diff --git a/client/client.go b/client/client.go
index c4cb08d..cfd8ed5 100644
--- a/client/client.go
+++ b/client/client.go
@@ -217,3 +217,27 @@ func NewClient(opts ...Option) *Client {
 	}
 	return c
 }
+
+// WithHTTPClient swaps in a caller-supplied *http.Client. Use this
+// when the application has its own connection pool, mTLS config, or
+// auth-injecting transport that other Options like WithTimeout can't
+// express. The supplied client's Timeout, Jar, and Transport are
+// preserved as-is.
+func WithHTTPClient(h *http.Client) Option {
+	return func(c *Client) {
+		c.HTTPClient = h
+	}
+}
+
+// WithTransport replaces the underlying http.RoundTripper without
+// touching the Client's other settings (timeout, jar, etc.). Useful
+// for wrapping the transport in middleware (auth, logging, retry,
+// rate-limit) while keeping the rest of the configured shape intact.
+func WithTransport(rt http.RoundTripper) Option {
+	return func(c *Client) {
+		if c.HTTPClient == nil {
+			c.HTTPClient = &http.Client{Timeout: defaultTimeout}
+		}
+		c.HTTPClient.Transport = rt
+	}
+}
diff --git a/client/options_test.go b/client/options_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..32af915
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/options_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+package client
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func TestWithHTTPClient(t *testing.T) {
+	custom := &http.Client{Timeout: 7 * time.Second}
+	c := NewClient(WithHTTPClient(custom))
+	if c.HTTPClient != custom {
+		t.Errorf("HTTPClient = %p, want %p", c.HTTPClient, custom)
+	}
+	if c.HTTPClient.Timeout != 7*time.Second {
+		t.Errorf("supplied Timeout not preserved: got %v", c.HTTPClient.Timeout)
+	}
+}
+
+type stubTransport struct{ called bool }
+
+func (s *stubTransport) RoundTrip(_ *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
+	s.called = true
+	return nil, http.ErrServerClosed
+}
+
+func TestWithTransport(t *testing.T) {
+	rt := &stubTransport{}
+	c := NewClient(WithTransport(rt))
+	if c.HTTPClient.Transport != rt {
+		t.Errorf("Transport not set; got %v", c.HTTPClient.Transport)
+	}
+	// Other Client defaults should remain.
+	if c.HTTPClient.Timeout == 0 {
+		t.Error("WithTransport should preserve default timeout")
+	}
+}
+
+// WithTransport over a Client whose HTTPClient was nilled out (via an
+// earlier custom option) should still attach without panicking.
+func TestWithTransport_NilHTTPClient(t *testing.T) {
+	c := DefaultClient()
+	c.HTTPClient = nil
+	rt := &stubTransport{}
+	WithTransport(rt)(c)
+	if c.HTTPClient == nil || c.HTTPClient.Transport != rt {
+		t.Errorf("WithTransport should backfill HTTPClient; got %+v", c.HTTPClient)
+	}
+}