diff --git a/gogs_client/_implementation/http_utils.py b/gogs_client/_implementation/http_utils.py
index 72dd893..4114e63 100644
--- a/gogs_client/_implementation/http_utils.py
+++ b/gogs_client/_implementation/http_utils.py
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ class RelativeHttpRequestor(object):
     A thin wrapper around the requests module that allows for endpoint paths
     to be given relative to a fixed base URL
     """
-    def __init__(self, base_url):
+    def __init__(self, base_url, session=None):
         self.base_url = base_url
+        self.session = session or requests.Session()
 
     def absolute_url(self, relative_path):
         """
@@ -26,22 +27,22 @@ def absolute_url(self, relative_path):
     # except that they expect relative paths
 
     def delete(self, relative_path, **kwargs):
-        return requests.delete(self.absolute_url(relative_path), **kwargs)
+        return self.session.delete(self.absolute_url(relative_path), **kwargs)
 
     def get(self, relative_path, params=None, **kwargs):
-        return requests.get(self.absolute_url(relative_path), params=params, **kwargs)
+        return self.session.get(self.absolute_url(relative_path), params=params, **kwargs)
 
     def options(self, relative_path, params=None, **kwargs):
-        return requests.options(self.absolute_url(relative_path), params=params, **kwargs)
+        return self.session.options(self.absolute_url(relative_path), params=params, **kwargs)
 
     def patch(self, relative_path, data=None, **kwargs):
-        return requests.patch(self.absolute_url(relative_path), data=data, **kwargs)
+        return self.session.patch(self.absolute_url(relative_path), data=data, **kwargs)
 
     def post(self, relative_path, data=None, **kwargs):
-        return requests.post(self.absolute_url(relative_path), data=data, **kwargs)
+        return self.session.post(self.absolute_url(relative_path), data=data, **kwargs)
 
     def put(self, relative_path, params=None, data=None, **kwargs):
-        return requests.put(self.absolute_url(relative_path), params=params, data=data, **kwargs)
+        return self.session.put(self.absolute_url(relative_path), params=params, data=data, **kwargs)
 
 
 def append_url(base_url, path):
diff --git a/gogs_client/interface.py b/gogs_client/interface.py
index b34a422..597860d 100644
--- a/gogs_client/interface.py
+++ b/gogs_client/interface.py
@@ -9,13 +9,14 @@ class GogsApi(object):
     A Gogs client, serving as a wrapper around the Gogs HTTP API.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, base_url):
+    def __init__(self, base_url, session=None):
         """
         :param str base_url: the URL of the Gogs server to communicate with. Should be given
                              with the https protocol
+        :param str session: a requests session instance
         """
         api_base = append_url(base_url, "/api/v1/")
-        self._requestor = RelativeHttpRequestor(api_base)
+        self._requestor = RelativeHttpRequestor(api_base, session=session)
 
     def valid_authentication(self, auth):
         """