client.go | 3 ++-
 config.go | 2 ++

diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index e0aea9527a6100d4e4a55a20d275a953fca16952..a77aea84b6fe87702a0d1863592d2b19ed0899fa 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -203,7 +203,8 @@ 	cl.event.L = cl.locker()
 	cl.ipBlockList = cfg.IPBlocklist
 	cl.httpClient = &http.Client{
 		Transport: &http.Transport{
-			Proxy: cfg.HTTPProxy,
+			Proxy:       cfg.HTTPProxy,
+			DialContext: cfg.HTTPDialContext,
 			// I think this value was observed from some webseeds. It seems reasonable to extend it
 			// to other uses of HTTP from the client.
 			MaxConnsPerHost: 10,
diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 11e70d6830f45dd616f75e774ba732f1c889ee5a..1189872ee9e26435c60259b1fe22a7ff767ebd8a 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@
 	// Defines proxy for HTTP requests, such as for trackers. It's commonly set from the result of
 	// "net/http".ProxyURL(HTTPProxy).
 	HTTPProxy func(*http.Request) (*url.URL, error)
+	// Defines DialContext func to use for HTTP requests, such as for fetching metainfo and webtorrent seeds
+	HTTPDialContext func(ctx context.Context, network, addr string) (net.Conn, error)
 	// Defines DialContext func to use for HTTP tracker announcements
 	TrackerDialContext func(ctx context.Context, network, addr string) (net.Conn, error)
 	// Defines ListenPacket func to use for UDP tracker announcements