diff --git a/client/utils.go b/client/utils.go
index affd0211cb..f89f22a29e 100644
--- a/client/utils.go
+++ b/client/utils.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package client
 
 import (
 	"encoding/base64"
+	"net/http"
 
 	rpchttp "github.com/cometbft/cometbft/rpc/client/http"
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
@@ -84,6 +85,13 @@ func NewClientFromNode(nodeURI string) (*rpchttp.HTTP, error) {
 	return rpchttp.New(nodeURI, "/websocket")
 }
 
+// NewClientFromNodeWithClient allows for setting a custom http client
+// sets up Client implementation that communicates with a Tendermint node over
+// JSON RPC and WebSockets
+func NewClientFromNodeWithClient(nodeURI string, client *http.Client) (*rpchttp.HTTP, error) {
+	return rpchttp.NewWithClient(nodeURI, "/websocket", client)
+}
+
 // FlagSetWithPageKeyDecoded returns the provided flagSet with the page-key value base64 decoded (if it exists).
 // This is for when the page-key is provided as a base64 string (e.g. from the CLI).
 // ReadPageRequest expects it to be the raw bytes.