diff --git a/middleware/proxy/README.md b/middleware/proxy/README.md
index c3ceee9dfdc..7a2b370a472 100644
--- a/middleware/proxy/README.md
+++ b/middleware/proxy/README.md
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ proxy.WithTlsConfig(&tls.Config{
     InsecureSkipVerify: true,
 })
 
+// if you need to use self-custom client,you should use proxy.WithClient
+proxy.WithClient(&fasthttp.Client{
+	NoDefaultUserAgentHeader: true, 
+	DisablePathNormalizing:   true,
+})
+
 // Forward to url
 app.Get("/gif", proxy.Forward("https://i.imgur.com/IWaBepg.gif"))
 
diff --git a/middleware/proxy/proxy.go b/middleware/proxy/proxy.go
index bb96b03382e..6ca3c01df0f 100644
--- a/middleware/proxy/proxy.go
+++ b/middleware/proxy/proxy.go
@@ -97,17 +97,24 @@ func Balancer(config Config) fiber.Handler {
 	}
 }
 
-var client = fasthttp.Client{
+var client = &fasthttp.Client{
 	NoDefaultUserAgentHeader: true,
 	DisablePathNormalizing:   true,
 }
 
 // WithTlsConfig update http client with a user specified tls.config
 // This function should be called before Do and Forward.
+// Deprecated: use WithClient instead.
 func WithTlsConfig(tlsConfig *tls.Config) {
 	client.TLSConfig = tlsConfig
 }
 
+// WithClient sets the proxy client.
+// This function should be called before Do and Forward.
+func WithClient(cli *fasthttp.Client) {
+	client = cli
+}
+
 // Forward performs the given http request and fills the given http response.
 // This method will return an fiber.Handler
 func Forward(addr string) fiber.Handler {
diff --git a/middleware/proxy/proxy_test.go b/middleware/proxy/proxy_test.go
index 08160b2e868..5561ea0dcf4 100644
--- a/middleware/proxy/proxy_test.go
+++ b/middleware/proxy/proxy_test.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2"
 	"github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2/internal/tlstest"
 	"github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2/utils"
+	"github.com/valyala/fasthttp"
 )
 
 func createProxyTestServer(handler fiber.Handler, t *testing.T) (*fiber.App, string) {
@@ -364,6 +365,7 @@ func Test_Proxy_Do_RestoreOriginalURL(t *testing.T) {
 	utils.AssertEqual(t, nil, err2)
 }
 
+// go test -race -run Test_Proxy_Do_HTTP_Prefix_URL
 func Test_Proxy_Do_HTTP_Prefix_URL(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
@@ -390,3 +392,36 @@ func Test_Proxy_Do_HTTP_Prefix_URL(t *testing.T) {
 	utils.AssertEqual(t, nil, err)
 	utils.AssertEqual(t, "hello world", string(s))
 }
+
+// go test -race -run Test_Proxy_Forward_With_Client
+func Test_Proxy_Forward_With_Client(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	ln, err := net.Listen(fiber.NetworkTCP4, "127.0.0.1:7777")
+	utils.AssertEqual(t, nil, err)
+	WithClient(&fasthttp.Client{
+		NoDefaultUserAgentHeader: true,
+		DisablePathNormalizing:   true,
+		Dial: func(addr string) (net.Conn, error) {
+			utils.AssertEqual(t, "127.0.0.1:7777", addr)
+			return fasthttp.Dial(addr)
+		},
+	})
+	// reset global client
+	defer WithClient(&fasthttp.Client{
+		NoDefaultUserAgentHeader: true,
+		DisablePathNormalizing:   true,
+	})
+	app := fiber.New(fiber.Config{DisableStartupMessage: true})
+	app.Get("/test_client", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
+		return c.SendString("test_client")
+	})
+
+	addr := ln.Addr().String()
+	app.Use(Forward("http://" + addr + "/test_client"))
+	go func() { utils.AssertEqual(t, nil, app.Listener(ln)) }()
+
+	code, body, errs := fiber.Get("http://" + addr).String()
+	utils.AssertEqual(t, 0, len(errs))
+	utils.AssertEqual(t, fiber.StatusOK, code)
+	utils.AssertEqual(t, "test_client", body)
+}