diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2c7eec03..7ce61f25 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# Current
+
+- Allow passing `request_kwargs` to [create_multi_provider_web3](https://web3-ethereum-defi.readthedocs.io/api/provider/_autosummary_provider/eth_defi.provider.multi_provider.create_multi_provider_web3.html#eth_defi.provider.multi_provider.create_multi_provider_web3)
+
 # 0.22.12
 
 - Retry [nonce too low errors](https://github.com/tradingstrategy-ai/web3-ethereum-defi/pull/153),
diff --git a/eth_defi/provider/multi_provider.py b/eth_defi/provider/multi_provider.py
index 07493083..c867203f 100644
--- a/eth_defi/provider/multi_provider.py
+++ b/eth_defi/provider/multi_provider.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 """
 
 import logging
-from typing import List
+from typing import List, Optional, Any
 
 from urllib3.util import parse_url, Url
 from web3 import Web3, HTTPProvider
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ def create_multi_provider_web3(
     configuration_line: str,
     fallback_sleep=0.1,
     fallback_backoff=1.1,
+    request_kwargs: Optional[Any] = None,
 ) -> MultiProviderWeb3:
     """Create a Web3 instance with multi-provider support.
 
@@ -133,6 +134,13 @@ def create_multi_provider_web3(
     :param fallback_backoff:
         Sleep increase multiplier.
 
+    :param request_kwargs:
+        Passed to HTTPProvider, arguments for ``request`` library when doing HTTP requests.
+
+        See :py:class:`web3.HTTPProvider` for details.
+
+        Example: ``request_kwargs={"timeout": 10.0}``
+
     :return:
         Configured Web3 instance with multiple providers
     """
@@ -170,7 +178,7 @@ def create_multi_provider_web3(
     if len(call_endpoints) < 0:
         raise MultiProviderConfigurationError(f"At least one call endpoint must be specified, configuration was {configuration_line}")
 
-    call_providers = [HTTPProvider(url) for url in call_endpoints]
+    call_providers = [HTTPProvider(url, request_kwargs=request_kwargs) for url in call_endpoints]
 
     # Do uJSON patching
     for p in call_providers:
@@ -180,7 +188,7 @@ def create_multi_provider_web3(
     transact_provider = None
     if len(transact_endpoints) > 0:
         transact_endpoint = transact_endpoints[0]
-        transact_provider = HTTPProvider(transact_endpoint)
+        transact_provider = HTTPProvider(transact_endpoint, request_kwargs=request_kwargs)
 
         _fix_provider(transact_provider)