diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0bd8e60f63f..0c4628792d8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 
 # Upcoming
 
+## StreamChat
+### 🐞 Fixed
+- Allow injecting a custom URLSessionConfiguration in ChatClientConfig [#2756](https://github.com/GetStream/stream-chat-swift/pull/2756)
+
 ## StreamChatUI
 ### 🔄 Changed
 - Make record button in composer, visible depending on the channel's capabilities. [#2758](https://github.com/GetStream/stream-chat-swift/pull/2758)
diff --git a/Sources/StreamChat/ChatClient.swift b/Sources/StreamChat/ChatClient.swift
index 0c9ebdfbd93..9679df8d7be 100644
--- a/Sources/StreamChat/ChatClient.swift
+++ b/Sources/StreamChat/ChatClient.swift
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ public class ChatClient {
     /// The default configuration of URLSession to be used for both the `APIClient` and `WebSocketClient`. It contains all
     /// required header auth parameters to make a successful request.
     private var urlSessionConfiguration: URLSessionConfiguration {
-        let configuration = URLSessionConfiguration.default
+        let configuration = config.urlSessionConfiguration
         configuration.waitsForConnectivity = false
         configuration.httpAdditionalHeaders = sessionHeaders
         configuration.timeoutIntervalForRequest = config.timeoutIntervalForRequest
diff --git a/Sources/StreamChat/Config/ChatClientConfig.swift b/Sources/StreamChat/Config/ChatClientConfig.swift
index c1232336061..197ad7f29a1 100644
--- a/Sources/StreamChat/Config/ChatClientConfig.swift
+++ b/Sources/StreamChat/Config/ChatClientConfig.swift
@@ -186,8 +186,14 @@ public struct ChatClientConfig {
     /// whenever a new channel is created,/updated the SDK will try to
     /// match the channel list filter automatically.
     public var isChannelAutomaticFilteringEnabled: Bool = true
-
-    public init(apiKey: APIKey) {
+    
+    /// The `URLSessionConfiguration` being used as default configuration for the `APIClient` and
+    /// `WebSocketClient`
+    public var urlSessionConfiguration: URLSessionConfiguration = .default
+
+    public init(
+        apiKey: APIKey
+    ) {
         self.apiKey = apiKey
         isClientInActiveMode = !Bundle.main.isAppExtension
     }
diff --git a/Tests/StreamChatTests/StreamChat/ChatClient_Tests.swift b/Tests/StreamChatTests/StreamChat/ChatClient_Tests.swift
index cf1de401d42..d089f3b9bfd 100644
--- a/Tests/StreamChatTests/StreamChat/ChatClient_Tests.swift
+++ b/Tests/StreamChatTests/StreamChat/ChatClient_Tests.swift
@@ -328,6 +328,24 @@ final class ChatClient_Tests: XCTestCase {
         XCTAssertEqual(client.activeChannelControllers.count, 0)
         XCTAssertEqual(client.activeChannelListControllers.count, 0)
     }
+    
+    
+    func test_apiClient_usesInjectedURLSessionConfiguration() {
+        // configure a URLSessionConfiguration with a URLProtocol class
+        var urlSessionConfiguration = URLSessionConfiguration.default
+        URLProtocol_Mock.startTestSession(with: &urlSessionConfiguration)
+        
+        // initialise a ChatClient with a custom URLSessionConfiguration,
+        // which is used instead of `URLSessionConfiguration.default`
+        var chatClientConfig = ChatClientConfig()
+        chatClientConfig.urlSessionConfiguration = urlSessionConfiguration
+        let chatClient = ChatClient(config: chatClientConfig)
+        
+        // make sure the `apiClient` is initialised using the injected
+        // `URLSessionConfiguration`
+        XCTAssertTrue(chatClient.apiClient.session.configuration.protocolClasses?
+            .contains(where: { $0 is URLProtocol_Mock.Type }) ?? false)
+    }
 
     // MARK: - Background workers tests