diff --git a/lib/src/layer/tile_layer/tile_provider/network_image_with_retry.dart b/lib/src/layer/tile_layer/tile_provider/network_image_with_retry.dart
index 7689413a1..64e6e339b 100644
--- a/lib/src/layer/tile_layer/tile_provider/network_image_with_retry.dart
+++ b/lib/src/layer/tile_layer/tile_provider/network_image_with_retry.dart
@@ -11,9 +11,12 @@ class NetworkImageWithRetry extends ImageProvider<NetworkImageWithRetry> {
   final double scale;
 
   /// The http RetryClient that is used for the requests
-  final RetryClient retryClient = RetryClient(Client());
+  late RetryClient retryClient;
 
-  NetworkImageWithRetry(this.url, {this.scale = 1.0});
+  NetworkImageWithRetry(this.url,
+      {this.scale = 1.0, RetryClient? retryClient}) {
+    this.retryClient = retryClient ?? RetryClient(Client());
+  }
 
   @override
   ImageStreamCompleter load(NetworkImageWithRetry key, DecoderCallback decode) {
diff --git a/lib/src/layer/tile_layer/tile_provider/tile_provider.dart b/lib/src/layer/tile_layer/tile_provider/tile_provider.dart
index 4ffddef66..a1698f081 100644
--- a/lib/src/layer/tile_layer/tile_provider/tile_provider.dart
+++ b/lib/src/layer/tile_layer/tile_provider/tile_provider.dart
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import 'package:flutter/widgets.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_map/flutter_map.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_map/src/layer/tile_layer/tile_provider/network_image_with_retry.dart';
+import 'package:http/retry.dart';
 
 abstract class TileProvider {
   const TileProvider();
@@ -56,9 +57,13 @@ abstract class TileProvider {
 }
 
 class NetworkTileProvider extends TileProvider {
+  RetryClient? retryClient;
+
+  NetworkTileProvider({this.retryClient});
   @override
   ImageProvider getImage(Coords<num> coords, TileLayerOptions options) {
-    return NetworkImageWithRetry(getTileUrl(coords, options));
+    return NetworkImageWithRetry(getTileUrl(coords, options),
+        retryClient: retryClient);
   }
 }