diff --git a/src/datasets/load.py b/src/datasets/load.py
index bc2b0e679b6..a057c246ea1 100644
--- a/src/datasets/load.py
+++ b/src/datasets/load.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 )
 from .dataset_dict import DatasetDict, IterableDatasetDict
 from .download.download_config import DownloadConfig
-from .download.download_manager import DownloadMode
+from .download.download_manager import DownloadManager, DownloadMode
 from .download.streaming_download_manager import StreamingDownloadManager, xbasename, xglob, xjoin
 from .exceptions import DataFilesNotFoundError, DatasetNotFoundError
 from .features import Features
@@ -1193,6 +1193,7 @@ def load_dataset(
     download_config: Optional[DownloadConfig] = None,
     download_mode: Optional[Union[DownloadMode, str]] = None,
     verification_mode: Optional[Union[VerificationMode, str]] = None,
+    dl_manager: Optional[DownloadManager] = None,
     keep_in_memory: Optional[bool] = None,
     save_infos: bool = False,
     revision: Optional[Union[str, Version]] = None,
@@ -1275,6 +1276,8 @@ def load_dataset(
             Verification mode determining the checks to run on the downloaded/processed dataset information (checksums/size/splits/...).
 
             <Added version="2.9.1"/>
+        dl_manager (`DownloadManager`, *optional*):
+            Specific `DownloadManger` to use.
         keep_in_memory (`bool`, defaults to `None`):
             Whether to copy the dataset in-memory. If `None`, the dataset
             will not be copied in-memory unless explicitly enabled by setting `datasets.config.IN_MEMORY_MAX_SIZE` to
@@ -1408,11 +1411,33 @@ def load_dataset(
     if streaming:
         return builder_instance.as_streaming_dataset(split=split)
 
+    if dl_manager is None:
+        if download_config is None:
+            download_config = DownloadConfig(
+                cache_dir=builder_instance._cache_downloaded_dir,
+                force_download=download_mode == DownloadMode.FORCE_REDOWNLOAD,
+                force_extract=download_mode == DownloadMode.FORCE_REDOWNLOAD,
+                use_etag=False,
+                num_proc=num_proc,
+                token=builder_instance.token,
+                storage_options=builder_instance.storage_options,
+            )  # We don't use etag for data files to speed up the process
+
+        dl_manager = DownloadManager(
+            dataset_name=builder_instance.dataset_name,
+            download_config=download_config,
+            data_dir=builder_instance.config.data_dir,
+            record_checksums=(
+                builder_instance._record_infos or verification_mode == VerificationMode.ALL_CHECKS
+            ),
+        )
+
     # Download and prepare data
     builder_instance.download_and_prepare(
         download_config=download_config,
         download_mode=download_mode,
         verification_mode=verification_mode,
+        dl_manager=dl_manager,
         num_proc=num_proc,
         storage_options=storage_options,
     )