diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 625bd805..06156295 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ CHANGELOG
 ------------------
 
 * Added `SECUREPAY` to the `Payment.Processor` enum.
+* `WebServiceClient.Builder` now has an `httpClient()` method to allow
+  passing in a custom `HttpClient`.
 
 3.8.0 (2025-06-09)
 ------------------
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/maxmind/minfraud/WebServiceClient.java b/src/main/java/com/maxmind/minfraud/WebServiceClient.java
index 2df38a50..d5cc47f7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/maxmind/minfraud/WebServiceClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/maxmind/minfraud/WebServiceClient.java
@@ -64,13 +64,16 @@ private WebServiceClient(WebServiceClient.Builder builder) {
                 .getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
 
         requestTimeout = builder.requestTimeout;
-        HttpClient.Builder httpClientBuilder = HttpClient.newBuilder()
-            .proxy(builder.proxy);
-        if (builder.connectTimeout != null) {
-            httpClientBuilder.connectTimeout(builder.connectTimeout);
+        if (builder.httpClient != null) {
+            httpClient = builder.httpClient;
+        } else {
+            HttpClient.Builder httpClientBuilder = HttpClient.newBuilder()
+                .proxy(builder.proxy);
+            if (builder.connectTimeout != null) {
+                httpClientBuilder.connectTimeout(builder.connectTimeout);
+            }
+            httpClient = httpClientBuilder.build();
         }
-        httpClient = httpClientBuilder.build();
-
     }
 
     /**
@@ -102,7 +105,8 @@ public static final class Builder {
         Duration requestTimeout;
 
         List<String> locales = Collections.singletonList("en");
-        private ProxySelector proxy = ProxySelector.getDefault();
+        private ProxySelector proxy;
+        private HttpClient httpClient;
 
         /**
          * @param accountId  Your MaxMind account ID.
@@ -188,12 +192,38 @@ public Builder proxy(ProxySelector val) {
             return this;
         }
 
+        /**
+         * @param val the HttpClient to use when making requests. When provided,
+         *            connectTimeout and proxy settings will be ignored as the
+         *            custom client should handle these configurations.
+         * @return Builder object
+         */
+        public Builder httpClient(HttpClient val) {
+            httpClient = val;
+            return this;
+        }
 
         /**
          * @return an instance of {@code WebServiceClient} created from the fields set on this
          *     builder.
          */
         public WebServiceClient build() {
+            if (httpClient != null) {
+                if (connectTimeout != null) {
+                    throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+                        "Cannot set both httpClient and connectTimeout. "
+                        + "Configure timeouts on the provided HttpClient instead.");
+                }
+                if (proxy != null) {
+                    throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+                        "Cannot set both httpClient and proxy. "
+                        + "Configure proxy on the provided HttpClient instead.");
+                }
+            } else {
+                if (proxy == null) {
+                    proxy = ProxySelector.getDefault();
+                }
+            }
             return new WebServiceClient(this);
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/maxmind/minfraud/WebServiceClientTest.java b/src/test/java/com/maxmind/minfraud/WebServiceClientTest.java
index c05fb360..7de5b025 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/maxmind/minfraud/WebServiceClientTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/maxmind/minfraud/WebServiceClientTest.java
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@
 import com.maxmind.minfraud.response.IpRiskReason;
 import com.maxmind.minfraud.response.ScoreResponse;
 import java.net.InetAddress;
+import java.net.ProxySelector;
+import java.net.http.HttpClient;
+import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.List;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.RegisterExtension;
@@ -357,4 +360,46 @@ private WebServiceClient createClient(String service, int status, String content
             .disableHttps()
             .build();
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testHttpClientWorks() {
+        HttpClient customClient = HttpClient.newBuilder().build();
+
+        WebServiceClient client = new WebServiceClient.Builder(6, "0123456789")
+            .httpClient(customClient)
+            .build();
+
+        // Verify the client was created successfully
+        assertEquals("WebServiceClient{host='minfraud.maxmind.com', port=443, useHttps=true, locales=[en], httpClient=" + customClient + "}", client.toString());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testHttpClientWithConnectTimeoutThrowsException() {
+        HttpClient customClient = HttpClient.newBuilder().build();
+
+        Exception ex = assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () ->
+            new WebServiceClient.Builder(6, "0123456789")
+                .httpClient(customClient)
+                .connectTimeout(Duration.ofSeconds(5))
+                .build()
+        );
+
+        assertEquals("Cannot set both httpClient and connectTimeout. " +
+            "Configure timeouts on the provided HttpClient instead.", ex.getMessage());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testHttpClientWithProxyThrowsException() {
+        HttpClient customClient = HttpClient.newBuilder().build();
+
+        Exception ex = assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () ->
+            new WebServiceClient.Builder(6, "0123456789")
+                .httpClient(customClient)
+                .proxy(java.net.ProxySelector.of(null))
+                .build()
+        );
+
+        assertEquals("Cannot set both httpClient and proxy. " +
+            "Configure proxy on the provided HttpClient instead.", ex.getMessage());
+    }
 }