diff --git a/src/auth0-session/client/node-client.ts b/src/auth0-session/client/node-client.ts
index 264b6a714..dad56ac13 100644
--- a/src/auth0-session/client/node-client.ts
+++ b/src/auth0-session/client/node-client.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ export class NodeClient extends AbstractClient {
             }
           : undefined)
       },
-      timeout: config.httpTimeout
+      timeout: config.httpTimeout,
+      agent: config.httpAgent
     });
     const applyHttpOptionsCustom = (entity: Issuer<Client> | typeof Issuer | Client) => {
       entity[custom.http_options] = defaultHttpOptions;
diff --git a/src/auth0-session/config.ts b/src/auth0-session/config.ts
index 9334bad76..59f06d23a 100644
--- a/src/auth0-session/config.ts
+++ b/src/auth0-session/config.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import type {
   AuthorizationParameters as OidcAuthorizationParameters,
   ClientAuthMethod
 } from './client/abstract-client';
+import type { Agent } from 'https';
 import { SessionStore } from './session/stateful-session';
 
 /**
@@ -100,6 +101,12 @@ export interface Config {
    */
   httpTimeout: number;
 
+  /**
+   * Instance of an HTTP agent for authentication requests.
+   * (This is for the Node.js runtime only)
+   */
+  httpAgent?: Agent;
+
   /**
    * Boolean value to opt-out of sending the library and Node.js version to your authorization server
    * via the `Auth0-Client` header. Defaults to `true`.
diff --git a/src/auth0-session/get-config.ts b/src/auth0-session/get-config.ts
index 1adc9e79c..84c1cab6a 100644
--- a/src/auth0-session/get-config.ts
+++ b/src/auth0-session/get-config.ts
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ const paramsSchema = Joi.object({
     ),
   clockTolerance: Joi.number().optional().default(60),
   httpTimeout: Joi.number().optional().default(5000),
+  httpAgent: Joi.object().optional(),
   enableTelemetry: Joi.boolean().optional().default(true),
   getLoginState: Joi.function()
     .optional()
diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
index 7d0eaf648..358af2548 100644
--- a/src/config.ts
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { Agent } from 'https';
 import type { LoginOptions, AuthorizationParameters as OidcAuthorizationParameters } from './auth0-session/config';
 import { SessionStore } from './auth0-session/session/stateful-session';
 import Session from './session/session';
@@ -96,6 +97,12 @@ export interface BaseConfig {
    */
   httpTimeout: number;
 
+  /**
+   * Instance of an HTTP agent for authentication requests.
+   * (This is for the Node.js runtime only)
+   */
+  httpAgent?: Agent;
+
   /**
    * Boolean value to opt-out of sending the library and node version to your authorization server
    * via the `Auth0-Client` header. Defaults to `true`.