diff --git a/Lib/socket.py b/Lib/socket.py
index be019db..9133411 100644
--- a/Lib/socket.py
+++ b/Lib/socket.py
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@
 inet_ntoa() -- convert 32-bit packed format IP to string (123.45.67.89)
 socket.getdefaulttimeout() -- get the default timeout value
 socket.setdefaulttimeout() -- set the default timeout value
-create_connection() -- connects to an address, with an optional timeout
+create_connection() -- connects to an address, with an optional timeout and
+                       optional source address.
 
  [*] not available on all platforms!
 
@@ -276,7 +277,8 @@
 
 _GLOBAL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = object()
 
-def create_connection(address, timeout=_GLOBAL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT):
+def create_connection(address, timeout=_GLOBAL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT,
+                      source_address=None):
     """Connect to *address* and return the socket object.
 
     Convenience function.  Connect to *address* (a 2-tuple ``(host,
@@ -284,7 +286,9 @@
     *timeout* parameter will set the timeout on the socket instance
     before attempting to connect.  If no *timeout* is supplied, the
     global default timeout setting returned by :func:`getdefaulttimeout`
-    is used.
+    is used.  If *source_address* is set it must be a tuple of (host, port)
+    for the socket to bind as a source address before making the connection.
+    An host of '' or port 0 tells the OS to use the default.
     """
 
     msg = "getaddrinfo returns an empty list"
@@ -296,6 +300,8 @@
             sock = socket(af, socktype, proto)
             if timeout is not _GLOBAL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT:
                 sock.settimeout(timeout)
+            if source_address:
+                sock.bind(source_address)
             sock.connect(sa)
             return sock