diff --git a/CHANGELOG.MD b/CHANGELOG.MD
index 44aaea64..9d5d14e3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.MD
+++ b/CHANGELOG.MD
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Added
+
+- added the `gotOptions` property to the `BlockFrostAPI` class. This property can be passed during the initialization of the `BlockFrostAPI` object. For more details, refer to the [Got Options documentation](https://github.com/sindresorhus/got/blob/main/documentation/2-options.md).
+
 
 ## [5.5.0] - 2023-12-20
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3f3ddfdd..d55ca40a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ const API = new Blockfrost.BlockFrostAPI({
 - `debug` - `boolean`, whether to enable debug logging. It is also possible to enable it by setting environment variable `DEBUG` to `true` (optional, default `false`).
 - `customBackend` - `string`, option to set URL to a non-official backend (optional)
 - `version` - `number`, version of the Blockfrost API (optional, default `0`)
+- `gotOptions` - Additional options to be passed to Got instance. For more details, refer to the [Got Options documentation](https://github.com/sindresorhus/got/blob/main/documentation/2-options.md).
+
 
 ## Error handling
 
diff --git a/src/types/index.ts b/src/types/index.ts
index 4ce118ad..6c197cfd 100644
--- a/src/types/index.ts
+++ b/src/types/index.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
   MaxRedirectsError,
   UnsupportedProtocolError,
   RequiredRetryOptions,
+  Options as GotOptions,
 } from 'got';
 import { RateLimiterConfig } from '../utils/limiter';
 
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ type AdditionalOptions = {
   userAgent?: string;
   requestTimeout?: number;
   retrySettings?: RequiredRetryOptions;
+  gotOptions?: GotOptions; // https://github.com/sindresorhus/got/blob/main/documentation/2-options.md
 };
 
 export type Options = (OptionCombination1 | OptionCombination2) &
@@ -61,6 +63,7 @@ export interface ValidatedOptions {
   projectId?: string;
   network?: BlockfrostNetwork;
   retrySettings?: RequiredRetryOptions;
+  gotOptions?: GotOptions;
 }
 
 export type HashOrNumber = string | number;
diff --git a/src/utils/got.ts b/src/utils/got.ts
index 103a9173..47e2e5b5 100644
--- a/src/utils/got.ts
+++ b/src/utils/got.ts
@@ -41,5 +41,7 @@ export const getInstance = (
     timeout: {
       request: options.requestTimeout,
     },
+    // https://github.com/sindresorhus/got/blob/main/documentation/2-options.md
+    ...options.gotOptions,
   });
 };
diff --git a/src/utils/index.ts b/src/utils/index.ts
index 6e941adf..318f55b4 100644
--- a/src/utils/index.ts
+++ b/src/utils/index.ts
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ export const validateOptions = (options?: Options): ValidatedOptions => {
     version: options.version || DEFAULT_API_VERSION,
     debug,
     http2: options.http2 ?? false,
+    gotOptions: options.gotOptions || undefined,
     requestTimeout: options.requestTimeout ?? 20000, // 20 seconds
     // see: https://github.com/sindresorhus/got/blob/main/documentation/7-retry.md#retry
     retrySettings: options.retrySettings ?? {