diff --git a/mitmproxy/options.py b/mitmproxy/options.py
index 497914006..45f183726 100644
--- a/mitmproxy/options.py
+++ b/mitmproxy/options.py
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ class Options(optmanager.OptManager):
             ignore_hosts: Sequence[str] = (),
             listen_host: str = "",
             listen_port: int = LISTEN_PORT,
+            upstream_bind_address: str = "",
             mode: str = "regular",
             no_upstream_cert: bool = False,
             rawtcp: bool = False,
@@ -131,6 +132,7 @@ class Options(optmanager.OptManager):
         self.ignore_hosts = ignore_hosts
         self.listen_host = listen_host
         self.listen_port = listen_port
+        self.upstream_bind_address = upstream_bind_address
         self.mode = mode
         self.no_upstream_cert = no_upstream_cert
         self.rawtcp = rawtcp
diff --git a/mitmproxy/proxy/protocol/base.py b/mitmproxy/proxy/protocol/base.py
index 4d67bb71a..783d1cc8d 100644
--- a/mitmproxy/proxy/protocol/base.py
+++ b/mitmproxy/proxy/protocol/base.py
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class ServerConnectionMixin:
                 server_address, (self.ctx.client_conn.address.host, 0), True)
         else:
             self.server_conn = connections.ServerConnection(
-                server_address, (self.config.options.listen_host, 0))
+                server_address, (self.config.options.upstream_bind_address, 0))
 
         self.__check_self_connect()
 
diff --git a/mitmproxy/tools/cmdline.py b/mitmproxy/tools/cmdline.py
index 8b5799524..4be107a8e 100644
--- a/mitmproxy/tools/cmdline.py
+++ b/mitmproxy/tools/cmdline.py
@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@ def get_common_options(args):
         ignore_hosts = args.ignore_hosts,
         listen_host = args.addr,
         listen_port = args.port,
+        upstream_bind_address = args.upstream_bind_address,
         mode = mode,
         no_upstream_cert = args.no_upstream_cert,
         spoof_source_address = args.spoof_source_address,
@@ -486,6 +487,11 @@ def proxy_options(parser):
         action="store_true", dest="spoof_source_address",
         help="Use the client's IP for server-side connections"
     )
+    group.add_argument(
+        "--upstream-bind-address",
+        action="store", type=str, dest="upstream_bind_address", default='',
+        help="Address to bind upstream requests to (defaults to none)"
+    )
 
 
 def proxy_ssl_options(parser):