diff --git a/dxr/src/lib.rs b/dxr/src/lib.rs
index 09d95b7..ea1793f 100644
--- a/dxr/src/lib.rs
+++ b/dxr/src/lib.rs
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ pub use fault::*;
 
 mod impls;
 
+mod multicall;
+pub use multicall::*;
+
 mod traits;
 pub use traits::*;
 
diff --git a/dxr/src/multicall.rs b/dxr/src/multicall.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d02313
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dxr/src/multicall.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+use crate::{DxrError, Member, Struct, TryToParams, TryToValue, Value};
+
+/// Convenience method for constructing arguments for "system.multicall" calls.
+///
+/// This method is more efficient than manually constructing the array of XML-RPC
+/// calls as structs (either by using a [`HashMap`] or by deriving [`TryToValue`]
+/// on a custom struct) because this method can rely on crate internals.
+pub fn multicall<P>(calls: Vec<(String, P)>) -> Result<Value, DxrError>
+where
+    P: TryToParams,
+{
+    let params: Vec<Value> = calls
+        .into_iter()
+        .map(|(n, p)| {
+            let members = vec![
+                Member::new(String::from("methodName"), Value::string(n)),
+                Member::new(String::from("params"), p.try_to_params()?.try_to_value()?),
+            ];
+            Ok(Value::structure(Struct::new(members)))
+        })
+        .collect::<Result<Vec<Value>, DxrError>>()?;
+
+    params.try_to_value()
+}
diff --git a/dxr/src/tests/multicall.rs b/dxr/src/tests/multicall.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c2ca680
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dxr/src/tests/multicall.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+use quick_xml::{de::from_str, se::to_string};
+
+use crate::values::{MethodCall, Value};
+
+#[test]
+fn to_multicall() {
+    let value = MethodCall::new(String::from("hello"), vec![]);
+    let expected = "<methodCall><methodName>system.multicall</methodName></methodCall>";
+
+    assert_eq!(to_string(&value).unwrap(), expected);
+}
diff --git a/dxr_client/src/call.rs b/dxr_client/src/call.rs
index 5a6ac55..4cd5a41 100644
--- a/dxr_client/src/call.rs
+++ b/dxr_client/src/call.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ where
     P: TryToParams,
     R: TryFromValue,
 {
-    /// constructor for [`Call`] values from method name and method parameters
+    /// Constructor for [`Call`] values from method name and method parameters.
     ///
     /// This method accepts every type of value for the `params` argument if it implements the
     /// [`TryToParams`] trait. This includes:
@@ -49,11 +49,66 @@ where
         Ok(MethodCall::new(self.method(), self.params()?))
     }
 
-    fn method(&self) -> String {
+    pub(crate) fn method(&self) -> String {
         String::from(self.method)
     }
 
-    fn params(&self) -> Result<Vec<Value>, DxrError> {
+    pub(crate) fn params(&self) -> Result<Vec<Value>, DxrError> {
         self.params.try_to_params()
     }
 }
+
+impl<P> Call<'static, P, Vec<Value>>
+where
+    P: TryToParams,
+{
+    /// Constructor for [`Call`] values for `system.multicall` calls.
+    // FIXME: adapt type of return value: `Vec<Result<Value, Fault>>`
+    pub fn multicall(calls: Vec<(String, P)>) -> Result<Call<'static, Value, Vec<Value>>, DxrError> {
+        let calls = dxr::multicall(calls)?;
+        Ok(Call::new("system.multicall", calls))
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    #![allow(clippy::unwrap_used)]
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn to_multicall() {
+        let call = Call::multicall(vec![(String::from("add"), (1, 2)), (String::from("sub"), (2, 1))]).unwrap();
+        let string = quick_xml::se::to_string(&call.as_xml_rpc().unwrap()).unwrap();
+
+        let expected = "\
+<methodCall>
+<methodName>system.multicall</methodName>
+<params>
+
+<param>
+<value>
+<array><data>
+
+<value>
+<struct>
+<member><name>methodName</name><value><string>add</string></value></member>
+<member><name>params</name><value><array><data><value><i4>1</i4></value><value><i4>2</i4></value></data></array></value></member>
+</struct>
+</value>
+
+<value>
+<struct>
+<member><name>methodName</name><value><string>sub</string></value></member>
+<member><name>params</name><value><array><data><value><i4>2</i4></value><value><i4>1</i4></value></data></array></value></member>
+</struct>
+</value>
+
+</data></array>
+</value>
+</param>
+
+</params>
+</methodCall>".replace('\n', "");
+        assert_eq!(string, expected);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dxr_client/src/reqwest_support.rs b/dxr_client/src/reqwest_support.rs
index be790ad..57d0806 100644
--- a/dxr_client/src/reqwest_support.rs
+++ b/dxr_client/src/reqwest_support.rs
@@ -1,38 +1,40 @@
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+
 use http::header::{HeaderMap, HeaderName, HeaderValue, CONTENT_TYPE, USER_AGENT};
 use thiserror::Error;
 use url::Url;
 
-use dxr::{DxrError, Fault, FaultResponse, MethodCall, MethodResponse, TryFromValue, TryToParams};
+use dxr::{DxrError, Fault, FaultResponse, MethodCall, MethodResponse, TryFromValue, TryToParams, Value};
 
 use crate::{Call, DEFAULT_USER_AGENT};
 
-/// error type for XML-RPC clients based on [`reqwest`]
+/// Error type for XML-RPC clients based on [`reqwest`].
 #[derive(Debug, Error)]
 pub enum ClientError {
-    /// error variant for XML-RPC server faults
+    /// Error variant for XML-RPC server faults.
     #[error("{}", fault)]
     Fault {
-        /// fault returned by the server
+        /// Fault returned by the server.
         #[from]
         fault: Fault,
     },
-    /// error variant for XML-RPC errors
+    /// Error variant for XML-RPC errors.
     #[error("{}", error)]
     RPC {
-        /// XML-RPC parsing error
+        /// XML-RPC parsing error.
         #[from]
         error: DxrError,
     },
-    /// error variant for networking errors
+    /// Error variant for networking errors.
     #[error("{}", error)]
     Net {
-        /// networking error returned by [`reqwest`]
+        /// Networking error returned by [`reqwest`].
         #[from]
         error: reqwest::Error,
     },
 }
 
-/// builder that takes parameters for constructing a [`Client`] based on [`reqwest`]
+/// Builder that takes parameters for constructing a [`Client`] based on [`reqwest::Client`].
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct ClientBuilder {
     url: Url,
@@ -41,7 +43,7 @@ pub struct ClientBuilder {
 }
 
 impl ClientBuilder {
-    /// constructor for [`ClientBuilder`] from the URL of the XML-RPC server
+    /// Constructor for [`ClientBuilder`] from the URL of the XML-RPC server.
     ///
     /// This also sets up the default `Content-Type: text/xml` HTTP header for XML-RPC requests.
     pub fn new(url: Url) -> Self {
@@ -55,13 +57,13 @@ impl ClientBuilder {
         }
     }
 
-    /// method for overriding the default User-Agent header
+    /// Method for overriding the default User-Agent header.
     pub fn user_agent(mut self, user_agent: &'static str) -> Self {
         self.user_agent = Some(user_agent);
         self
     }
 
-    /// method for providing additional custom HTTP headers
+    /// Method for providing additional custom HTTP headers.
     ///
     /// Using [`HeaderName`] constants for the header name is recommended. The [`HeaderValue`]
     /// argument needs to be parsed (probably from a string) with [`HeaderValue::from_str`] to
@@ -71,7 +73,7 @@ impl ClientBuilder {
         self
     }
 
-    /// build the [`Client`] by setting up and initializing the internal [`reqwest::Client`]
+    /// Build the [`Client`] by setting up and initializing the internal [`reqwest::Client`].
     ///
     /// If no custom value was provided for `User-Agent`, the default value
     /// ([`DEFAULT_USER_AGENT`]) will be used.
@@ -103,7 +105,12 @@ pub struct Client {
 }
 
 impl Client {
-    /// asynchronous method for handling remote procedure calls with XML-RPC
+    /// Constructor for a [`Client`] from a [`reqwest::Client`] that was already initialized.
+    pub fn with_client(url: Url, client: reqwest::Client) -> Self {
+        Client { url, client }
+    }
+
+    /// Asynchronous method for handling remote procedure calls with XML-RPC.
     ///
     /// Fault responses from the XML-RPC server are transparently converted into [`Fault`] errors.
     /// Invalid XML-RPC responses or faults will result in an appropriate [`DxrError`].
@@ -123,6 +130,52 @@ impl Client {
         // extract return value
         Ok(R::try_from_value(&result.inner())?)
     }
+
+    /// Asynchronous method for handling "system.multicall" calls.
+    pub async fn multicall<P: TryToParams>(
+        &self,
+        call: Call<'_, P, Vec<Value>>,
+    ) -> Result<Vec<Result<Value, Fault>>, ClientError> {
+        let expected = call.params()?.len();
+        let response = self.call(call).await?;
+
+        if response.len() != expected {
+            // length of results must match number of method calls
+            return Err(ClientError::RPC {
+                error: DxrError::parameter_mismatch(response.len(), expected),
+            });
+        }
+
+        let mut results = Vec::new();
+        for result in response {
+            // return values for successful calls are arrays that contain a single value
+            if let Ok((value,)) = <(Value,)>::try_from_value(&result) {
+                results.push(Ok(value));
+            };
+
+            // return values for failed calls are structs with two members
+            if let Ok(mut value) = <HashMap<String, Value>>::try_from_value(&result) {
+                let code = match value.remove("faultCode") {
+                    Some(code) => code,
+                    None => return Err(DxrError::missing_field("Fault", "faultCode").into()),
+                };
+
+                let string = match value.remove("faultString") {
+                    Some(string) => string,
+                    None => return Err(DxrError::missing_field("Fault", "faultString").into()),
+                };
+
+                // The value might still contain other struct fields:
+                // Rather than return an error because they are unexpected, they are ignored,
+                // since the required "faultCode" and "faultString" members were present.
+
+                let fault = Fault::new(i32::try_from_value(&code)?, String::try_from_value(&string)?);
+                results.push(Err(fault));
+            }
+        }
+
+        Ok(results)
+    }
 }