diff --git a/.changeset/nice-parts-poke.md b/.changeset/nice-parts-poke.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4ec4f68df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/nice-parts-poke.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"openapi-fetch": minor
+---
+
+Enable request level middlewares option
diff --git a/packages/openapi-fetch/src/index.d.ts b/packages/openapi-fetch/src/index.d.ts
index 79dec3d77..387a5642f 100644
--- a/packages/openapi-fetch/src/index.d.ts
+++ b/packages/openapi-fetch/src/index.d.ts
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ export type RequestOptions<T> = ParamsOption<T> &
     parseAs?: ParseAs;
     fetch?: ClientOptions["fetch"];
     headers?: HeadersOptions;
+    middleware?: Middleware[];
   };
 
 export type MergedOptions<T = unknown> = {
diff --git a/packages/openapi-fetch/src/index.js b/packages/openapi-fetch/src/index.js
index 261f5b147..be3b153a3 100644
--- a/packages/openapi-fetch/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/openapi-fetch/src/index.js
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export default function createClient(clientOptions) {
   } = { ...clientOptions };
   requestInitExt = supportsRequestInitExt() ? requestInitExt : undefined;
   baseUrl = removeTrailingSlash(baseUrl);
-  const middlewares = [];
+  const globalMiddlewares = [];
 
   /**
    * Per-request fetch (keeps settings created in createClient()
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ export default function createClient(clientOptions) {
       querySerializer: requestQuerySerializer,
       bodySerializer = globalBodySerializer ?? defaultBodySerializer,
       body,
+      middleware: requestMiddlewares = [],
       ...init
     } = fetchOptions || {};
     let finalBaseUrl = baseUrl;
@@ -99,6 +100,9 @@ export default function createClient(clientOptions) {
       params.header,
     );
 
+    // Client level middleware take priority over request-level middleware
+    const finalMiddlewares = [...globalMiddlewares, ...requestMiddlewares];
+
     const requestInit = {
       redirect: "follow",
       ...baseOptions,
@@ -122,7 +126,7 @@ export default function createClient(clientOptions) {
       }
     }
 
-    if (middlewares.length) {
+    if (finalMiddlewares.length) {
       id = randomID();
 
       // middleware (request)
@@ -133,7 +137,7 @@ export default function createClient(clientOptions) {
         querySerializer,
         bodySerializer,
       });
-      for (const m of middlewares) {
+      for (const m of finalMiddlewares) {
         if (m && typeof m === "object" && typeof m.onRequest === "function") {
           const result = await m.onRequest({
             request,
@@ -164,9 +168,9 @@ export default function createClient(clientOptions) {
         let errorAfterMiddleware = error;
         // middleware (error)
         // execute in reverse-array order (first priority gets last transform)
-        if (middlewares.length) {
-          for (let i = middlewares.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
-            const m = middlewares[i];
+        if (finalMiddlewares.length) {
+          for (let i = finalMiddlewares.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+            const m = finalMiddlewares[i];
             if (m && typeof m === "object" && typeof m.onError === "function") {
               const result = await m.onError({
                 request,
@@ -203,9 +207,9 @@ export default function createClient(clientOptions) {
 
       // middleware (response)
       // execute in reverse-array order (first priority gets last transform)
-      if (middlewares.length) {
-        for (let i = middlewares.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
-          const m = middlewares[i];
+      if (finalMiddlewares.length) {
+        for (let i = finalMiddlewares.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+          const m = finalMiddlewares[i];
           if (m && typeof m === "object" && typeof m.onResponse === "function") {
             const result = await m.onResponse({
               request,
@@ -295,15 +299,15 @@ export default function createClient(clientOptions) {
         if (typeof m !== "object" || !("onRequest" in m || "onResponse" in m || "onError" in m)) {
           throw new Error("Middleware must be an object with one of `onRequest()`, `onResponse() or `onError()`");
         }
-        middlewares.push(m);
+        globalMiddlewares.push(m);
       }
     },
     /** Unregister middleware */
     eject(...middleware) {
       for (const m of middleware) {
-        const i = middlewares.indexOf(m);
+        const i = globalMiddlewares.indexOf(m);
         if (i !== -1) {
-          middlewares.splice(i, 1);
+          globalMiddlewares.splice(i, 1);
         }
       }
     },
diff --git a/packages/openapi-fetch/test/middleware/middleware.test.ts b/packages/openapi-fetch/test/middleware/middleware.test.ts
index f215e9cfe..2d96ab457 100644
--- a/packages/openapi-fetch/test/middleware/middleware.test.ts
+++ b/packages/openapi-fetch/test/middleware/middleware.test.ts
@@ -194,16 +194,33 @@ test("executes in expected order", async () => {
         return request;
       },
       onResponse({ response }) {
-        response.headers.set("step", "C");
-        return response;
+        const headers = new Headers(response.headers);
+        headers.set("step", "C");
+        if (response.headers.get("step") === "D") {
+          return new Response(response.body, { ...response, headers });
+        }
       },
     },
   );
 
-  const { response } = await client.GET("/posts/{id}", { params: { path: { id: 123 } } });
+  const { response } = await client.GET("/posts/{id}", {
+    params: { path: { id: 123 } },
+    middleware: [
+      {
+        onRequest({ request }) {
+          request.headers.set("step", "D");
+          return request;
+        },
+        onResponse({ response }) {
+          response.headers.set("step", "D");
+          return response;
+        },
+      },
+    ],
+  });
 
   // assert requests ended up on step C (array order)
-  expect(actualRequest.headers.get("step")).toBe("C");
+  expect(actualRequest.headers.get("step")).toBe("D");
 
   // assert responses ended up on step A (reverse order)
   expect(response.headers.get("step")).toBe("A");
@@ -505,3 +522,23 @@ test("skips onResponse handlers when response is returned from onRequest", async
 
   expect(onResponseCalled).toBe(false);
 });
+
+test("add middleware at the request level", async () => {
+  const customResponse = Response.json({});
+  const client = createObservedClient<paths>({}, async () => {
+    throw new Error("unexpected call to fetch");
+  });
+
+  const { response } = await client.GET("/posts/{id}", {
+    params: { path: { id: 123 } },
+    middleware: [
+      {
+        async onRequest() {
+          return customResponse;
+        },
+      },
+    ],
+  });
+
+  expect(response).toBe(customResponse);
+});