diff --git a/internal/httputil/httputil.go b/internal/httputil/httputil.go
index db0dd5f127..761ad14df5 100644
--- a/internal/httputil/httputil.go
+++ b/internal/httputil/httputil.go
@@ -10,9 +10,17 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 )
 
-// DefaultHTTPClient is the default HTTP client used across the driver.
-var DefaultHTTPClient = &http.Client{
-	Transport: http.DefaultTransport.(*http.Transport).Clone(),
+var DefaultHTTPClient = &http.Client{}
+
+// NewHTTPClient will return the globally-defined DefaultHTTPClient, updating
+// the transport if it differs from the http package DefaultTransport.
+func NewHTTPClient() *http.Client {
+	client := DefaultHTTPClient
+	if _, ok := http.DefaultTransport.(*http.Transport); !ok {
+		client.Transport = http.DefaultTransport
+	}
+
+	return client
 }
 
 // CloseIdleHTTPConnections closes any connections which were previously
diff --git a/internal/httputil/httputil_test.go b/internal/httputil/httputil_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..124a704904
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/httputil/httputil_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+// Copyright (C) MongoDB, Inc. 2022-present.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+// not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+// a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+package httputil
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"testing"
+
+	"go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/v2/internal/assert"
+)
+
+type nonDefaultTransport struct{}
+
+func (*nonDefaultTransport) RoundTrip(*http.Request) (*http.Response, error) { return nil, nil }
+
+func TestDefaultHTTPClientTransport(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("default", func(t *testing.T) {
+		client := NewHTTPClient()
+
+		val := assert.ObjectsAreEqual(http.DefaultClient, client)
+
+		assert.True(t, val)
+		assert.Equal(t, DefaultHTTPClient, client)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("non-default global transport", func(t *testing.T) {
+		http.DefaultTransport = &nonDefaultTransport{}
+
+		client := NewHTTPClient()
+
+		val := assert.ObjectsAreEqual(&nonDefaultTransport{}, client.Transport)
+
+		assert.True(t, val)
+		assert.Equal(t, DefaultHTTPClient, client)
+		assert.NotEqual(t, http.DefaultClient, client) // Sanity Check
+	})
+}
diff --git a/mongo/options/clientoptions.go b/mongo/options/clientoptions.go
index 925325c6c5..5e2f186cfb 100644
--- a/mongo/options/clientoptions.go
+++ b/mongo/options/clientoptions.go
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ type ClientOptions struct {
 // Client creates a new ClientOptions instance.
 func Client() *ClientOptions {
 	opts := &ClientOptions{}
-	opts = opts.SetHTTPClient(httputil.DefaultHTTPClient)
+	opts = opts.SetHTTPClient(httputil.NewHTTPClient())
 
 	return opts
 }
diff --git a/mongo/options/clientoptions_test.go b/mongo/options/clientoptions_test.go
index 907584d5f0..2fe91a4399 100644
--- a/mongo/options/clientoptions_test.go
+++ b/mongo/options/clientoptions_test.go
@@ -525,6 +525,22 @@ func TestClientOptions(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+type nonDefaultTransport struct{}
+
+func (*nonDefaultTransport) RoundTrip(*http.Request) (*http.Response, error) { return nil, nil }
+
+func TestClientHTTPTransport(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("Default client", func(t *testing.T) {
+		got := Client().HTTPClient
+		assert.Equal(t, http.DefaultClient, got)
+	})
+	t.Run("Non-default global transport", func(t *testing.T) {
+		http.DefaultTransport = &nonDefaultTransport{}
+		got := Client().HTTPClient.Transport
+		assert.Equal(t, &nonDefaultTransport{}, got)
+	})
+}
+
 func createCertPool(t *testing.T, paths ...string) *x509.CertPool {
 	t.Helper()