diff --git a/client/Cargo.toml b/client/Cargo.toml
index 90b92fdc..a0f56f11 100644
--- a/client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/client/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ bitcoincore-rpc-json = { version = "0.19.0", path = "../json" }
 
 log = "0.4.5"
 jsonrpc = { version = "0.18.0", features = ["minreq_http"] }
+minreq = { version = "2.7.0", features = ["json-using-serde", "https"] }
 
 # Used for deserialization of JSON.
 serde = "1"
diff --git a/client/src/client.rs b/client/src/client.rs
index 2f809a79..89f9a53b 100644
--- a/client/src/client.rs
+++ b/client/src/client.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ use crate::bitcoin;
 use crate::bitcoin::consensus::encode;
 use bitcoin::hex::DisplayHex;
 use jsonrpc;
+use jsonrpc::minreq_http::MinreqHttpTransport;
 use serde;
 use serde_json;
 
@@ -1293,6 +1294,21 @@ impl Client {
             .map_err(|e| super::error::Error::JsonRpc(e.into()))
     }
 
+    pub fn new_with_minreq(url: &str, auth: Auth) -> Result<Self> {
+        let (user, pass) = auth.get_user_pass()?;
+        if user.is_none() {
+            return Err(Error::ReturnedError("User is None".to_string()));
+        }
+        let transport = MinreqHttpTransport::builder()
+            .url(url)
+            .map_err(|e| super::error::Error::JsonRpc(e.into()))?
+            .basic_auth(user.unwrap(), pass)
+            .build();
+        Ok(Client {
+            client: jsonrpc::client::Client::with_transport(transport),
+        })
+    }
+
     /// Create a new Client using the given [jsonrpc::Client].
     pub fn from_jsonrpc(client: jsonrpc::client::Client) -> Client {
         Client {