diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 68a94269..75c89c6a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
 # Change log for amqplib
 
-## Chagnes in v0.10.0
+## Changes in v0.10.1
+
+    git log v0.9.1..v0.10.0
+
+ * Allow servername to be specified via socket options as discussed in as discussed in
+   [issue 697](https://github.com/squaremo/amqp.node/issues/697)
+
+## Changes in v0.10.0
+
+    git log v0.9.1..v0.10.0
+
  * Use Native promises ([PR
    689](https://github.com/amqp-node/amqplib/pull/689), thank you
    @mohd-akram and @kibertoad)
diff --git a/lib/connect.js b/lib/connect.js
index 478dd76c..afbefadf 100644
--- a/lib/connect.js
+++ b/lib/connect.js
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ function connect(url, socketOptions, openCallback) {
   if (typeof url === 'object') {
     protocol = (url.protocol || 'amqp') + ':';
     sockopts.host = url.hostname;
-    sockopts.servername = url.hostname;
+    sockopts.servername = sockopts.servername || url.hostname;
     sockopts.port = url.port || ((protocol === 'amqp:') ? 5672 : 5671);
 
     var user, pass;
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ function connect(url, socketOptions, openCallback) {
     var parts = URL(url, true); // yes, parse the query string
     protocol = parts.protocol;
     sockopts.host = parts.hostname;
-    sockopts.servername = parts.hostname;
+    sockopts.servername = sockopts.servername || parts.hostname;
     sockopts.port = parseInt(parts.port) || ((protocol === 'amqp:') ? 5672 : 5671);
     var vhost = parts.pathname ? parts.pathname.substr(1) : null;
     fields = openFrames(vhost, parts.query, sockopts.credentials || credentialsFromUrl(parts), extraClientProperties);
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index decc1139..52e39d5b 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "amqplib",
-      "version": "0.9.1",
+      "version": "0.10.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "bitsyntax": "~0.1.0",