diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 99dcd3bc5..6d1b98c2a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ release 0.14.2
 	* added missing export directives to lazy_entry
 	* fixed disk cache expiry settings bug (if changed, it would be set
 	  to the cache size)
+	* fixed bug in http_connection when binding to a particular IP
 
 release 0.14.1
 
diff --git a/src/http_connection.cpp b/src/http_connection.cpp
index 32a978168..9dec182a7 100644
--- a/src/http_connection.cpp
+++ b/src/http_connection.cpp
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ void http_connection::start(std::string const& hostname, std::string const& port
 		if (m_bind_addr != address_v4::any())
 		{
 			error_code ec;
+			m_sock.open(m_bind_addr.is_v4()?tcp::v4():tcp::v6(), ec);
 			m_sock.bind(tcp::endpoint(m_bind_addr, 0), ec);
 			if (ec)
 			{