diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 114cddf2b..15082dfce 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ Minimal GraphQL client supporting Node and browsers for scripts or simple apps
     - [Node](#node)
   - [Batching](#batching)
   - [Cancellation](#cancellation)
+  - [Middleware](#middleware)
 - [FAQ](#faq)
     - [Why do I have to install `graphql`?](#why-do-i-have-to-install-graphql)
     - [Do I need to wrap my GraphQL documents inside the `gql` template exported by `graphql-request`?](#do-i-need-to-wrap-my-graphql-documents-inside-the-gql-template-exported-by-graphql-request)
@@ -235,7 +236,7 @@ const query = gql`
       name
     }
   }
-
+`
 // Function saved in the client runs and calculates fresh headers before each request
 const data = await client.request(query)
 ```
@@ -637,6 +638,39 @@ For Node.js v12 you can use [abort-controller](https://github.com/mysticatea/abo
  const abortController = new AbortController()
 ````
 
+### Middleware
+
+It's possible to use a middleware to pre-process any request or handle raw response.
+
+Request middleware example (set actual auth token to each request):
+```ts
+function middleware(request: RequestInit) {
+  const token = getToken();
+  return {
+    ...request,
+    headers: { ...request.headers, 'x-auth-token': token },
+  }
+}
+
+const client = new GraphQLClient(endpoint, { requestMiddleware: middleware })
+```
+
+Response middleware example (log request trace id if error caused):
+```ts
+function middleware(response: Response<unknown>) {
+  if (response.errors) {
+    const traceId = response.headers.get('x-b3-traceid') || 'unknown'
+    console.error(
+        `[${traceId}] Request error:
+        status ${response.status}
+        details: ${response.errors}`
+    )
+  }
+}
+
+const client = new GraphQLClient(endpoint, { responseMiddleware: middleware })
+```
+
 ### ErrorPolicy
 
 By default GraphQLClient will throw when an error is received. However, sometimes you still want to resolve the (partial) data you received. 
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 685ca2404..7129c3e1f 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import {
   Variables,
   PatchedRequestInit,
   MaybeFunction,
-  GraphQLError,
+  Response,
 } from './types'
 import * as Dom from './types.dom'
 
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ const post = async <V = Variables>({
   headers,
   fetch,
   fetchOptions,
+  middleware,
 }: {
   url: string
   query: string | string[]
@@ -140,10 +141,11 @@ const post = async <V = Variables>({
   variables?: V
   headers?: Dom.RequestInit['headers']
   operationName?: string
+  middleware?: (request: Dom.RequestInit) => Dom.RequestInit
 }) => {
   const body = createRequestBody(query, variables, operationName, fetchOptions.jsonSerializer)
 
-  return await fetch(url, {
+  let options: Dom.RequestInit = {
     method: 'POST',
     headers: {
       ...(typeof body === 'string' ? { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' } : {}),
@@ -151,7 +153,11 @@ const post = async <V = Variables>({
     },
     body,
     ...fetchOptions,
-  })
+  };
+  if (middleware) {
+    options = middleware(options)
+  }
+  return await fetch(url, options)
 }
 
 /**
@@ -165,6 +171,7 @@ const get = async <V = Variables>({
   headers,
   fetch,
   fetchOptions,
+  middleware,
 }: {
   url: string
   query: string | string[]
@@ -173,6 +180,7 @@ const get = async <V = Variables>({
   variables?: V
   headers?: HeadersInit
   operationName?: string
+  middleware?: (request: Dom.RequestInit) => Dom.RequestInit
 }) => {
   const queryParams = buildGetQueryParams<V>({
     query,
@@ -181,24 +189,22 @@ const get = async <V = Variables>({
     jsonSerializer: fetchOptions.jsonSerializer
   } as TBuildGetQueryParams<V>)
 
-  return await fetch(`${url}?${queryParams}`, {
+  let options: Dom.RequestInit = {
     method: 'GET',
     headers,
     ...fetchOptions,
-  })
+  };
+  if (middleware) {
+    options = middleware(options)
+  }
+  return await fetch(`${url}?${queryParams}`, options)
 }
 
 /**
  * GraphQL Client.
  */
 export class GraphQLClient {
-  private url: string
-  private options: PatchedRequestInit
-
-  constructor(url: string, options?: PatchedRequestInit) {
-    this.url = url
-    this.options = options || {}
-  }
+  constructor(private url: string, private readonly options: PatchedRequestInit = {}) {}
 
   /**
    * Send a GraphQL query to the server.
@@ -207,18 +213,18 @@ export class GraphQLClient {
     query: string,
     variables?: V,
     requestHeaders?: Dom.RequestInit['headers']
-  ): Promise<{ data: T; extensions?: any; headers: Dom.Headers; errors?: GraphQLError[]; status: number }>
+  ): Promise<Response<T>>
   async rawRequest<T = any, V = Variables>(
     options: RawRequestOptions<V>
-  ): Promise<{ data: T; extensions?: any; headers: Dom.Headers; errors?: GraphQLError[]; status: number }>
+  ): Promise<Response<T>>
   async rawRequest<T = any, V = Variables>(
     queryOrOptions: string | RawRequestOptions<V>,
     variables?: V,
     requestHeaders?: Dom.RequestInit['headers']
-  ): Promise<{ data: T; extensions?: any; headers: Dom.Headers; errors?: GraphQLError[]; status: number }> {
+  ): Promise<Response<T>> {
     const rawRequestOptions = parseRawRequestArgs<V>(queryOrOptions, variables, requestHeaders)
 
-    let { headers, fetch = crossFetch, method = 'POST', ...fetchOptions } = this.options
+    let { headers, fetch = crossFetch, method = 'POST', requestMiddleware, responseMiddleware , ...fetchOptions } = this.options
     let { url } = this
     if (rawRequestOptions.signal !== undefined) {
       fetchOptions.signal = rawRequestOptions.signal
@@ -238,26 +244,32 @@ export class GraphQLClient {
       fetch,
       method,
       fetchOptions,
+      middleware: requestMiddleware,
+    }).then(response => {
+      if (responseMiddleware) {
+        responseMiddleware(response)
+      }
+      return response
     })
   }
 
   /**
    * Send a GraphQL document to the server.
    */
-  async request<T = any, V = Variables>(
+  request<T = any, V = Variables>(
     document: RequestDocument,
     variables?: V,
     requestHeaders?: Dom.RequestInit['headers']
   ): Promise<T>
-  async request<T = any, V = Variables>(options: RequestOptions<V>): Promise<T>
-  async request<T = any, V = Variables>(
+  request<T = any, V = Variables>(options: RequestOptions<V>): Promise<T>
+  request<T = any, V = Variables>(
     documentOrOptions: RequestDocument | RequestOptions<V>,
     variables?: V,
     requestHeaders?: Dom.RequestInit['headers']
   ): Promise<T> {
     const requestOptions = parseRequestArgs<V>(documentOrOptions, variables, requestHeaders)
 
-    let { headers, fetch = crossFetch, method = 'POST', ...fetchOptions } = this.options
+    let { headers, fetch = crossFetch, method = 'POST', requestMiddleware, responseMiddleware, ...fetchOptions } = this.options
     let { url } = this
     if (requestOptions.signal !== undefined) {
       fetchOptions.signal = requestOptions.signal
@@ -265,7 +277,7 @@ export class GraphQLClient {
 
     const { query, operationName } = resolveRequestDocument(requestOptions.document)
 
-    const { data } = await makeRequest<T, V>({
+    return makeRequest<T, V>({
       url,
       query,
       variables: requestOptions.variables,
@@ -277,26 +289,30 @@ export class GraphQLClient {
       fetch,
       method,
       fetchOptions,
+      middleware: requestMiddleware,
+    }).then(response => {
+      if (responseMiddleware) {
+        responseMiddleware(response)
+      }
+      return response.data
     })
-
-    return data
   }
 
   /**
    * Send GraphQL documents in batch to the server.
    */
-  async batchRequests<T extends any = any, V = Variables>(
+  batchRequests<T extends any = any, V = Variables>(
     documents: BatchRequestDocument<V>[],
     requestHeaders?: Dom.RequestInit['headers']
   ): Promise<T>
-  async batchRequests<T = any, V = Variables>(options: BatchRequestsOptions<V>): Promise<T>
-  async batchRequests<T = any, V = Variables>(
+  batchRequests<T = any, V = Variables>(options: BatchRequestsOptions<V>): Promise<T>
+  batchRequests<T = any, V = Variables>(
     documentsOrOptions: BatchRequestDocument<V>[] | BatchRequestsOptions<V>,
     requestHeaders?: Dom.RequestInit['headers']
   ): Promise<T> {
     const batchRequestOptions = parseBatchRequestArgs<V>(documentsOrOptions, requestHeaders)
 
-    let { headers, fetch = crossFetch, method = 'POST', ...fetchOptions } = this.options
+    let { headers, fetch = crossFetch, method = 'POST', requestMiddleware, responseMiddleware, ...fetchOptions } = this.options
     let { url } = this
     if (batchRequestOptions.signal !== undefined) {
       fetchOptions.signal = batchRequestOptions.signal
@@ -307,7 +323,7 @@ export class GraphQLClient {
     )
     const variables = batchRequestOptions.documents.map(({ variables }) => variables)
 
-    const { data } = await makeRequest<T, (V | undefined)[]>({
+    return makeRequest<T, (V | undefined)[]>({
       url,
       query: queries,
       variables,
@@ -319,9 +335,13 @@ export class GraphQLClient {
       fetch,
       method,
       fetchOptions,
+      middleware: requestMiddleware,
+    }).then(response => {
+      if (responseMiddleware) {
+        responseMiddleware(response)
+      }
+      return response.data
     })
-
-    return data
   }
 
   setHeaders(headers: Dom.RequestInit['headers']): GraphQLClient {
@@ -364,6 +384,7 @@ async function makeRequest<T = any, V = Variables>({
   fetch,
   method = 'POST',
   fetchOptions,
+  middleware,
 }: {
   url: string
   query: string | string[]
@@ -373,7 +394,8 @@ async function makeRequest<T = any, V = Variables>({
   fetch: any
   method: string
   fetchOptions: Dom.RequestInit
-}): Promise<{ data: T; extensions?: any; headers: Dom.Headers; errors?: GraphQLError[]; status: number }> {
+  middleware?: (request: Dom.RequestInit) => Dom.RequestInit
+}): Promise<Response<T>> {
   const fetcher = method.toUpperCase() === 'POST' ? post : get
   const isBathchingQuery = Array.isArray(query)
 
@@ -385,6 +407,7 @@ async function makeRequest<T = any, V = Variables>({
     headers,
     fetch,
     fetchOptions,
+    middleware,
   })
   const result = await getResult(response, fetchOptions.jsonSerializer)
 
@@ -422,16 +445,16 @@ export async function rawRequest<T = any, V = Variables>(
   query: string,
   variables?: V,
   requestHeaders?: Dom.RequestInit['headers']
-): Promise<{ data: T; extensions?: any; headers: Dom.Headers; status: number }>
+): Promise<Response<T>>
 export async function rawRequest<T = any, V = Variables>(
   options: RawRequestExtendedOptions<V>
-): Promise<{ data: T; extensions?: any; headers: Dom.Headers; status: number }>
+): Promise<Response<T>>
 export async function rawRequest<T = any, V = Variables>(
   urlOrOptions: string | RawRequestExtendedOptions<V>,
   query?: string,
   variables?: V,
   requestHeaders?: Dom.RequestInit['headers']
-): Promise<{ data: T; extensions?: any; headers: Dom.Headers; status: number }> {
+): Promise<Response<T>> {
   const requestOptions = parseRawRequestExtendedArgs<V>(urlOrOptions, query, variables, requestHeaders)
   const client = new GraphQLClient(requestOptions.url)
   return client.rawRequest<T, V>({
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index 5249d446a..21d669adc 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -59,8 +59,19 @@ export type MaybeFunction<T> = T | (() => T);
 
 export type RequestDocument = string | DocumentNode
 
-export type PatchedRequestInit = Omit<Dom.RequestInit, "headers">
-  & {headers?: MaybeFunction<Dom.RequestInit['headers']>};
+export interface Response<T> {
+  data: T
+  extensions?: any
+  headers: Dom.Headers
+  errors?: GraphQLError[]
+  status: number
+}
+
+export type PatchedRequestInit = Omit<Dom.RequestInit, "headers"> & {
+  headers?: MaybeFunction<Dom.RequestInit['headers']>
+  requestMiddleware?: (request: Dom.RequestInit) => Dom.RequestInit
+  responseMiddleware?: (response: Response<unknown>) => void
+};
 
 export type BatchRequestDocument<V = Variables> = {
   document: RequestDocument
diff --git a/tests/general.test.ts b/tests/general.test.ts
index 4119c901d..097d7e901 100644
--- a/tests/general.test.ts
+++ b/tests/general.test.ts
@@ -117,6 +117,48 @@ test('basic error with raw request', async () => {
   )
 })
 
+describe('middleware', () => {
+  let client: GraphQLClient
+  let requestMiddleware: jest.Mock
+  let responseMiddleware: jest.Mock
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    ctx.res({
+      body: {
+        data: {
+          result: 123,
+        },
+      },
+    })
+
+    requestMiddleware = jest.fn(req => ({ ...req }))
+    responseMiddleware = jest.fn()
+    client = new GraphQLClient(ctx.url, { requestMiddleware, responseMiddleware })
+  })
+
+  it('request', async () => {
+    const requestPromise = client.request<{ result: number }>(`x`)
+    expect(requestMiddleware).toBeCalledTimes(1)
+    const res = await requestPromise
+    expect(responseMiddleware).toBeCalledTimes(1)
+    expect(res.result).toBe(123)
+  })
+
+  it('rawRequest', async () => {
+    const requestPromise = client.rawRequest<{ result: number }>(`x`)
+    expect(requestMiddleware).toBeCalledTimes(1)
+    await requestPromise
+    expect(responseMiddleware).toBeCalledTimes(1)
+  })
+
+  it('batchRequests', async () => {
+    const requestPromise = client.batchRequests<{ result: number }>([{ document: `x` }])
+    expect(requestMiddleware).toBeCalledTimes(1)
+    await requestPromise
+    expect(responseMiddleware).toBeCalledTimes(1)
+  })
+})
+
 // todo needs to be tested in browser environment
 // the options under test here aren't used by node-fetch
 test.skip('extra fetch options', async () => {