diff --git a/lib/kamal/configuration.rb b/lib/kamal/configuration.rb
index bd22178f..b291dfde 100644
--- a/lib/kamal/configuration.rb
+++ b/lib/kamal/configuration.rb
@@ -149,8 +149,12 @@ class Kamal::Configuration
     proxy_roles.flat_map(&:name)
   end
 
+  def proxy_accessories
+    accessories.select(&:running_proxy?)
+  end
+
   def proxy_hosts
-    proxy_roles.flat_map(&:hosts).uniq
+    (proxy_roles.flat_map(&:hosts) + proxy_accessories.flat_map(&:hosts)).uniq
   end
 
   def repository
@@ -367,22 +371,26 @@ class Kamal::Configuration
     end
 
     def ensure_required_keys_present
-      %i[ service image registry servers ].each do |key|
+      %i[ service image registry ].each do |key|
         raise Kamal::ConfigurationError, "Missing required configuration for #{key}" unless raw_config[key].present?
       end
 
-      unless role(primary_role_name).present?
-        raise Kamal::ConfigurationError, "The primary_role #{primary_role_name} isn't defined"
-      end
+      if raw_config.servers.nil?
+        raise Kamal::ConfigurationError, "No servers or accessories specified" unless raw_config.accessories.present?
+      else
+        unless role(primary_role_name).present?
+          raise Kamal::ConfigurationError, "The primary_role #{primary_role_name} isn't defined"
+        end
 
-      if primary_role.hosts.empty?
-        raise Kamal::ConfigurationError, "No servers specified for the #{primary_role.name} primary_role"
-      end
+        if primary_role.hosts.empty?
+          raise Kamal::ConfigurationError, "No servers specified for the #{primary_role.name} primary_role"
+        end
 
-      unless allow_empty_roles?
-        roles.each do |role|
-          if role.hosts.empty?
-            raise Kamal::ConfigurationError, "No servers specified for the #{role.name} role. You can ignore this with allow_empty_roles: true"
+        unless allow_empty_roles?
+          roles.each do |role|
+            if role.hosts.empty?
+              raise Kamal::ConfigurationError, "No servers specified for the #{role.name} role. You can ignore this with allow_empty_roles: true"
+            end
           end
         end
       end
diff --git a/lib/kamal/configuration/servers.rb b/lib/kamal/configuration/servers.rb
index ef5e7942..d0ccffd1 100644
--- a/lib/kamal/configuration/servers.rb
+++ b/lib/kamal/configuration/servers.rb
@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@ class Kamal::Configuration::Servers
 
   private
     def role_names
-      servers_config.is_a?(Array) ? [ "web" ] : servers_config.keys.sort
+      case servers_config
+      when Array
+        [ "web" ]
+      when NilClass
+        []
+      else
+        servers_config.keys.sort
+      end
     end
 end
diff --git a/lib/kamal/configuration/validator/servers.rb b/lib/kamal/configuration/validator/servers.rb
index 5a734c78..7e80de95 100644
--- a/lib/kamal/configuration/validator/servers.rb
+++ b/lib/kamal/configuration/validator/servers.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 class Kamal::Configuration::Validator::Servers < Kamal::Configuration::Validator
   def validate!
-    validate_type! config, Array, Hash
+    validate_type! config, Array, Hash, NilClass
 
     validate_servers! config if config.is_a?(Array)
   end
diff --git a/test/configuration_test.rb b/test/configuration_test.rb
index 04be59ea..571ed0a7 100644
--- a/test/configuration_test.rb
+++ b/test/configuration_test.rb
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class ConfigurationTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
   %i[ service image registry ].each do |key|
     test "#{key} config required" do
       assert_raise(Kamal::ConfigurationError) do
-        Kamal::Configuration.new @deploy.tap { _1.delete key }
+        Kamal::Configuration.new @deploy.tap { |config| config.delete key }
       end
     end
   end
@@ -38,21 +38,36 @@ class ConfigurationTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
   %w[ username password ].each do |key|
     test "registry #{key} required" do
       assert_raise(Kamal::ConfigurationError) do
-        Kamal::Configuration.new @deploy.tap { _1[:registry].delete key }
+        Kamal::Configuration.new @deploy.tap { |config| config[:registry].delete key }
       end
     end
   end
 
   test "service name valid" do
     assert_nothing_raised do
-      Kamal::Configuration.new(@deploy.tap { _1[:service] = "hey-app1_primary" })
-      Kamal::Configuration.new(@deploy.tap { _1[:service] = "MyApp" })
+      Kamal::Configuration.new(@deploy.tap { |config| config[:service] = "hey-app1_primary" })
+      Kamal::Configuration.new(@deploy.tap { |config| config[:service] = "MyApp" })
     end
   end
 
   test "service name invalid" do
     assert_raise(Kamal::ConfigurationError) do
-      Kamal::Configuration.new @deploy.tap { _1[:service] = "app.com" }
+      Kamal::Configuration.new @deploy.tap { |config| config[:service] = "app.com" }
+    end
+  end
+
+  test "servers required" do
+    assert_raise(Kamal::ConfigurationError) do
+      Kamal::Configuration.new @deploy.tap { |config| config.delete(:servers) }
+    end
+  end
+
+  test "servers not required with accessories" do
+    assert_nothing_raised do
+      @deploy.delete(:servers)
+      @deploy[:accessories] = { "foo" => { "image" => "foo/bar", "host" => "1.1.1.1" } }
+
+      Kamal::Configuration.new(@deploy)
     end
   end
 
@@ -250,7 +265,7 @@ class ConfigurationTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
   test "destination required" do
     dest_config_file = Pathname.new(File.expand_path("fixtures/deploy_for_required_dest.yml", __dir__))
 
-    assert_raises(Kamal::ConfigurationError) do
+    assert_raises(ArgumentError, "You must specify a destination") do
       config = Kamal::Configuration.create_from config_file: dest_config_file
     end
 
diff --git a/test/integration/accessory_test.rb b/test/integration/accessory_test.rb
index bc2fb378..0ed7a7b9 100644
--- a/test/integration/accessory_test.rb
+++ b/test/integration/accessory_test.rb
@@ -21,6 +21,32 @@ class AccessoryTest < IntegrationTest
     assert_accessory_not_running :busybox
   end
 
+  test "proxied: boot, stop, start, restart, logs, remove" do
+    @app = "app_with_proxied_accessory"
+
+    kamal :proxy, :boot
+
+    kamal :accessory, :boot, :netcat
+    assert_accessory_running :netcat
+    assert_netcat_is_up
+
+    kamal :accessory, :stop, :netcat
+    assert_accessory_not_running :netcat
+    assert_netcat_not_found
+
+    kamal :accessory, :start, :netcat
+    assert_accessory_running :netcat
+    assert_netcat_is_up
+
+    kamal :accessory, :restart, :netcat
+    assert_accessory_running :netcat
+    assert_netcat_is_up
+
+    kamal :accessory, :remove, :netcat, "-y"
+    assert_accessory_not_running :netcat
+    assert_netcat_not_found
+  end
+
   private
     def assert_accessory_running(name)
       assert_match /registry:4443\/busybox:1.36.0   "sh -c 'echo \\"Start/, accessory_details(name)
@@ -33,4 +59,25 @@ class AccessoryTest < IntegrationTest
     def accessory_details(name)
       kamal :accessory, :details, name, capture: true
     end
+
+    def assert_netcat_is_up
+      response = netcat_response
+      debug_response_code(response, "200")
+      assert_equal "200", response.code
+    end
+
+    def assert_netcat_not_found
+      response = netcat_response
+      debug_response_code(response, "404")
+      assert_equal "404", response.code
+    end
+
+    def netcat_response
+      uri = URI.parse("http://127.0.0.1:12345/up")
+      http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
+      request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
+      request["Host"] = "netcat"
+
+      http.request(request)
+    end
 end
diff --git a/test/integration/docker/deployer/app_with_proxied_accessory/config/deploy.yml b/test/integration/docker/deployer/app_with_proxied_accessory/config/deploy.yml
index ae4e217b..e904544c 100644
--- a/test/integration/docker/deployer/app_with_proxied_accessory/config/deploy.yml
+++ b/test/integration/docker/deployer/app_with_proxied_accessory/config/deploy.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 service: app_with_proxied_accessory
 image: app_with_proxied_accessory
-servers:
-  - vm1
 env:
   clear:
     CLEAR_TOKEN: 4321
@@ -24,15 +22,13 @@ accessories:
     service: custom-busybox
     image: registry:4443/busybox:1.36.0
     cmd: sh -c 'echo "Starting busybox..."; trap exit term; while true; do sleep 1; done'
-    roles:
-      - web
+    host: vm1
   netcat:
     service: netcat
     image: registry:4443/busybox:1.36.0
     cmd: >
       sh -c 'echo "Starting netcat..."; while true; do echo -e "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nContent-Length: 11\r\n\r\nHello Ruby" | nc -l -p 80; done'
-    roles:
-      - web
+    host: vm1
     port: 12345:80
     proxy:
       host: netcat
diff --git a/test/integration/proxied_accessory_test.rb b/test/integration/proxied_accessory_test.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 10f3cff8..00000000
--- a/test/integration/proxied_accessory_test.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-require_relative "integration_test"
-
-class ProxiedAccessoryTest < IntegrationTest
-  test "boot, stop, start, restart, logs, remove" do
-    @app = "app_with_proxied_accessory"
-
-    kamal :deploy
-
-    kamal :accessory, :boot, :netcat
-    assert_accessory_running :netcat
-    assert_netcat_is_up
-
-    kamal :accessory, :stop, :netcat
-    assert_accessory_not_running :netcat
-    assert_netcat_not_found
-
-    kamal :accessory, :start, :netcat
-    assert_accessory_running :netcat
-    assert_netcat_is_up
-
-    kamal :accessory, :restart, :netcat
-    assert_accessory_running :netcat
-    assert_netcat_is_up
-
-    kamal :accessory, :remove, :netcat, "-y"
-    assert_accessory_not_running :netcat
-    assert_netcat_not_found
-  end
-
-  private
-    def assert_accessory_running(name)
-      assert_match /registry:4443\/busybox:1.36.0   "sh -c 'echo \\"Start/, accessory_details(name)
-    end
-
-    def assert_accessory_not_running(name)
-      assert_no_match /registry:4443\/busybox:1.36.0   "sh -c 'echo \\"Start/, accessory_details(name)
-    end
-
-    def accessory_details(name)
-      kamal :accessory, :details, name, capture: true
-    end
-
-    def assert_netcat_is_up
-      response = netcat_response
-      debug_response_code(response, "200")
-      assert_equal "200", response.code
-    end
-
-    def assert_netcat_not_found
-      response = netcat_response
-      debug_response_code(response, "404")
-      assert_equal "404", response.code
-    end
-
-    def netcat_response
-      uri = URI.parse("http://127.0.0.1:12345/up")
-      http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
-      request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
-      request["Host"] = "netcat"
-
-      http.request(request)
-    end
-end