Default(ILInstruction inst)
+			{
+				if (inst.OpCode != OpCode.ILFunction &&
+					inst.OpCode != OpCode.BlockContainer &&
+					inst.OpCode != OpCode.Block &&
+					inst.OpCode != OpCode.Leave &&
+					inst.OpCode != OpCode.Nop) {
+					invalidInstructions++;
+				}
+				foreach (var child in inst.Children) {
+					child.AcceptVisitor(this);
+				}
+			}
+
+			protected internal override void VisitCall(Call inst)
+			{
+				currentCall = inst;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}