diff --git a/packages/supabase/lib/src/realtime_client_options.dart b/packages/supabase/lib/src/realtime_client_options.dart
index 2c1ffb39..dee5c814 100644
--- a/packages/supabase/lib/src/realtime_client_options.dart
+++ b/packages/supabase/lib/src/realtime_client_options.dart
@@ -17,10 +17,29 @@ class RealtimeClientOptions {
   /// the timeout to trigger push timeouts
   final Duration? timeout;
 
+  /// The WebSocket implementation to use
+  final WebSocketTransport? webSocketTransport;
+
   /// {@macro realtime_client_options}
   const RealtimeClientOptions({
     this.eventsPerSecond,
     this.logLevel,
     this.timeout,
+    this.webSocketTransport,
   });
+
+  RealtimeClientOptions copyWith({
+    int? eventsPerSecond,
+    RealtimeLogLevel? logLevel,
+    Duration? timeout,
+    WebSocketTransport? webSocketTransport,
+  }) {
+    return RealtimeClientOptions(
+      // ignore: deprecated_member_use_from_same_package
+      eventsPerSecond: eventsPerSecond ?? this.eventsPerSecond,
+      logLevel: logLevel ?? this.logLevel,
+      timeout: timeout ?? this.timeout,
+      webSocketTransport: webSocketTransport ?? this.webSocketTransport,
+    );
+  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/supabase/lib/src/supabase_client.dart b/packages/supabase/lib/src/supabase_client.dart
index 382569f8..aa51c921 100644
--- a/packages/supabase/lib/src/supabase_client.dart
+++ b/packages/supabase/lib/src/supabase_client.dart
@@ -330,6 +330,7 @@ class SupabaseClient {
         'apikey': _supabaseKey,
       },
       headers: {'apikey': _supabaseKey, ...headers},
+      transport: options.webSocketTransport,
       logLevel: options.logLevel,
       httpClient: _authHttpClient,
       timeout: options.timeout ?? RealtimeConstants.defaultTimeout,
diff --git a/packages/supabase_flutter/lib/src/platform_http_io.dart b/packages/supabase_flutter/lib/src/platform_http_io.dart
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d6677749
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/supabase_flutter/lib/src/platform_http_io.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import 'dart:io';
+
+import 'package:cupertino_http/cupertino_http.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/widgets.dart';
+import 'package:http/http.dart' as http;
+import 'package:supabase_flutter/supabase_flutter.dart';
+import 'package:web_socket_channel/adapter_web_socket_channel.dart';
+import 'package:web_socket_channel/web_socket_channel.dart';
+
+/// For iOS and macOS this returns a `CupertinoClient` and [http.Client] for the
+/// rest of the platforms.
+///
+/// This is used to make HTTP requests use the platform's native HTTP client.
+http.Client getPlatformHttpClient() {
+  if (isInWidgetTest) return http.Client();
+  if (Platform.isIOS || Platform.isMacOS) {
+    return CupertinoClient.defaultSessionConfiguration();
+  } else {
+    return http.Client();
+  }
+}
+
+/// For iOS and macOS this returns a `CupertinoWebSocket` wrapped in a
+/// `AdapterWebSocketChannel` and `null` for the rest of the platforms.
+///
+/// It may return `null` because the differentiation for the other platforms
+/// is done in [RealtimeClient].
+WebSocketChannel Function(String url)? getPlatformWebSocketChannel() {
+  if (isInWidgetTest) return null;
+  if (Platform.isIOS || Platform.isMacOS) {
+    return (String url) =>
+        AdapterWebSocketChannel(CupertinoWebSocket.connect(Uri.parse(url)));
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+
+bool get isInWidgetTest {
+  return WidgetsBinding.instance.runtimeType
+      .toString()
+      .contains('TestWidgetsFlutterBinding');
+}
diff --git a/packages/supabase_flutter/lib/src/platform_http_web.dart b/packages/supabase_flutter/lib/src/platform_http_web.dart
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..afd73e31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/supabase_flutter/lib/src/platform_http_web.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import 'package:http/http.dart' as http;
+import 'package:web_socket_channel/web_socket_channel.dart';
+
+http.Client getPlatformHttpClient() {
+  return http.Client();
+}
+
+WebSocketChannel? getPlatformWebSocketChannel(String url) {
+  return null;
+}
diff --git a/packages/supabase_flutter/lib/src/supabase.dart b/packages/supabase_flutter/lib/src/supabase.dart
index 8ead5e17..136ffac1 100644
--- a/packages/supabase_flutter/lib/src/supabase.dart
+++ b/packages/supabase_flutter/lib/src/supabase.dart
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ import 'package:supabase_flutter/src/supabase_auth.dart';
 import 'hot_restart_cleanup_stub.dart'
     if (dart.library.js_interop) 'hot_restart_cleanup_web.dart';
 
+import 'platform_http_io.dart'
+    if (dart.library.js_interop) 'platform_http_web.dart';
 import 'version.dart';
 
 final _log = Logger('supabase.supabase_flutter');
@@ -117,6 +119,14 @@ class Supabase with WidgetsBindingObserver {
         ),
       );
     }
+    if (realtimeClientOptions.webSocketTransport == null) {
+      final platformWebSocketChannel = getPlatformWebSocketChannel();
+      if (platformWebSocketChannel != null) {
+        realtimeClientOptions = realtimeClientOptions.copyWith(
+            webSocketTransport: (url, headers) =>
+                platformWebSocketChannel(url));
+      }
+    }
     _instance._init(
       url,
       anonKey,
@@ -195,10 +205,16 @@ class Supabase with WidgetsBindingObserver {
       ...Constants.defaultHeaders,
       if (customHeaders != null) ...customHeaders
     };
+    final Client platformHttpClient;
+    if (httpClient != null) {
+      platformHttpClient = httpClient;
+    } else {
+      platformHttpClient = getPlatformHttpClient();
+    }
     client = SupabaseClient(
       supabaseUrl,
       supabaseAnonKey,
-      httpClient: httpClient,
+      httpClient: platformHttpClient,
       headers: headers,
       realtimeClientOptions: realtimeClientOptions,
       postgrestOptions: postgrestOptions,
diff --git a/packages/supabase_flutter/pubspec.yaml b/packages/supabase_flutter/pubspec.yaml
index 428d28f2..9f28327f 100644
--- a/packages/supabase_flutter/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/packages/supabase_flutter/pubspec.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ dependencies:
   shared_preferences: ^2.0.0
   logging: ^1.2.0
   web: '>=0.5.0 <2.0.0'
+  cupertino_http: '>=1.4.0 <3.0.0'
+  web_socket_channel: '>=2.3.0 <4.0.0'
 
 dev_dependencies:
   dart_jsonwebtoken: ^2.4.1