diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 27466f91a..0298620f2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -412,6 +412,23 @@ Client client = Client
         .build();
 ```
 
+To customize the default JDK HTTP client without replacing the SDK implementation, provide
+your own `java.net.http.HttpClient` to `JdkA2AHttpClient`:
+
+```java
+HttpClient jdkHttpClient = HttpClient.newBuilder()
+        .connectTimeout(Duration.ofSeconds(5))
+        .followRedirects(HttpClient.Redirect.NORMAL)
+        .version(HttpClient.Version.HTTP_2)
+        .build();
+
+Client client = Client
+        .builder(agentCard)
+        .withTransport(JSONRPCTransport.class, new JSONRPCTransportConfig(
+                new JdkA2AHttpClient(jdkHttpClient)))
+        .build();
+```
+
 ##### gRPC Transport Configuration
 
 For the gRPC transport, you must configure a channel factory:
diff --git a/http-client/src/main/java/io/a2a/client/http/JdkA2AHttpClient.java b/http-client/src/main/java/io/a2a/client/http/JdkA2AHttpClient.java
index c04596360..e41f36a1c 100644
--- a/http-client/src/main/java/io/a2a/client/http/JdkA2AHttpClient.java
+++ b/http-client/src/main/java/io/a2a/client/http/JdkA2AHttpClient.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package io.a2a.client.http;
 
+import static io.a2a.util.Assert.checkNotNullParam;
 import static java.net.HttpURLConnection.HTTP_FORBIDDEN;
 import static java.net.HttpURLConnection.HTTP_MULT_CHOICE;
 import static java.net.HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK;
@@ -61,10 +62,20 @@ public class JdkA2AHttpClient implements A2AHttpClient {
      * </ul>
      */
     public JdkA2AHttpClient() {
-        httpClient = HttpClient.newBuilder()
+        this(HttpClient.newBuilder()
                 .version(HttpClient.Version.HTTP_2)
                 .followRedirects(HttpClient.Redirect.NORMAL)
-                .build();
+                .build());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new JDK-based HTTP client using a caller-provided JDK {@link HttpClient}.
+     *
+     * @param httpClient the JDK HTTP client to delegate requests to
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code httpClient} is {@code null}
+     */
+    public JdkA2AHttpClient(HttpClient httpClient) {
+        this.httpClient = checkNotNullParam("httpClient", httpClient);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/http-client/src/test/java/io/a2a/client/http/JdkA2AHttpClientTest.java b/http-client/src/test/java/io/a2a/client/http/JdkA2AHttpClientTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..48e10a86c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/http-client/src/test/java/io/a2a/client/http/JdkA2AHttpClientTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+package io.a2a.client.http;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.mockserver.integration.ClientAndServer;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.Proxy;
+import java.net.ProxySelector;
+import java.net.SocketAddress;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.http.HttpClient;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
+import static org.mockserver.model.HttpRequest.request;
+import static org.mockserver.model.HttpResponse.response;
+
+public class JdkA2AHttpClientTest {
+
+    private ClientAndServer server;
+
+    @AfterEach
+    public void tearDown() {
+        if (server != null) {
+            server.stop();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testDefaultConstructorCreatesUsableClient() throws Exception {
+        server = ClientAndServer.startClientAndServer(0);
+        server.when(request().withMethod("GET").withPath("/default"))
+                .respond(response().withStatusCode(200).withBody("ok"));
+
+        JdkA2AHttpClient client = new JdkA2AHttpClient();
+
+        A2AHttpResponse response = client.createGet()
+                .url("http://localhost:" + server.getLocalPort() + "/default")
+                .get();
+
+        assertEquals(200, response.status());
+        assertEquals("ok", response.body());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testConstructorUsesProvidedHttpClient() throws Exception {
+        server = ClientAndServer.startClientAndServer(0);
+        server.when(request().withMethod("GET").withPath("/custom"))
+                .respond(response().withStatusCode(200).withBody("ok"));
+
+        TrackingProxySelector proxySelector = new TrackingProxySelector();
+        HttpClient providedClient = HttpClient.newBuilder()
+                .proxy(proxySelector)
+                .build();
+
+        JdkA2AHttpClient client = new JdkA2AHttpClient(providedClient);
+
+        A2AHttpResponse response = client.createGet()
+                .url("http://localhost:" + server.getLocalPort() + "/custom")
+                .get();
+
+        assertEquals(200, response.status());
+        assertEquals("ok", response.body());
+        assertEquals(1, proxySelector.selectCount.get(),
+                "Provided HttpClient should be used for request execution");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testConstructorRejectsNullHttpClient() {
+        assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> new JdkA2AHttpClient(null), "foo");
+    }
+
+    private static final class TrackingProxySelector extends ProxySelector {
+        private final AtomicInteger selectCount = new AtomicInteger();
+
+        @Override
+        public List<Proxy> select(URI uri) {
+            selectCount.incrementAndGet();
+            return List.of(Proxy.NO_PROXY);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void connectFailed(URI uri, SocketAddress sa, IOException ioe) {
+            throw new AssertionError("Proxy connection should not fail in this test", ioe);
+        }
+    }
+}