diff --git a/Hosting/NetCord.Hosting/Gateway/GatewayClientOptions.cs b/Hosting/NetCord.Hosting/Gateway/GatewayClientOptions.cs
index f7f1e518d..fb4adf82a 100644
--- a/Hosting/NetCord.Hosting/Gateway/GatewayClientOptions.cs
+++ b/Hosting/NetCord.Hosting/Gateway/GatewayClientOptions.cs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 using NetCord.Gateway.LatencyTimers;
 using NetCord.Gateway.ReconnectStrategies;
 using NetCord.Gateway.WebSockets;
-using NetCord.Rest;
+using NetCord.Hosting.Rest;
 
 namespace NetCord.Hosting.Gateway;
 
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ internal partial class Validator : IValidateOptions<GatewayClientOptions>
     public Shard? Shard { get; set; }
 
     /// <inheritdoc cref="GatewayClientConfiguration.RestClientConfiguration" />
-    public RestClientConfiguration? RestClientConfiguration { get; set; }
+    public RestClientOptions RestClientOptions { get; } = new();
 
     internal GatewayClientConfiguration CreateConfiguration(IServiceProvider services)
     {
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ internal GatewayClientConfiguration CreateConfiguration(IServiceProvider service
                                                         LargeThreshold,
                                                         Presence,
                                                         Shard,
-                                                        RestClientConfiguration,
-                                                        new GatewayMicrosoftExtensionsLogger(services));
+                                                        RestClientOptions.CreateConfiguration(services),
+                                                        new MicrosoftExtensionsGatewayLogger(services));
     }
 }
diff --git a/Hosting/NetCord.Hosting/Gateway/GatewayMicrosoftExtensionsLogger.cs b/Hosting/NetCord.Hosting/Gateway/MicrosoftExtensionsGatewayLogger.cs
similarity index 93%
rename from Hosting/NetCord.Hosting/Gateway/GatewayMicrosoftExtensionsLogger.cs
rename to Hosting/NetCord.Hosting/Gateway/MicrosoftExtensionsGatewayLogger.cs
index d3b0d8f06..887403d5e 100644
--- a/Hosting/NetCord.Hosting/Gateway/GatewayMicrosoftExtensionsLogger.cs
+++ b/Hosting/NetCord.Hosting/Gateway/MicrosoftExtensionsGatewayLogger.cs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 namespace NetCord.Hosting.Gateway;
 
-internal class GatewayMicrosoftExtensionsLogger(IServiceProvider services) : IGatewayLogger, IRestLogger
+internal class MicrosoftExtensionsGatewayLogger(IServiceProvider services) : IGatewayLogger, IRestLogger
 {
     private readonly ILogger<GatewayClient> _gatewayLogger = services.GetRequiredService<ILogger<GatewayClient>>();
     private readonly ILogger<RestClient> _restLogger = services.GetRequiredService<ILogger<RestClient>>();
diff --git a/Hosting/NetCord.Hosting/Gateway/ShardedGatewayMicrosoftExtensionsLogger.cs b/Hosting/NetCord.Hosting/Gateway/MicrosoftExtensionsShardedGatewayLogger.cs
similarity index 90%
rename from Hosting/NetCord.Hosting/Gateway/ShardedGatewayMicrosoftExtensionsLogger.cs
rename to Hosting/NetCord.Hosting/Gateway/MicrosoftExtensionsShardedGatewayLogger.cs
index 319e30b1d..f1a9c29f2 100644
--- a/Hosting/NetCord.Hosting/Gateway/ShardedGatewayMicrosoftExtensionsLogger.cs
+++ b/Hosting/NetCord.Hosting/Gateway/MicrosoftExtensionsShardedGatewayLogger.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 namespace NetCord.Hosting.Gateway;
 
-internal class ShardedGatewayMicrosoftExtensionsLogger(int shardId, IServiceProvider services) : IGatewayLogger
+internal class MicrosoftExtensionsShardedGatewayLogger(int shardId, IServiceProvider services) : IGatewayLogger
 {
     private readonly ILogger<GatewayClient> _gatewayLogger = services.GetRequiredService<ILogger<GatewayClient>>();
     private readonly EventId _eventId = new(shardId);
diff --git a/Hosting/NetCord.Hosting/Gateway/ShardedGatewayClientOptions.cs b/Hosting/NetCord.Hosting/Gateway/ShardedGatewayClientOptions.cs
index 4534bd064..e443e089e 100644
--- a/Hosting/NetCord.Hosting/Gateway/ShardedGatewayClientOptions.cs
+++ b/Hosting/NetCord.Hosting/Gateway/ShardedGatewayClientOptions.cs
@@ -144,9 +144,9 @@ internal ShardedGatewayClientConfiguration CreateConfiguration(IServiceProvider
         IGatewayLogger? CreateLogger(Shard? shard)
         {
             if (shard.HasValue)
-                return new ShardedGatewayMicrosoftExtensionsLogger(shard.GetValueOrDefault().Id, services);
+                return new MicrosoftExtensionsShardedGatewayLogger(shard.GetValueOrDefault().Id, services);
 
-            return new RestMicrosoftExtensionsLogger(services);
+            return new MicrosoftExtensionsRestLogger(services);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/Hosting/NetCord.Hosting/Rest/RestMicrosoftExtensionsLogger.cs b/Hosting/NetCord.Hosting/Rest/MicrosoftExtensionsRestLogger.cs
similarity index 84%
rename from Hosting/NetCord.Hosting/Rest/RestMicrosoftExtensionsLogger.cs
rename to Hosting/NetCord.Hosting/Rest/MicrosoftExtensionsRestLogger.cs
index c83826839..e4448db1b 100644
--- a/Hosting/NetCord.Hosting/Rest/RestMicrosoftExtensionsLogger.cs
+++ b/Hosting/NetCord.Hosting/Rest/MicrosoftExtensionsRestLogger.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-
-using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 
 using NetCord.Logging;
@@ -7,7 +6,7 @@
 
 namespace NetCord.Hosting.Rest;
 
-internal class RestMicrosoftExtensionsLogger(IServiceProvider services) : IRestLogger, IGatewayLogger
+internal class MicrosoftExtensionsRestLogger(IServiceProvider services) : IRestLogger, IGatewayLogger
 {
     private readonly ILogger<RestClient> _logger = services.GetRequiredService<ILogger<RestClient>>();
 
diff --git a/Hosting/NetCord.Hosting/Rest/MicrosoftExtensionsRestRequestHandler.cs b/Hosting/NetCord.Hosting/Rest/MicrosoftExtensionsRestRequestHandler.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4d753994e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Hosting/NetCord.Hosting/Rest/MicrosoftExtensionsRestRequestHandler.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+using NetCord.Rest;
+
+namespace NetCord.Hosting.Rest;
+
+internal sealed class MicrosoftExtensionsRestRequestHandler(HttpClient httpClient) : IRestRequestHandler
+{
+    public Task<HttpResponseMessage> SendAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default) => httpClient.SendAsync(request, cancellationToken);
+
+    public void AddDefaultHeader(string name, IEnumerable<string> values)
+    {
+        httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add(name, values);
+    }
+
+    public void Dispose()
+    {
+        httpClient.Dispose();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Hosting/NetCord.Hosting/Rest/RestClientOptions.cs b/Hosting/NetCord.Hosting/Rest/RestClientOptions.cs
index 54f7260af..6ed07e6e7 100644
--- a/Hosting/NetCord.Hosting/Rest/RestClientOptions.cs
+++ b/Hosting/NetCord.Hosting/Rest/RestClientOptions.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-using NetCord.Rest;
+using System.Reflection;
+
+using NetCord.Rest;
 using NetCord.Rest.RateLimits;
 
 namespace NetCord.Hosting.Rest;
@@ -30,10 +32,30 @@ internal RestClientConfiguration CreateConfiguration(IServiceProvider services)
         {
             Hostname = Hostname,
             Version = Version,
-            RequestHandler = RequestHandler,
+            RequestHandler = RequestHandler ?? CreateDefaultRequestHandler(services),
             DefaultRequestProperties = DefaultRequestProperties,
             RateLimitManager = RateLimitManager,
-            Logger = new RestMicrosoftExtensionsLogger(services),
+            Logger = new MicrosoftExtensionsRestLogger(services),
         };
     }
+
+    private static MicrosoftExtensionsRestRequestHandler? CreateDefaultRequestHandler(IServiceProvider services)
+    {
+        var factoryType = Type.GetType("System.Net.Http.IHttpClientFactory,Microsoft.Extensions.Http");
+        if (factoryType is not null)
+        {
+            var method = factoryType.GetMethod("CreateClient", BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance, [typeof(string)]);
+            if (method is null || method.ReturnType != typeof(HttpClient))
+                return null; // Wrong type
+
+            if (services.GetService(factoryType) is { } factory)
+            {
+                var client = (HttpClient)method.Invoke(factory, [nameof(RestClient)])!;
+
+                return new(client);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/Tests/NetCord.Test.Hosting/NetCord.Test.Hosting.csproj b/Tests/NetCord.Test.Hosting/NetCord.Test.Hosting.csproj
index ef4624e6a..1d122a5bd 100644
--- a/Tests/NetCord.Test.Hosting/NetCord.Test.Hosting.csproj
+++ b/Tests/NetCord.Test.Hosting/NetCord.Test.Hosting.csproj
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting" Version="9.0.5" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Http" Version="9.0.6" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/Tests/NetCord.Test.Hosting/Program.cs b/Tests/NetCord.Test.Hosting/Program.cs
index 9b4f28825..2139ecee4 100644
--- a/Tests/NetCord.Test.Hosting/Program.cs
+++ b/Tests/NetCord.Test.Hosting/Program.cs
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 var builder = Host.CreateApplicationBuilder(args);
 
 builder.Services
+    .AddHttpClient()
     .ConfigureDiscordGateway(o => o.Presence = new(UserStatusType.DoNotDisturb))
     .ConfigureCommands<CommandContext>(o => o.Prefix = "!")
     .ConfigureCommands(o => o.Prefix = ">")