diff --git a/src/main/java/io/getstream/services/framework/StreamHTTPClient.java b/src/main/java/io/getstream/services/framework/StreamHTTPClient.java
index b32fb5d2..561e7d33 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/getstream/services/framework/StreamHTTPClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/getstream/services/framework/StreamHTTPClient.java
@@ -56,6 +56,14 @@ public StreamHTTPClient(@NotNull String apiKey, @NotNull String apiSecret) {
     setCredetials(apiKey, apiSecret);
   }
 
+  public StreamHTTPClient(
+      @NotNull String apiKey, @NotNull String apiSecret, @NotNull OkHttpClient httpClient) {
+    this.apiKey = apiKey;
+    this.apiSecret = apiSecret;
+    var jwtToken = buildJWT(apiSecret);
+    this.client = buildHTTPClient(jwtToken, httpClient.newBuilder());
+  }
+
   // default constructor using ENV or System properties
   // env vars have priority over system properties
   public StreamHTTPClient() {
@@ -120,7 +128,13 @@ private void setCredetials(@NotNull String apiKey, @NotNull String apiSecret) {
     this.apiKey = apiKey;
     this.apiSecret = apiSecret;
     var jwtToken = buildJWT(apiSecret);
-    this.client = buildHTTPClient(jwtToken);
+    this.client = buildHTTPClient(jwtToken, defaultHttpClientBuilder());
+  }
+
+  private OkHttpClient.Builder defaultHttpClientBuilder() {
+    return new OkHttpClient.Builder()
+        .connectionPool(new ConnectionPool(5, 59, TimeUnit.SECONDS))
+        .callTimeout(timeout, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
   }
 
   private void readPropertiesAndEnv(Properties properties) {
@@ -159,11 +173,7 @@ private void readPropertiesAndEnv(Properties properties) {
     return HttpLoggingInterceptor.Level.valueOf(logLevel);
   }
 
-  private OkHttpClient buildHTTPClient(String jwtToken) {
-    OkHttpClient.Builder httpClient =
-        new OkHttpClient.Builder()
-            .connectionPool(new ConnectionPool(5, 59, TimeUnit.SECONDS))
-            .callTimeout(timeout, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+  private OkHttpClient buildHTTPClient(String jwtToken, OkHttpClient.Builder httpClient) {
     httpClient.interceptors().clear();
 
     HttpLoggingInterceptor loggingInterceptor =
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/getstream/services/framework/StreamSDKClient.java b/src/main/java/io/getstream/services/framework/StreamSDKClient.java
index 41345387..2bd008dd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/getstream/services/framework/StreamSDKClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/getstream/services/framework/StreamSDKClient.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import io.getstream.services.*;
 import java.util.Properties;
+import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
 public class StreamSDKClient extends CommonImpl implements Common {
@@ -19,6 +20,11 @@ public StreamSDKClient(Properties properties) {
     this(new StreamHTTPClient(properties));
   }
 
+  public StreamSDKClient(
+      @NotNull String apiKey, @NotNull String apiSecret, @NotNull OkHttpClient httpClient) {
+    this(new StreamHTTPClient(apiKey, apiSecret, httpClient));
+  }
+
   public StreamSDKClient(StreamHTTPClient httpClient) {
     super(httpClient);
     this.httpClient = httpClient;
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/getstream/StreamHTTPClientTest.java b/src/test/java/io/getstream/StreamHTTPClientTest.java
index 0f15e02b..194d5691 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/getstream/StreamHTTPClientTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/getstream/StreamHTTPClientTest.java
@@ -9,9 +9,13 @@
 import io.getstream.models.TrackActivityMetricsRequest;
 import io.getstream.models.UpdateAppRequest;
 import io.getstream.services.framework.StreamHTTPClient;
+import io.getstream.services.framework.StreamSDKClient;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import okhttp3.ConnectionPool;
+import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
@@ -135,6 +139,35 @@ void testTrackActivityMetricsRequestSerializedWithCustomMetric() throws JsonProc
     assertTrue(json.contains("\"delta\":3"), "Expected delta in: " + json);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void testCustomOkHttpClientPreservesConfig() {
+    ConnectionPool customPool = new ConnectionPool(20, 120, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+    OkHttpClient customHttp =
+        new OkHttpClient.Builder()
+            .connectionPool(customPool)
+            .connectTimeout(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+            .readTimeout(45, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+            .build();
+
+    var sdkClient =
+        new StreamSDKClient(
+            System.getenv("STREAM_API_KEY"), System.getenv("STREAM_API_SECRET"), customHttp);
+    OkHttpClient builtClient = sdkClient.getHttpClient().getHttpClient();
+
+    assertSame(customPool, builtClient.connectionPool());
+    assertEquals(30_000, builtClient.connectTimeoutMillis());
+    assertEquals(45_000, builtClient.readTimeoutMillis());
+
+    assertFalse(
+        builtClient.interceptors().isEmpty(), "SDK should add its interceptors to the client");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void testDefaultConstructorStillWorks() {
+    assertNotNull(client.getHttpClient());
+    assertFalse(client.getHttpClient().interceptors().isEmpty());
+  }
+
   @Test
   void testRFC3339TimestampParsing() throws Exception {
     // Create a JSON response with RFC 3339 formatted timestamp