diff --git a/NEXT_CHANGELOG.md b/NEXT_CHANGELOG.md
index f881abc99..ee44d5cbc 100644
--- a/NEXT_CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/NEXT_CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ## Release v0.97.0
 
 ### New Features and Improvements
+ * Add `withRequestConfig(RequestConfig)` to `CommonsHttpClient.Builder` for fine-grained timeout control ([#691](https://github.com/databricks/databricks-sdk-java/pull/691)).
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 
diff --git a/databricks-sdk-java/src/main/java/com/databricks/sdk/core/commons/CommonsHttpClient.java b/databricks-sdk-java/src/main/java/com/databricks/sdk/core/commons/CommonsHttpClient.java
index 1e75e021d..b1e9ca61a 100644
--- a/databricks-sdk-java/src/main/java/com/databricks/sdk/core/commons/CommonsHttpClient.java
+++ b/databricks-sdk-java/src/main/java/com/databricks/sdk/core/commons/CommonsHttpClient.java
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ public class CommonsHttpClient implements HttpClient {
   public static class Builder {
     private DatabricksConfig databricksConfig;
     private Integer timeoutSeconds;
+    private RequestConfig requestConfig;
     private ProxyConfig proxyConfig;
     private SSLConnectionSocketFactory sslSocketFactory;
     private PoolingHttpClientConnectionManager connectionManager;
@@ -65,7 +66,9 @@ public Builder withDatabricksConfig(DatabricksConfig databricksConfig) {
 
     /**
      * @param timeoutSeconds The timeout in seconds to use for the HttpClient. This will override
-     *     any timeout set in the DatabricksConfig.
+     *     any timeout set in the DatabricksConfig. Sets all three Apache HttpClient timeouts
+     *     (connect, socket, connection request) to the same value. For fine-grained control, use
+     *     {@link #withRequestConfig(RequestConfig)} instead.
      * @return This builder.
      */
     public Builder withTimeoutSeconds(int timeoutSeconds) {
@@ -73,6 +76,17 @@ public Builder withTimeoutSeconds(int timeoutSeconds) {
       return this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param requestConfig The Apache {@link RequestConfig} to use for the HttpClient. When set,
+     *     this takes precedence over {@link #withTimeoutSeconds(int)} and any timeout from {@link
+     *     DatabricksConfig}.
+     * @return This builder.
+     */
+    public Builder withRequestConfig(RequestConfig requestConfig) {
+      this.requestConfig = requestConfig;
+      return this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @param proxyConfig the proxy configuration to use for the HttpClient.
      * @return This builder.
@@ -121,17 +135,12 @@ public CommonsHttpClient build() {
   private final CloseableHttpClient hc;
 
   private CommonsHttpClient(Builder builder) {
-    int timeoutSeconds = 300;
-    if (builder.databricksConfig != null
-        && builder.databricksConfig.getHttpTimeoutSeconds() != null) {
-      timeoutSeconds = builder.databricksConfig.getHttpTimeoutSeconds();
-    }
-    if (builder.timeoutSeconds != null) {
-      timeoutSeconds = builder.timeoutSeconds;
-    }
-    int timeout = timeoutSeconds * 1000;
+    RequestConfig requestConfig =
+        builder.requestConfig != null
+            ? builder.requestConfig
+            : makeDefaultRequestConfig(builder.databricksConfig, builder.timeoutSeconds);
     HttpClientBuilder httpClientBuilder =
-        HttpClientBuilder.create().setDefaultRequestConfig(makeRequestConfig(timeout));
+        HttpClientBuilder.create().setDefaultRequestConfig(requestConfig);
     if (builder.proxyConfig != null) {
       ProxyUtils.setupProxy(builder.proxyConfig, httpClientBuilder);
     }
@@ -156,7 +165,16 @@ private CommonsHttpClient(Builder builder) {
     hc = httpClientBuilder.build();
   }
 
-  private RequestConfig makeRequestConfig(int timeout) {
+  private static RequestConfig makeDefaultRequestConfig(
+      DatabricksConfig databricksConfig, Integer timeoutSecondsOverride) {
+    int timeoutSeconds = 300;
+    if (databricksConfig != null && databricksConfig.getHttpTimeoutSeconds() != null) {
+      timeoutSeconds = databricksConfig.getHttpTimeoutSeconds();
+    }
+    if (timeoutSecondsOverride != null) {
+      timeoutSeconds = timeoutSecondsOverride;
+    }
+    int timeout = timeoutSeconds * 1000;
     return RequestConfig.custom()
         .setConnectionRequestTimeout(timeout)
         .setConnectTimeout(timeout)
diff --git a/databricks-sdk-java/src/test/java/com/databricks/sdk/core/commons/CommonsHttpClientTest.java b/databricks-sdk-java/src/test/java/com/databricks/sdk/core/commons/CommonsHttpClientTest.java
index 0e9df2be6..b8a45ecde 100644
--- a/databricks-sdk-java/src/test/java/com/databricks/sdk/core/commons/CommonsHttpClientTest.java
+++ b/databricks-sdk-java/src/test/java/com/databricks/sdk/core/commons/CommonsHttpClientTest.java
@@ -7,9 +7,12 @@
 import com.databricks.sdk.core.http.Request;
 import com.databricks.sdk.core.http.Response;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
 import java.util.*;
 import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
+import org.apache.http.client.config.RequestConfig;
+import org.apache.http.client.methods.Configurable;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 class CommonsHttpClientTest {
@@ -88,6 +91,24 @@ public void testNoRedirection() throws IOException {
     }
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testCustomRequestConfig() throws Exception {
+    RequestConfig requestConfig =
+        RequestConfig.custom()
+            .setConnectTimeout(10_000)
+            .setSocketTimeout(900_000)
+            .setConnectionRequestTimeout(300_000)
+            .build();
+    CommonsHttpClient httpClient =
+        new CommonsHttpClient.Builder().withRequestConfig(requestConfig).build();
+
+    // Verify that the custom RequestConfig is passed to the underlying Apache HttpClient.
+    Field hcField = CommonsHttpClient.class.getDeclaredField("hc");
+    hcField.setAccessible(true);
+    Configurable internalClient = (Configurable) hcField.get(httpClient);
+    assertSame(requestConfig, internalClient.getConfig());
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testRedirection() throws IOException {
     List<FixtureServer.FixtureMapping> fixtures =