diff --git a/docs/content/docs.md b/docs/content/docs.md
index 218757a86..b053a8f89 100644
--- a/docs/content/docs.md
+++ b/docs/content/docs.md
@@ -249,6 +249,13 @@ If running rclone from a script you might want to use today's date as
 the directory name passed to `--backup-dir` to store the old files, or
 you might want to pass `--suffix` with today's date.
 
+### --bind string ###
+
+Local address to bind to for outgoing connections.  This can be an
+IPv4 address (1.2.3.4), an IPv6 address (1234::789A) or host name.  If
+the host name doesn't resolve or resoves to more than one IP address
+it will give an error.
+
 ### --bwlimit=BANDWIDTH_SPEC ###
 
 This option controls the bandwidth limit. Limits can be specified
diff --git a/docs/content/ftp.md b/docs/content/ftp.md
index 6ea0f0a8e..4d69c5210 100644
--- a/docs/content/ftp.md
+++ b/docs/content/ftp.md
@@ -126,4 +126,6 @@ with it: `--dump-headers`, `--dump-bodies`, `--dump-auth`
 
 Note that `--timeout` isn't supported (but `--contimeout` is).
 
+Note that `--bind` isn't supported.
+
 FTP could support server side move but doesn't yet.
diff --git a/fs/config.go b/fs/config.go
index 8f2a57258..1e732c9f9 100644
--- a/fs/config.go
+++ b/fs/config.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
+	"net"
 	"os"
 	"os/user"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ var (
 	useListR        = BoolP("fast-list", "", false, "Use recursive list if available. Uses more memory but fewer transactions.")
 	tpsLimit        = Float64P("tpslimit", "", 0, "Limit HTTP transactions per second to this.")
 	tpsLimitBurst   = IntP("tpslimit-burst", "", 1, "Max burst of transactions for --tpslimit.")
+	bindAddr        = StringP("bind", "", "", "Local address to bind to for outgoing connections, IPv4, IPv4 or name.")
 	logLevel        = LogLevelNotice
 	statsLogLevel   = LogLevelInfo
 	bwLimit         BwTimetable
@@ -232,6 +234,7 @@ type ConfigInfo struct {
 	BufferSize         SizeSuffix
 	TPSLimit           float64
 	TPSLimitBurst      int
+	BindAddr           net.IP
 }
 
 // Return the path to the configuration file
@@ -398,6 +401,17 @@ func LoadConfig() {
 		log.Fatalf(`Can only use --suffix with --backup-dir.`)
 	}
 
+	if *bindAddr != "" {
+		addrs, err := net.LookupIP(*bindAddr)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("--bind: Failed to parse %q as IP address: %v", *bindAddr, err)
+		}
+		if len(addrs) != 1 {
+			log.Fatalf("--bind: Expecting 1 IP address for %q but got %d", *bindAddr, len(addrs))
+		}
+		Config.BindAddr = addrs[0]
+	}
+
 	// Load configuration file.
 	var err error
 	configData, err = loadConfigFile()
diff --git a/fs/http.go b/fs/http.go
index adecd127e..b6db85601 100644
--- a/fs/http.go
+++ b/fs/http.go
@@ -272,3 +272,16 @@ func (t *Transport) RoundTrip(req *http.Request) (resp *http.Response, err error
 	}
 	return resp, err
 }
+
+// NewDialer creates a net.Dialer structure with Timeout, Keepalive
+// and LocalAddr set from rclone flags.
+func (ci *ConfigInfo) NewDialer() *net.Dialer {
+	dialer := &net.Dialer{
+		Timeout:   ci.ConnectTimeout,
+		KeepAlive: 30 * time.Second,
+	}
+	if ci.BindAddr != nil {
+		dialer.LocalAddr = &net.TCPAddr{IP: ci.BindAddr}
+	}
+	return dialer
+}
diff --git a/fs/http_new.go b/fs/http_new.go
index 4099ffa6f..68d8deecc 100644
--- a/fs/http_new.go
+++ b/fs/http_new.go
@@ -12,23 +12,18 @@ import (
 )
 
 // dial with context and timeouts
-func dialContextTimeout(ctx context.Context, network, address string, connectTimeout, timeout time.Duration) (net.Conn, error) {
-	dialer := net.Dialer{
-		Timeout:   connectTimeout,
-		KeepAlive: 30 * time.Second,
-	}
+func (ci *ConfigInfo) dialContextTimeout(ctx context.Context, network, address string) (net.Conn, error) {
+	dialer := ci.NewDialer()
 	c, err := dialer.DialContext(ctx, network, address)
 	if err != nil {
 		return c, err
 	}
-	return newTimeoutConn(c, timeout), nil
+	return newTimeoutConn(c, ci.Timeout), nil
 }
 
 // Initialise the http.Transport for go1.7+
 func (ci *ConfigInfo) initTransport(t *http.Transport) {
-	t.DialContext = func(ctx context.Context, network, address string) (net.Conn, error) {
-		return dialContextTimeout(ctx, network, address, ci.ConnectTimeout, ci.Timeout)
-	}
+	t.DialContext = ci.dialContextTimeout
 	t.IdleConnTimeout = 60 * time.Second
 	t.ExpectContinueTimeout = ci.ConnectTimeout
 }
diff --git a/fs/http_old.go b/fs/http_old.go
index 2fc9df019..9226b5b9b 100644
--- a/fs/http_old.go
+++ b/fs/http_old.go
@@ -7,25 +7,19 @@ package fs
 import (
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
-	"time"
 )
 
 // dial with timeouts
-func dialTimeout(network, address string, connectTimeout, timeout time.Duration) (net.Conn, error) {
-	dialer := net.Dialer{
-		Timeout:   connectTimeout,
-		KeepAlive: 30 * time.Second,
-	}
+func (ci *ConfigInfo) dialTimeout(network, address string) (net.Conn, error) {
+	dialer := ci.NewDialer()
 	c, err := dialer.Dial(network, address)
 	if err != nil {
 		return c, err
 	}
-	return newTimeoutConn(c, timeout), nil
+	return newTimeoutConn(c, ci.Timeout), nil
 }
 
 // Initialise the http.Transport for pre go1.7
 func (ci *ConfigInfo) initTransport(t *http.Transport) {
-	t.Dial = func(network, address string) (net.Conn, error) {
-		return dialTimeout(network, address, ci.ConnectTimeout, ci.Timeout)
-	}
+	t.Dial = dialTimeout
 }
diff --git a/sftp/sftp.go b/sftp/sftp.go
index ef64f3f20..8c3fe67be 100644
--- a/sftp/sftp.go
+++ b/sftp/sftp.go
@@ -79,6 +79,22 @@ type ObjectReader struct {
 	sftpFile *sftp.File
 }
 
+// Dial starts a client connection to the given SSH server. It is a
+// convenience function that connects to the given network address,
+// initiates the SSH handshake, and then sets up a Client.
+func Dial(network, addr string, config *ssh.ClientConfig) (*ssh.Client, error) {
+	dialer := fs.Config.NewDialer()
+	conn, err := dialer.Dial(network, addr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	c, chans, reqs, err := ssh.NewClientConn(conn, addr, config)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return ssh.NewClient(c, chans, reqs), nil
+}
+
 // NewFs creates a new Fs object from the name and root. It connects to
 // the host specified in the config file.
 func NewFs(name, root string) (fs.Fs, error) {
@@ -135,7 +151,7 @@ func NewFs(name, root string) (fs.Fs, error) {
 		config.Auth = append(config.Auth, ssh.Password(clearpass))
 	}
 
-	sshClient, err := ssh.Dial("tcp", host+":"+port, config)
+	sshClient, err := Dial("tcp", host+":"+port, config)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "couldn't connect ssh")
 	}