diff --git a/document.go b/document.go
index b9131f0..ce62d61 100644
--- a/document.go
+++ b/document.go
@@ -182,10 +182,11 @@ func (this *Document) LoadFile(filename string, charset CharsetFunc) (err error)
 	return this.LoadStream(fd, charset)
 }
 
-// Load the contents of this document from the supplied uri.
-func (this *Document) LoadUri(uri string, charset CharsetFunc) (err error) {
+// Load the contents of this document from the supplied uri using the specifed
+// client.
+func (this *Document) LoadUriClient(uri string, client *http.Client, charset CharsetFunc) (err error) {
 	var r *http.Response
-	if r, err = http.Get(uri); err != nil {
+	if r, err = client.Get(uri); err != nil {
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -193,6 +194,12 @@ func (this *Document) LoadUri(uri string, charset CharsetFunc) (err error) {
 	return this.LoadStream(r.Body, charset)
 }
 
+// Load the contents of this document from the supplied uri.
+// (calls LoadUriClient with http.DefaultClient)
+func (this *Document) LoadUri(uri string, charset CharsetFunc) (err error) {
+	return this.LoadUriClient(uri, http.DefaultClient, charset)
+}
+
 // Save the contents of this document to the supplied file.
 func (this *Document) SaveFile(path string) error {
 	return ioutil.WriteFile(path, this.SaveBytes(), 0600)