diff --git a/src/mcp/client/sse.py b/src/mcp/client/sse.py
index a782b58a7..476c5c001 100644
--- a/src/mcp/client/sse.py
+++ b/src/mcp/client/sse.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 from httpx_sse import aconnect_sse
 
 import mcp.types as types
-from mcp.shared._httpx_utils import create_mcp_http_client
+from mcp.shared._httpx_utils import McpHttpClientFactory, create_mcp_http_client
 from mcp.shared.message import SessionMessage
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ async def sse_client(
     headers: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
     timeout: float = 5,
     sse_read_timeout: float = 60 * 5,
+    httpx_client_factory: McpHttpClientFactory = create_mcp_http_client,
     auth: httpx.Auth | None = None,
 ):
     """
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ async def sse_client(
     async with anyio.create_task_group() as tg:
         try:
             logger.info(f"Connecting to SSE endpoint: {remove_request_params(url)}")
-            async with create_mcp_http_client(headers=headers, auth=auth) as client:
+            async with httpx_client_factory(headers=headers, auth=auth) as client:
                 async with aconnect_sse(
                     client,
                     "GET",
diff --git a/src/mcp/client/streamable_http.py b/src/mcp/client/streamable_http.py
index 79b2995e1..61aca4282 100644
--- a/src/mcp/client/streamable_http.py
+++ b/src/mcp/client/streamable_http.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 from anyio.streams.memory import MemoryObjectReceiveStream, MemoryObjectSendStream
 from httpx_sse import EventSource, ServerSentEvent, aconnect_sse
 
-from mcp.shared._httpx_utils import create_mcp_http_client
+from mcp.shared._httpx_utils import McpHttpClientFactory, create_mcp_http_client
 from mcp.shared.message import ClientMessageMetadata, SessionMessage
 from mcp.types import (
     ErrorData,
@@ -430,6 +430,7 @@ async def streamablehttp_client(
     timeout: timedelta = timedelta(seconds=30),
     sse_read_timeout: timedelta = timedelta(seconds=60 * 5),
     terminate_on_close: bool = True,
+    httpx_client_factory: McpHttpClientFactory = create_mcp_http_client,
     auth: httpx.Auth | None = None,
 ) -> AsyncGenerator[
     tuple[
@@ -464,7 +465,7 @@ async def streamablehttp_client(
         try:
             logger.info(f"Connecting to StreamableHTTP endpoint: {url}")
 
-            async with create_mcp_http_client(
+            async with httpx_client_factory(
                 headers=transport.request_headers,
                 timeout=httpx.Timeout(
                     transport.timeout.seconds, read=transport.sse_read_timeout.seconds
diff --git a/src/mcp/shared/_httpx_utils.py b/src/mcp/shared/_httpx_utils.py
index 5240c970c..e0611ce73 100644
--- a/src/mcp/shared/_httpx_utils.py
+++ b/src/mcp/shared/_httpx_utils.py
@@ -1,12 +1,21 @@
 """Utilities for creating standardized httpx AsyncClient instances."""
 
-from typing import Any
+from typing import Any, Protocol
 
 import httpx
 
 __all__ = ["create_mcp_http_client"]
 
 
+class McpHttpClientFactory(Protocol):
+    def __call__(
+        self,
+        headers: dict[str, str] | None = None,
+        timeout: httpx.Timeout | None = None,
+        auth: httpx.Auth | None = None,
+    ) -> httpx.AsyncClient: ...
+
+
 def create_mcp_http_client(
     headers: dict[str, str] | None = None,
     timeout: httpx.Timeout | None = None,