diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 015a3aed9..bcae54c7d 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ module.exports = {
   IncomingWebhook: require('./lib/clients/incoming-webhook/client'),
   LegacyRtmClient: require('./lib/clients/default/legacy-rtm'),
   MemoryDataStore: require('./lib/data-store/memory-data-store'),
+  requestOptionsTransport: require('./lib/clients/transports/request').requestOptionsTransport,
   CLIENT_EVENTS: {
     WEB: events.CLIENT_EVENTS.WEB,
     RTM: events.CLIENT_EVENTS.RTM
diff --git a/lib/clients/transports/request.js b/lib/clients/transports/request.js
index 67fca7949..5f42a41cc 100644
--- a/lib/clients/transports/request.js
+++ b/lib/clients/transports/request.js
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
 var HttpsProxyAgent = require('https-proxy-agent');
 var has = require('lodash').has;
 var partial = require('lodash').partial;
+var defaults = require('lodash').defaults;
 var request = require('request');
 
-
 var handleRequestTranportRes = function handleRequestTranportRes(cb, err, response, body) {
   var headers;
   var statusCode;
@@ -50,12 +50,18 @@ var proxiedRequestTransport = function proxiedRequestTransport(proxyURL) {
   };
 };
 
+var requestOptionsTransport = function requestOptionsTransport(options) {
+  return function _requestOptionsTransport(args, cb) {
+    var requestArgs = defaults(options, getRequestTransportArgs(args));
+    request.post(requestArgs, partial(handleRequestTranportRes, cb));
+  };
+};
 
 var requestTransport = function requestTransport(args, cb) {
   var requestArgs = getRequestTransportArgs(args);
   request.post(requestArgs, partial(handleRequestTranportRes, cb));
 };
 
-
 module.exports.proxiedRequestTransport = proxiedRequestTransport;
+module.exports.requestOptionsTransport = requestOptionsTransport;
 module.exports.requestTransport = requestTransport;
diff --git a/test/clients/web/client.js b/test/clients/web/client.js
index fe9bf7c34..d8d4d9713 100644
--- a/test/clients/web/client.js
+++ b/test/clients/web/client.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ var retryPolicies = require('../../../lib/clients/retry-policies');
 var defaultHTTPResponseHandler =
   require('../../../lib/clients/transports/call-transport').handleHttpResponse;
 
+var requestTransport = require('../../../lib/clients/transports/request');
 
 var mockTransport = function (args, cb) {
   cb(args.data.err, args.headers, args.data.statusCode, args.data.body);
@@ -109,6 +110,37 @@ describe('Web API Client', function () {
     client._makeAPICall('test', { test: 'test' }, null, null);
   });
 
+  it('should accept overriding of request options', function () {
+
+    // Add Basic Auth
+
+    var options = {
+      auth: {
+        user: 'slack',
+        pass: 'slack'
+      }
+    };
+
+    var requestOptionsTransport = requestTransport.requestOptionsTransport(options);
+
+    var client = new WebAPIClient('test-token', { transport: requestOptionsTransport });
+
+    // Mock a result where Basic Auth was passed
+
+    nock('https://slack.com/api', {
+      reqheaders: {
+        authorization: /Basic [0-9A-Za-z]+/i
+      }
+    })
+      .post('/test')
+      .reply(200, '{"test":"test"}');
+
+    client._makeAPICall('test', {}, null, function (e, results) {
+      expect(results.test).to.equal('test');
+    });
+
+  });
+
   describe('it should retry failed or rate-limited requests', function () {
 
     var attemptAPICall = function (done) {