diff --git a/discovery/discovery_client.go b/discovery/discovery_client.go
index 87de3297..96159ab7 100644
--- a/discovery/discovery_client.go
+++ b/discovery/discovery_client.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
@@ -482,12 +483,29 @@ func setDiscoveryDefaults(config *restclient.Config) error {
 
 // NewDiscoveryClientForConfig creates a new DiscoveryClient for the given config. This client
 // can be used to discover supported resources in the API server.
+// NewDiscoveryClientForConfig is equivalent to NewDiscoveryClientForConfigAndClient(c, httpClient),
+// where httpClient was generated with rest.HTTPClientFor(c).
 func NewDiscoveryClientForConfig(c *restclient.Config) (*DiscoveryClient, error) {
 	config := *c
 	if err := setDiscoveryDefaults(&config); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	client, err := restclient.UnversionedRESTClientFor(&config)
+	httpClient, err := restclient.HTTPClientFor(&config)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return NewDiscoveryClientForConfigAndClient(&config, httpClient)
+}
+
+// NewDiscoveryClientForConfigAndClient creates a new DiscoveryClient for the given config. This client
+// can be used to discover supported resources in the API server.
+// Note the http client provided takes precedence over the configured transport values.
+func NewDiscoveryClientForConfigAndClient(c *restclient.Config, httpClient *http.Client) (*DiscoveryClient, error) {
+	config := *c
+	if err := setDiscoveryDefaults(&config); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	client, err := restclient.UnversionedRESTClientForConfigAndClient(&config, httpClient)
 	return &DiscoveryClient{restClient: client, LegacyPrefix: "/api"}, err
 }