diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index 03b3afc4..c1ea8e68 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -41,6 +41,13 @@ func NewClient(opts ...ClientOpt) *GraphQLClient {
 	return c
 }
 
+// WithHTTPClient sets a custom HTTP client to be used when making downstream queries.
+func WithHTTPClient(client *http.Client) ClientOpt {
+	return func(s *GraphQLClient) {
+		s.HTTPClient = client
+	}
+}
+
 // WithMaxResponseSize sets the max allowed response size. The client will only
 // read up to maxResponseSize and that size is exceeded an an error will be
 // returned.
diff --git a/client_test.go b/client_test.go
index e6143c1a..5bd99137 100644
--- a/client_test.go
+++ b/client_test.go
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ package bramble
 import (
 	"context"
 	"net/http"
+	"net/http/cookiejar"
 	"net/http/httptest"
+	"net/url"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -34,6 +36,33 @@ func TestGraphqlClient(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, "value", res.Root.Test)
 	})
 
+	t.Run("with http client", func(t *testing.T) {
+		srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+			cookie, err := r.Cookie("test_cookie")
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			assert.Equal(t, "test_value", cookie.Value)
+		}))
+
+		jar, err := cookiejar.New(nil)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		serverURL, err := url.Parse(srv.URL)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		jar.SetCookies(serverURL, []*http.Cookie{
+			{
+
+				Name:  "test_cookie",
+				Value: "test_value",
+			},
+		})
+
+		httpClient := &http.Client{Jar: jar}
+		c := NewClient(WithHTTPClient(httpClient))
+		var res interface{}
+		_ = c.Request(context.Background(), srv.URL, &Request{}, &res)
+	})
+
 	t.Run("with user agent", func(t *testing.T) {
 		srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 			assert.Equal(t, "My User Agent", r.Header.Get("User-Agent"))
diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index bff55bea..5b0b7459 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package bramble
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
@@ -38,6 +39,8 @@ type Config struct {
 	Plugins                []PluginConfig
 	// Config extensions that can be shared among plugins
 	Extensions map[string]json.RawMessage
+	// HTTP client to customize for downstream services query
+	QueryHTTPClient *http.Client
 
 	plugins          []Plugin
 	executableSchema *ExecutableSchema
@@ -264,7 +267,11 @@ func (c *Config) Init() error {
 		services = append(services, NewService(s))
 	}
 
-	queryClient := NewClient(WithMaxResponseSize(c.MaxServiceResponseSize), WithUserAgent(GenerateUserAgent("query")))
+	queryClientOptions := []ClientOpt{WithMaxResponseSize(c.MaxServiceResponseSize), WithUserAgent(GenerateUserAgent("query"))}
+	if c.QueryHTTPClient != nil {
+		queryClientOptions = append(queryClientOptions, WithHTTPClient(c.QueryHTTPClient))
+	}
+	queryClient := NewClient(queryClientOptions...)
 	es := newExecutableSchema(c.plugins, c.MaxRequestsPerQuery, queryClient, services...)
 	err = es.UpdateSchema(true)
 	if err != nil {