diff --git a/dynamic/simple.go b/dynamic/simple.go
index 65f40fe1..87594bf2 100644
--- a/dynamic/simple.go
+++ b/dynamic/simple.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package dynamic
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
@@ -60,17 +61,30 @@ func NewForConfigOrDie(c *rest.Config) Interface {
 }
 
 // NewForConfig creates a new dynamic client or returns an error.
+// NewForConfig is equivalent to NewForConfigAndClient(c, httpClient),
+// where httpClient was generated with rest.HTTPClientFor(c).
 func NewForConfig(inConfig *rest.Config) (Interface, error) {
 	config := ConfigFor(inConfig)
+
+	httpClient, err := rest.HTTPClientFor(config)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return NewForConfigAndClient(config, httpClient)
+}
+
+// NewForConfigAndClient creates a new dynamic client for the given config and http client.
+// Note the http client provided takes precedence over the configured transport values.
+func NewForConfigAndClient(inConfig *rest.Config, h *http.Client) (Interface, error) {
+	config := ConfigFor(inConfig)
 	// for serializing the options
 	config.GroupVersion = &schema.GroupVersion{}
 	config.APIPath = "/if-you-see-this-search-for-the-break"
 
-	restClient, err := rest.RESTClientFor(config)
+	restClient, err := rest.RESTClientForConfigAndClient(config, h)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-
 	return &dynamicClient{client: restClient}, nil
 }