diff --git a/connection/connection.go b/connection/connection.go
index 5990b759e..9a2f9efb2 100644
--- a/connection/connection.go
+++ b/connection/connection.go
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ func SetMaxGRPCLogLength(characterCount int) {
 // The function tries to connect for 30 seconds, and returns an error if no connection has been established at that point.
 // The function automatically disables TLS and adds interceptor for logging of all gRPC messages at level 5.
 // If the metricsManager is 'nil', no metrics will be recorded on the gRPC calls.
+// The function behaviour can be tweaked with options.
 //
 // For a connection to a Unix Domain socket, the behavior after
 // loosing the connection is configurable. The default is to
@@ -72,9 +73,10 @@ func SetMaxGRPCLogLength(characterCount int) {
 // For other connections, the default behavior from gRPC is used and
 // loss of connection is not detected reliably.
 func Connect(address string, metricsManager metrics.CSIMetricsManager, options ...Option) (*grpc.ClientConn, error) {
-	options = append(options, withTimeout(time.Second*30))
+	// Prepend default options
+	options = append([]Option{WithTimeout(time.Second * 30)}, options...)
 	if metricsManager != nil {
-		options = append(options, withMetrics(metricsManager))
+		options = append([]Option{WithMetrics(metricsManager)}, options...)
 	}
 	return connect(address, options)
 }
@@ -114,15 +116,15 @@ func ExitOnConnectionLoss() func() bool {
 	}
 }
 
-// withTimeout adds a configurable timeout on the gRPC calls.
-func withTimeout(timeout time.Duration) Option {
+// WithTimeout adds a configurable timeout on the gRPC calls.
+func WithTimeout(timeout time.Duration) Option {
 	return func(o *options) {
 		o.timeout = timeout
 	}
 }
 
-// withMetrics enables the recording of metrics on the gRPC calls with the provided CSIMetricsManager.
-func withMetrics(metricsManager metrics.CSIMetricsManager) Option {
+// WithMetrics enables the recording of metrics on the gRPC calls with the provided CSIMetricsManager.
+func WithMetrics(metricsManager metrics.CSIMetricsManager) Option {
 	return func(o *options) {
 		o.metricsManager = metricsManager
 	}
diff --git a/connection/connection_test.go b/connection/connection_test.go
index 7340a7108..ed5f143bb 100644
--- a/connection/connection_test.go
+++ b/connection/connection_test.go
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ func TestTimeout(t *testing.T) {
 
 	startTime := time.Now()
 	timeout := 5 * time.Second
-	conn, err := connect(path.Join(tmp, "no-such.sock"), []Option{withTimeout(timeout)})
+	conn, err := connect(path.Join(tmp, "no-such.sock"), []Option{WithTimeout(timeout)})
 	endTime := time.Now()
 	if assert.Error(t, err, "connection should fail") {
 		assert.InEpsilon(t, timeout, endTime.Sub(startTime), 1, "connection timeout")