diff --git a/pkg/datasource/datasource.go b/pkg/datasource/datasource.go
index d606fc7..0d7dfe5 100644
--- a/pkg/datasource/datasource.go
+++ b/pkg/datasource/datasource.go
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func newZabbixDatasourceInstance(settings backend.DataSourceInstanceSettings) (i
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	client, err := httpclient.NewHttpClient(&settings, zabbixSettings.Timeout)
+	client, err := httpclient.New(&settings, zabbixSettings.Timeout)
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.Error("Error initializing HTTP client", "error", err)
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/pkg/httpclient/httpclient.go b/pkg/httpclient/httpclient.go
index dc8ad36..1b8ab5c 100644
--- a/pkg/httpclient/httpclient.go
+++ b/pkg/httpclient/httpclient.go
@@ -2,187 +2,50 @@ package httpclient
 
 import (
 	"crypto/tls"
-	"crypto/x509"
-	"encoding/base64"
-	"errors"
-	"fmt"
-	"net"
 	"net/http"
-	"sync"
 	"time"
 
 	simplejson "github.com/bitly/go-simplejson"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/backend"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/backend/httpclient"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/backend/log"
 )
 
-type proxyTransportCache struct {
-	cache map[int64]cachedTransport
-	sync.Mutex
-}
+// New creates new HTTP client.
+func New(dsInfo *backend.DataSourceInstanceSettings, timeout time.Duration) (*http.Client, error) {
+	clientOptions, err := dsInfo.HTTPClientOptions()
+	clientOptions.Timeouts.Timeout = timeout
 
-// dataSourceTransport implements http.RoundTripper (https://golang.org/pkg/net/http/#RoundTripper)
-type dataSourceTransport struct {
-	headers   map[string]string
-	transport *http.Transport
-}
-
-// RoundTrip executes a single HTTP transaction, returning a Response for the provided Request.
-func (d *dataSourceTransport) RoundTrip(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
-	for key, value := range d.headers {
-		req.Header.Set(key, value)
-	}
-
-	return d.transport.RoundTrip(req)
-}
-
-type cachedTransport struct {
-	updated time.Time
-
-	*dataSourceTransport
-}
-
-var ptc = proxyTransportCache{
-	cache: make(map[int64]cachedTransport),
-}
-
-// NewHttpClient returns new http.Client. Transport either initialized or got from cache.
-func NewHttpClient(ds *backend.DataSourceInstanceSettings, timeout time.Duration) (*http.Client, error) {
-	transport, err := newHttpTransport(ds)
+	tlsSkipVerify, err := getTLSSkipVerify(dsInfo)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	log.DefaultLogger.Debug("Initializing new HTTP client", "timeout", timeout.Seconds())
-
-	return &http.Client{
-		Timeout:   timeout,
-		Transport: transport,
-	}, nil
-}
-
-func newHttpTransport(ds *backend.DataSourceInstanceSettings) (*dataSourceTransport, error) {
-	ptc.Lock()
-	defer ptc.Unlock()
-
-	if t, present := ptc.cache[ds.ID]; present && ds.Updated.Equal(t.updated) {
-		return t.dataSourceTransport, nil
+	clientOptions.ConfigureTLSConfig = func(opts httpclient.Options, tlsConfig *tls.Config) {
+		// grafana-plugin-sdk-go has a bug and InsecureSkipVerify only set if TLS Client Auth enabled, so it should be set
+		// manually here
+		tlsConfig.InsecureSkipVerify = tlsSkipVerify
 	}
 
-	tlsConfig, err := getTLSConfig(ds)
+	client, err := httpclient.New(clientOptions)
 	if err != nil {
+		log.DefaultLogger.Error("Failed to create HTTP client", err)
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	tlsConfig.Renegotiation = tls.RenegotiateFreelyAsClient
-
-	// Create transport which adds all
-	customHeaders := getCustomHeaders(ds)
-	transport := &http.Transport{
-		TLSClientConfig: tlsConfig,
-		Proxy:           http.ProxyFromEnvironment,
-		Dial: (&net.Dialer{
-			Timeout:   30 * time.Second,
-			KeepAlive: 30 * time.Second,
-		}).Dial,
-		TLSHandshakeTimeout:   10 * time.Second,
-		ExpectContinueTimeout: 1 * time.Second,
-		MaxIdleConns:          100,
-		IdleConnTimeout:       90 * time.Second,
-	}
-
-	if ds.BasicAuthEnabled {
-		user := ds.BasicAuthUser
-		password := ds.DecryptedSecureJSONData["basicAuthPassword"]
-		basicAuthHeader := getBasicAuthHeader(user, password)
-		customHeaders["Authorization"] = basicAuthHeader
-	}
-
-	dsTransport := &dataSourceTransport{
-		headers:   customHeaders,
-		transport: transport,
-	}
-
-	ptc.cache[ds.ID] = cachedTransport{
-		dataSourceTransport: dsTransport,
-		updated:             ds.Updated,
-	}
-
-	return dsTransport, nil
+	return client, nil
 }
 
-func getTLSConfig(ds *backend.DataSourceInstanceSettings) (*tls.Config, error) {
-	var tlsSkipVerify, tlsClientAuth, tlsAuthWithCACert bool
+func getTLSSkipVerify(ds *backend.DataSourceInstanceSettings) (bool, error) {
+	var tlsSkipVerify bool
 	jsonData, err := simplejson.NewJson(ds.JSONData)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return false, err
 	}
 
 	if jsonData != nil {
-		tlsClientAuth = jsonData.Get("tlsAuth").MustBool(false)
-		tlsAuthWithCACert = jsonData.Get("tlsAuthWithCACert").MustBool(false)
 		tlsSkipVerify = jsonData.Get("tlsSkipVerify").MustBool(false)
 	}
 
-	tlsConfig := &tls.Config{
-		InsecureSkipVerify: tlsSkipVerify,
-	}
-
-	if tlsClientAuth || tlsAuthWithCACert {
-		decrypted := ds.DecryptedSecureJSONData
-		if tlsAuthWithCACert && len(decrypted["tlsCACert"]) > 0 {
-			caPool := x509.NewCertPool()
-			ok := caPool.AppendCertsFromPEM([]byte(decrypted["tlsCACert"]))
-			if !ok {
-				return nil, errors.New("Failed to parse TLS CA PEM certificate")
-			}
-			tlsConfig.RootCAs = caPool
-		}
-
-		if tlsClientAuth {
-			cert, err := tls.X509KeyPair([]byte(decrypted["tlsClientCert"]), []byte(decrypted["tlsClientKey"]))
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil, err
-			}
-			tlsConfig.Certificates = []tls.Certificate{cert}
-		}
-	}
-
-	return tlsConfig, nil
-}
-
-// getCustomHeaders returns a map with all the to be set headers
-// The map key represents the HeaderName and the value represents this header's value
-func getCustomHeaders(ds *backend.DataSourceInstanceSettings) map[string]string {
-	headers := make(map[string]string)
-	jsonData, err := simplejson.NewJson(ds.JSONData)
-	if jsonData == nil || err != nil {
-		return headers
-	}
-
-	decrypted := ds.DecryptedSecureJSONData
-	index := 1
-	for {
-		headerNameSuffix := fmt.Sprintf("httpHeaderName%d", index)
-		headerValueSuffix := fmt.Sprintf("httpHeaderValue%d", index)
-
-		key := jsonData.Get(headerNameSuffix).MustString()
-		if key == "" {
-			// No (more) header values are available
-			break
-		}
-
-		if val, ok := decrypted[headerValueSuffix]; ok {
-			headers[key] = val
-		}
-		index++
-	}
-
-	return headers
-}
-
-// getBasicAuthHeader returns a base64 encoded string from user and password.
-func getBasicAuthHeader(user string, password string) string {
-	var userAndPass = user + ":" + password
-	return "Basic " + base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte(userAndPass))
+	return tlsSkipVerify, nil
 }