diff --git a/components/esp_http_client/Kconfig b/components/esp_http_client/Kconfig
index b7ea8ed68c..355b591c8f 100644
--- a/components/esp_http_client/Kconfig
+++ b/components/esp_http_client/Kconfig
@@ -21,4 +21,12 @@ menu "ESP HTTP client"
             This option will enable HTTP Digest Authentication. It is enabled by default, but use of this
             configuration is not recommended as the password can be derived from the exchange, so it introduces
             a vulnerability when not using TLS
+
+    config ESP_HTTP_CLIENT_ENABLE_CUSTOM_TRANSPORT
+        bool "Enable custom transport"
+        default n
+        help
+            This option will enable injection of a custom tcp_transport handle, so the http operation
+            will be performed on top of the user defined transport abstraction (if configured)
+
 endmenu
diff --git a/components/esp_http_client/esp_http_client.c b/components/esp_http_client/esp_http_client.c
index 1baa912dee..fbb0bfcaf8 100644
--- a/components/esp_http_client/esp_http_client.c
+++ b/components/esp_http_client/esp_http_client.c
@@ -758,6 +758,12 @@ esp_http_client_handle_t esp_http_client_init(const esp_http_client_config_t *co
     }
 #endif
 
+#if CONFIG_ESP_HTTP_CLIENT_ENABLE_CUSTOM_TRANSPORT
+    if (config->transport) {
+        client->transport = config->transport;
+    }
+#endif
+
     if (config->client_key_pem) {
         if (!config->client_key_len) {
             esp_transport_ssl_set_client_key_data(ssl, config->client_key_pem, strlen(config->client_key_pem));
@@ -1398,8 +1404,15 @@ static esp_err_t esp_http_client_connect(esp_http_client_handle_t client)
     }
 
     if (client->state < HTTP_STATE_CONNECTED) {
-        ESP_LOGD(TAG, "Begin connect to: %s://%s:%d", client->connection_info.scheme, client->connection_info.host, client->connection_info.port);
-        client->transport = esp_transport_list_get_transport(client->transport_list, client->connection_info.scheme);
+#ifdef CONFIG_ESP_HTTP_CLIENT_ENABLE_CUSTOM_TRANSPORT
+        // If the custom transport is enabled and defined, we skip the selection of appropriate transport from the list
+        // based on the scheme, since we already have the transport
+        if (!client->transport)
+#endif
+        {
+            ESP_LOGD(TAG, "Begin connect to: %s://%s:%d", client->connection_info.scheme, client->connection_info.host, client->connection_info.port);
+            client->transport = esp_transport_list_get_transport(client->transport_list, client->connection_info.scheme);
+        }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ESP_TLS_CLIENT_SESSION_TICKETS
         if (client->session_ticket_state == SESSION_TICKET_SAVED) {
diff --git a/components/esp_http_client/include/esp_http_client.h b/components/esp_http_client/include/esp_http_client.h
index 29a91468e5..1c50a1fa5a 100644
--- a/components/esp_http_client/include/esp_http_client.h
+++ b/components/esp_http_client/include/esp_http_client.h
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ ESP_EVENT_DECLARE_BASE(ESP_HTTP_CLIENT_EVENT);
 typedef struct esp_http_client *esp_http_client_handle_t;
 typedef struct esp_http_client_event *esp_http_client_event_handle_t;
 
+#if CONFIG_ESP_HTTP_CLIENT_ENABLE_CUSTOM_TRANSPORT
+// Forward declares transport handle item to keep the dependency private (even if ENABLE_CUSTOM_TRANSPORT=y)
+struct esp_transport_item_t;
+#endif
+
 /**
  * @brief   HTTP Client events id
  */
@@ -181,6 +186,9 @@ typedef struct {
 #if CONFIG_ESP_TLS_CLIENT_SESSION_TICKETS
     bool save_client_session;
 #endif
+#if CONFIG_ESP_HTTP_CLIENT_ENABLE_CUSTOM_TRANSPORT
+    struct esp_transport_item_t *transport;
+#endif
 } esp_http_client_config_t;
 
 /**