diff --git a/datamodel/document_config.go b/datamodel/document_config.go
index 4efe85c..a833293 100644
--- a/datamodel/document_config.go
+++ b/datamodel/document_config.go
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@
 
 package datamodel
 
-import "net/url"
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
+)
 
 // DocumentConfiguration is used to configure the document creation process. It was added in v0.6.0 to allow
 // for more fine-grained control over controls and new features.
@@ -15,6 +18,10 @@ type DocumentConfiguration struct {
 	// Schema must be set to "http/https".
 	BaseURL *url.URL
 
+	// RemoteDocumentGetter is a function that will be used to retrieve remote documents. If not set, the default
+	// remote document getter will be used.
+	RemoteDocumentGetter func(url string) (*http.Response, error)
+
 	// If resolving locally, the BasePath will be the root from which relative references will be resolved from.
 	// It's usually the location of the root specification.
 	BasePath string // set the Base Path for resolving relative references if the spec is exploded.
diff --git a/datamodel/low/v2/swagger.go b/datamodel/low/v2/swagger.go
index 305f9bb..79e39a0 100644
--- a/datamodel/low/v2/swagger.go
+++ b/datamodel/low/v2/swagger.go
@@ -143,9 +143,10 @@ func createDocument(info *datamodel.SpecInfo, config *datamodel.DocumentConfigur
 
 	// build an index
 	idx := index.NewSpecIndexWithConfig(info.RootNode, &index.SpecIndexConfig{
-		BaseURL:           config.BaseURL,
-		AllowRemoteLookup: config.AllowRemoteReferences,
-		AllowFileLookup:   config.AllowFileReferences,
+		BaseURL:              config.BaseURL,
+		RemoteDocumentGetter: config.RemoteDocumentGetter,
+		AllowRemoteLookup:    config.AllowRemoteReferences,
+		AllowFileLookup:      config.AllowFileReferences,
 	})
 	doc.Index = idx
 	doc.SpecInfo = info
diff --git a/datamodel/low/v3/create_document.go b/datamodel/low/v3/create_document.go
index f8465fe..5a6990b 100644
--- a/datamodel/low/v3/create_document.go
+++ b/datamodel/low/v3/create_document.go
@@ -48,11 +48,12 @@ func createDocument(info *datamodel.SpecInfo, config *datamodel.DocumentConfigur
 	}
 	// build an index
 	idx := index.NewSpecIndexWithConfig(info.RootNode, &index.SpecIndexConfig{
-		BaseURL:           config.BaseURL,
-		BasePath:          cwd,
-		AllowFileLookup:   config.AllowFileReferences,
-		AllowRemoteLookup: config.AllowRemoteReferences,
-		AvoidBuildIndex:   config.AvoidIndexBuild,
+		BaseURL:              config.BaseURL,
+		RemoteDocumentGetter: config.RemoteDocumentGetter,
+		BasePath:             cwd,
+		AllowFileLookup:      config.AllowFileReferences,
+		AllowRemoteLookup:    config.AllowRemoteReferences,
+		AvoidBuildIndex:      config.AvoidIndexBuild,
 	})
 	doc.Index = idx
 
diff --git a/index/find_component.go b/index/find_component.go
index 50e2473..f09dfa8 100644
--- a/index/find_component.go
+++ b/index/find_component.go
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@ package index
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/pb33f/libopenapi/utils"
-	"github.com/vmware-labs/yaml-jsonpath/pkg/yamlpath"
-	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
@@ -15,6 +12,10 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/pb33f/libopenapi/utils"
+	"github.com/vmware-labs/yaml-jsonpath/pkg/yamlpath"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
 
 // FindComponent will locate a component by its reference, returns nil if nothing is found.
@@ -87,8 +88,10 @@ func (index *SpecIndex) FindComponent(componentId string, parent *yaml.Node) *Re
 
 var httpClient = &http.Client{Timeout: time.Duration(60) * time.Second}
 
-func getRemoteDoc(u string, d chan []byte, e chan error) {
-	resp, err := httpClient.Get(u)
+type RemoteDocumentGetter = func(url string) (*http.Response, error)
+
+func getRemoteDoc(g RemoteDocumentGetter, u string, d chan []byte, e chan error) {
+	resp, err := g(u)
 	if err != nil {
 		e <- err
 		close(e)
@@ -121,7 +124,11 @@ func (index *SpecIndex) lookupRemoteReference(ref string) (*yaml.Node, *yaml.Nod
 		go func(uri string) {
 			bc := make(chan []byte)
 			ec := make(chan error)
-			go getRemoteDoc(uri, bc, ec)
+			var getter RemoteDocumentGetter = httpClient.Get
+			if index.config != nil && index.config.RemoteDocumentGetter != nil {
+				getter = index.config.RemoteDocumentGetter
+			}
+			go getRemoteDoc(getter, uri, bc, ec)
 			select {
 			case v := <-bc:
 				body = v
diff --git a/index/index_model.go b/index/index_model.go
index a1e6a83..4a859dd 100644
--- a/index/index_model.go
+++ b/index/index_model.go
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@
 package index
 
 import (
-	"golang.org/x/sync/syncmap"
-	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"sync"
+
+	"golang.org/x/sync/syncmap"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
 
 // Constants used to determine if resolving is local, file based or remote file based.
@@ -60,6 +61,10 @@ type SpecIndexConfig struct {
 	// More details on relative references can be found in issue #73: https://github.com/pb33f/libopenapi/issues/73
 	BaseURL *url.URL // set the Base URL for resolving relative references if the spec is exploded.
 
+	// If resolving remotely, the RemoteDocumentGetter will be used to fetch the remote document.
+	// If not set, the default http client will be used.
+	RemoteDocumentGetter func(url string) (*http.Response, error)
+
 	// If resolving locally, the BasePath will be the root from which relative references will be resolved from
 	BasePath string // set the Base Path for resolving relative references if the spec is exploded.