diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/cognifide/gradle/aem/common/instance/InstanceHttpClient.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/cognifide/gradle/aem/common/instance/InstanceHttpClient.kt
index b5e85c6e6..5a1af7470 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/cognifide/gradle/aem/common/instance/InstanceHttpClient.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/cognifide/gradle/aem/common/instance/InstanceHttpClient.kt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ open class InstanceHttpClient(aem: AemExtension, val instance: Instance) : HttpC
         basicPassword = instance.password
         authorizationPreemptive = true
 
-        apply(aem.instanceOptions.httpOptions)
+        apply { aem.instanceOptions.httpOptions(this, instance) }
     }
 
     override fun checkStatus(response: HttpResponse, checker: (Int) -> Boolean) {
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/cognifide/gradle/aem/common/instance/InstanceOptions.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/cognifide/gradle/aem/common/instance/InstanceOptions.kt
index 8db56b9f8..4ab0bc3d8 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/cognifide/gradle/aem/common/instance/InstanceOptions.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/cognifide/gradle/aem/common/instance/InstanceOptions.kt
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ open class InstanceOptions(private val aem: AemExtension) : Serializable {
      * - customize maximum time after which initializing connection to AEM will be aborted (e.g on upload, install),
      * - customize any options offered by Apache HTTP Client builder (use its API directly).
      */
-    fun http(options: InstanceHttpClient.() -> Unit) {
+    fun http(options: InstanceHttpClient.(Instance) -> Unit) {
         httpOptions = options
     }
 
     @get:JsonIgnore
-    internal var httpOptions: InstanceHttpClient.() -> Unit = {
+    internal var httpOptions: InstanceHttpClient.(Instance) -> Unit = {
         connectionTimeout = aem.props.int("instance.http.connectionTimeout") ?: 30000
         connectionRetries = aem.props.boolean("instance.http.connectionRetries") ?: true
         connectionIgnoreSsl = aem.props.boolean("instance.http.connectionIgnoreSsl") ?: true