torrent.go | 8 +++++++-

diff --git a/torrent.go b/torrent.go
index 26f49b82a6b289a08e9526d015b5d974db90f902..a4ae4b48c4bb340a310edefa1a67a304038e34e6 100644
--- a/torrent.go
+++ b/torrent.go
@@ -2103,6 +2103,12 @@ func (t *Torrent) callbacks() *Callbacks {
 	return &t.cl.config.Callbacks
 }
 
+var WebseedHttpClient = &http.Client{
+	Transport: &http.Transport{
+		MaxConnsPerHost: 10,
+	},
+}
+
 func (t *Torrent) addWebSeed(url string) {
 	if t.cl.config.DisableWebseeds {
 		return
@@ -2125,7 +2131,7 @@ 			callbacks:       t.callbacks(),
 		},
 		client: webseed.Client{
 			// Consider a MaxConnsPerHost in the transport for this, possibly in a global Client.
-			HttpClient: http.DefaultClient,
+			HttpClient: WebseedHttpClient,
 			Url:        url,
 		},
 		activeRequests: make(map[Request]webseed.Request, maxRequests),