diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5cd18f0..1f3b7b1 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ keywords = [ "axum", "oidc", "openidconnect", "authentication" ]
 thiserror = "2.0"
 axum-core = "0.5"
 axum = { version = "0.8", default-features = false, features = [ "query" ] }
+bon = "3.3"
 tower-service = "0.3"
 tower-layer = "0.3"
 tower-sessions = { version = "0.14", default-features = false, features = [ "axum-core" ] }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index a6825b3..3593114 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 use crate::error::Error;
 use http::Uri;
+use oidc_client_builder::{IsUnset, SetClient, SetClientId, SetEndSessionEndpoint, State};
 use openidconnect::{
     core::{
         CoreAuthDisplay, CoreAuthPrompt, CoreClaimName, CoreClaimType, CoreClientAuthMethod,
@@ -93,16 +94,109 @@ pub type ProviderMetadata = openidconnect::ProviderMetadata<
 pub type BoxError = Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>;
 
 /// OpenID Connect Client
-#[derive(Clone)]
+#[derive(Clone, bon::Builder)]
 pub struct OidcClient<AC: AdditionalClaims> {
-    scopes: Vec<String>,
-    client_id: String,
-    client: Client<AC>,
+    #[builder(field)]
     http_client: reqwest::Client,
+
+    scopes: Vec<String>,
+    client: Client<AC>,
+    client_id: String,
     application_base_url: Uri,
     end_session_endpoint: Option<Uri>,
 }
 
+type SetFinal<AC, S> = OidcClientBuilder<AC, SetClientId<SetClient<SetEndSessionEndpoint<S>>>>;
+
+impl<AC: AdditionalClaims, S: State> OidcClientBuilder<AC, S> {
+    pub fn http_client(mut self, http_client: reqwest::Client) -> Self {
+        self.http_client = http_client;
+        self
+    }
+
+    /// set `end_session_endpoint` and initialize a `client` from an existing [`ProviderMetadata`].
+    pub fn with_provider_metadata(
+        self,
+        provider_metadata: ProviderMetadata,
+        client_id: String,
+        client_secret: Option<String>,
+    ) -> Result<SetFinal<AC, S>, Error>
+    where
+        S::EndSessionEndpoint: IsUnset,
+        S::Client: IsUnset,
+        S::ClientId: IsUnset,
+    {
+        let end_session_endpoint = provider_metadata
+            .additional_metadata()
+            .end_session_endpoint
+            .clone()
+            .map(Uri::from_maybe_shared)
+            .transpose()
+            .map_err(Error::InvalidEndSessionEndpoint)?;
+        let client = Client::from_provider_metadata(
+            provider_metadata,
+            ClientId::new(client_id.clone()),
+            client_secret.map(ClientSecret::new),
+        );
+
+        Ok(self
+            .maybe_end_session_endpoint(end_session_endpoint)
+            .client(client)
+            .client_id(client_id))
+    }
+
+    /// create a new [`OidcClient`] by fetching the required information from the
+    /// `/.well-known/openid-configuration` endpoint of the issuer.
+    pub async fn discover_new_with_client(
+        self,
+        issuer: String,
+        client_id: String,
+        client_secret: Option<String>,
+    ) -> Result<SetFinal<AC, S>, Error>
+    where
+        S::EndSessionEndpoint: IsUnset,
+        S::Client: IsUnset,
+        S::ClientId: IsUnset,
+    {
+        let http_client = &self.http_client.clone();
+
+        // modified version of `openidconnect::reqwest::async_client::async_http_client`.
+        let async_http_client = |request: HttpRequest| async move {
+            let mut request_builder = http_client
+                .request(request.method, request.url.as_str())
+                .body(request.body);
+            for (name, value) in &request.headers {
+                request_builder = request_builder.header(name.as_str(), value.as_bytes());
+            }
+            let request = request_builder
+                .build()
+                .map_err(openidconnect::reqwest::Error::Reqwest)?;
+
+            let response = http_client
+                .execute(request)
+                .await
+                .map_err(openidconnect::reqwest::Error::Reqwest)?;
+
+            let status_code = response.status();
+            let headers = response.headers().to_owned();
+            let chunks = response
+                .bytes()
+                .await
+                .map_err(openidconnect::reqwest::Error::Reqwest)?;
+            Ok(HttpResponse {
+                status_code,
+                headers,
+                body: chunks.to_vec(),
+            })
+        };
+
+        let provider_metadata =
+            ProviderMetadata::discover_async(IssuerUrl::new(issuer)?, async_http_client).await?;
+
+        self.with_provider_metadata(provider_metadata, client_id, client_secret)
+    }
+}
+
 impl<AC: AdditionalClaims> OidcClient<AC> {
     /// create a new [`OidcClient`] from an existing [`ProviderMetadata`].
     pub fn from_provider_metadata(
@@ -112,26 +206,11 @@ impl<AC: AdditionalClaims> OidcClient<AC> {
         client_secret: Option<String>,
         scopes: Vec<String>,
     ) -> Result<Self, Error> {
-        let end_session_endpoint = provider_metadata
-            .additional_metadata()
-            .end_session_endpoint
-            .clone()
-            .map(Uri::from_maybe_shared)
-            .transpose()
-            .map_err(Error::InvalidEndSessionEndpoint)?;
-        let client = Client::from_provider_metadata(
-            provider_metadata,
-            ClientId::new(client_id.clone()),
-            client_secret.map(ClientSecret::new),
-        );
-        Ok(Self {
-            scopes,
-            client,
-            client_id,
-            application_base_url,
-            end_session_endpoint,
-            http_client: reqwest::Client::default(),
-        })
+        Ok(Self::builder()
+            .scopes(scopes)
+            .application_base_url(application_base_url)
+            .with_provider_metadata(provider_metadata, client_id, client_secret)?
+            .build())
     }
     /// create a new [`OidcClient`] from an existing [`ProviderMetadata`].
     pub fn from_provider_metadata_and_client(
@@ -142,26 +221,12 @@ impl<AC: AdditionalClaims> OidcClient<AC> {
         scopes: Vec<String>,
         http_client: reqwest::Client,
     ) -> Result<Self, Error> {
-        let end_session_endpoint = provider_metadata
-            .additional_metadata()
-            .end_session_endpoint
-            .clone()
-            .map(Uri::from_maybe_shared)
-            .transpose()
-            .map_err(Error::InvalidEndSessionEndpoint)?;
-        let client = Client::from_provider_metadata(
-            provider_metadata,
-            ClientId::new(client_id.clone()),
-            client_secret.map(ClientSecret::new),
-        );
-        Ok(Self {
-            scopes,
-            client,
-            client_id,
-            application_base_url,
-            end_session_endpoint,
-            http_client,
-        })
+        Ok(Self::builder()
+            .http_client(http_client)
+            .scopes(scopes)
+            .application_base_url(application_base_url)
+            .with_provider_metadata(provider_metadata, client_id, client_secret)?
+            .build())
     }
 
     /// create a new [`OidcClient`] by fetching the required information from the
@@ -197,46 +262,13 @@ impl<AC: AdditionalClaims> OidcClient<AC> {
         //TODO remove borrow with next breaking version
         client: &reqwest::Client,
     ) -> Result<Self, Error> {
-        // modified version of `openidconnect::reqwest::async_client::async_http_client`.
-        let async_http_client = |request: HttpRequest| async move {
-            let mut request_builder = client
-                .request(request.method, request.url.as_str())
-                .body(request.body);
-            for (name, value) in &request.headers {
-                request_builder = request_builder.header(name.as_str(), value.as_bytes());
-            }
-            let request = request_builder
-                .build()
-                .map_err(openidconnect::reqwest::Error::Reqwest)?;
-
-            let response = client
-                .execute(request)
-                .await
-                .map_err(openidconnect::reqwest::Error::Reqwest)?;
-
-            let status_code = response.status();
-            let headers = response.headers().to_owned();
-            let chunks = response
-                .bytes()
-                .await
-                .map_err(openidconnect::reqwest::Error::Reqwest)?;
-            Ok(HttpResponse {
-                status_code,
-                headers,
-                body: chunks.to_vec(),
-            })
-        };
-
-        let provider_metadata =
-            ProviderMetadata::discover_async(IssuerUrl::new(issuer)?, async_http_client).await?;
-        Self::from_provider_metadata_and_client(
-            provider_metadata,
-            application_base_url,
-            client_id,
-            client_secret,
-            scopes,
-            client.clone(),
-        )
+        Ok(Self::builder()
+            .http_client(client.clone())
+            .scopes(scopes)
+            .application_base_url(application_base_url)
+            .discover_new_with_client(issuer, client_id, client_secret)
+            .await?
+            .build())
     }
 }