diff --git a/client/src/main/java/org/glassfish/tyrus/client/ClientProperties.java b/client/src/main/java/org/glassfish/tyrus/client/ClientProperties.java
index 39062b7f..cf84f8ad 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/org/glassfish/tyrus/client/ClientProperties.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/org/glassfish/tyrus/client/ClientProperties.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2014, 2017 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2014, 2020 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
  * terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0, which is available at
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.glassfish.tyrus.client;
 
 
+import java.net.InetAddress;
 import java.net.URI;
 
 import org.glassfish.tyrus.client.auth.AuthConfig;
@@ -284,4 +285,15 @@ public final class ClientProperties {
      * of masking keys.
      */
     public static final String MASKING_KEY_GENERATOR = "org.glassfish.tyrus.client.maskingKeyGenerator";
-}
+
+    /**
+     * Property name for defining local binding address for all socket created by the client. The expected value is an instance
+     * of {@link java.net.InetAddress}.
+     * <p>
+     * Sample below demonstrates how to use this property:
+     * <pre>
+     *     client.getProperties().put(ClientProperties.SOCKET_BINDING, InetAddress.getByName("127.0.0.1"));
+     * </pre>
+     */
+    public static final String SOCKET_BINDING = "org.glassfish.tyrus.client.socketBinding";
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/containers/grizzly-client/src/main/java/org/glassfish/tyrus/container/grizzly/client/GrizzlyClientSocket.java b/containers/grizzly-client/src/main/java/org/glassfish/tyrus/container/grizzly/client/GrizzlyClientSocket.java
index 63394177..d3388d59 100644
--- a/containers/grizzly-client/src/main/java/org/glassfish/tyrus/container/grizzly/client/GrizzlyClientSocket.java
+++ b/containers/grizzly-client/src/main/java/org/glassfish/tyrus/container/grizzly/client/GrizzlyClientSocket.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2011, 2017 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2011, 2020 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
  * terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0, which is available at
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.glassfish.tyrus.container.grizzly.client;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.InetAddress;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.net.Proxy;
 import java.net.ProxySelector;
@@ -359,7 +360,13 @@ public void handleTimeout() {
                                       sharedTransportTimeout, proxyHeaders, grizzlyConnector, sslHandshakeFuture,
                                       upgradeRequest));
 
-            connectionGrizzlyFuture = connectorHandler.connect(connectAddress);
+            InetAddress bindingAddress = Utils.getProperty(properties, ClientProperties.SOCKET_BINDING, InetAddress.class);
+
+            if (bindingAddress == null) {
+                connectionGrizzlyFuture = connectorHandler.connect(connectAddress);
+            } else {
+                connectionGrizzlyFuture = connectorHandler.connect(socketAddress, new InetSocketAddress(bindingAddress, 0));
+            }
 
             try {
                 final Connection connection = connectionGrizzlyFuture.get(timeoutMs, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
diff --git a/containers/jdk-client/src/main/java/org/glassfish/tyrus/container/jdk/client/JdkClientContainer.java b/containers/jdk-client/src/main/java/org/glassfish/tyrus/container/jdk/client/JdkClientContainer.java
index f4b6959b..a784ad95 100644
--- a/containers/jdk-client/src/main/java/org/glassfish/tyrus/container/jdk/client/JdkClientContainer.java
+++ b/containers/jdk-client/src/main/java/org/glassfish/tyrus/container/jdk/client/JdkClientContainer.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2014, 2017 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2014, 2020 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
  * terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0, which is available at
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.glassfish.tyrus.container.jdk.client;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.InetAddress;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.net.Proxy;
 import java.net.ProxySelector;
@@ -99,6 +100,9 @@ public void openClientSocket(final ClientEndpointConfig cec, final Map<String, O
         final Integer containerIdleTimeout =
                 Utils.getProperty(properties, ClientProperties.SHARED_CONTAINER_IDLE_TIMEOUT, Integer.class);
 
+        final InetAddress bindingAddress =
+                Utils.getProperty(properties, ClientProperties.SOCKET_BINDING, InetAddress.class);
+
         final ThreadPoolConfig finalThreadPoolConfig = threadPoolConfig;
         final Callable<Void> jdkConnector = new Callable<Void>() {
 
@@ -118,13 +122,19 @@ public Void call() throws DeploymentException {
 
                 if (secure) {
                     TransportFilter transportFilter =
-                            createTransportFilter(SSL_INPUT_BUFFER_SIZE, finalThreadPoolConfig, containerIdleTimeout);
+                            createTransportFilter(SSL_INPUT_BUFFER_SIZE,
+                                                  finalThreadPoolConfig,
+                                                  containerIdleTimeout,
+                                                  bindingAddress);
                     SslFilter sslFilter = createSslFilter(cec, properties, transportFilter, uri);
                     writeQueue = createTaskQueueFilter(sslFilter);
 
                 } else {
                     TransportFilter transportFilter =
-                            createTransportFilter(INPUT_BUFFER_SIZE, finalThreadPoolConfig, containerIdleTimeout);
+                            createTransportFilter(INPUT_BUFFER_SIZE,
+                                                  finalThreadPoolConfig,
+                                                  containerIdleTimeout,
+                                                  bindingAddress);
                     writeQueue = createTaskQueueFilter(transportFilter);
                 }
 
@@ -276,9 +286,11 @@ private SslFilter createSslFilter(ClientEndpointConfig cec, Map<String, Object>
         return sslFilter;
     }
 
-    private TransportFilter createTransportFilter(int sslInputBufferSize, ThreadPoolConfig threadPoolConfig,
-                                                  Integer containerIdleTimeout) {
-        return new TransportFilter(sslInputBufferSize, threadPoolConfig, containerIdleTimeout);
+    private TransportFilter createTransportFilter(int sslInputBufferSize,
+                                                  ThreadPoolConfig threadPoolConfig,
+                                                  Integer containerIdleTimeout,
+                                                  InetAddress bindingAddress) {
+        return new TransportFilter(sslInputBufferSize, threadPoolConfig, containerIdleTimeout, bindingAddress);
     }
 
     private TaskQueueFilter createTaskQueueFilter(Filter downstreamFilter) {
diff --git a/containers/jdk-client/src/main/java/org/glassfish/tyrus/container/jdk/client/TransportFilter.java b/containers/jdk-client/src/main/java/org/glassfish/tyrus/container/jdk/client/TransportFilter.java
index 940d992f..6b561383 100644
--- a/containers/jdk-client/src/main/java/org/glassfish/tyrus/container/jdk/client/TransportFilter.java
+++ b/containers/jdk-client/src/main/java/org/glassfish/tyrus/container/jdk/client/TransportFilter.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2014, 2017 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2014, 2020 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
  * terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0, which is available at
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 package org.glassfish.tyrus.container.jdk.client;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.InetAddress;
+import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.net.SocketAddress;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.nio.channels.AsynchronousChannelGroup;
@@ -85,6 +87,7 @@ public Thread newThread(Runnable r) {
     private final int inputBufferSize;
     private final ThreadPoolConfig threadPoolConfig;
     private final Integer containerIdleTimeout;
+    private final InetAddress bindingAddress;
 
     private volatile AsynchronousSocketChannel socketChannel;
 
@@ -99,12 +102,18 @@ public Thread newThread(Runnable r) {
      * @param threadPoolConfig     thread pool configuration used for creating thread pool.
      * @param containerIdleTimeout idle time after which the shared thread pool will be destroyed. If {@code null}
      *                             default value will be used. The default value is 30 seconds.
+     * @param bindingAddress       local address to bind sockets ({@link #socketChannel}) when they are created.
+     *                             Binding is done only if not {@code null}.
      */
-    TransportFilter(int inputBufferSize, ThreadPoolConfig threadPoolConfig, Integer containerIdleTimeout) {
+    TransportFilter(int inputBufferSize,
+                    ThreadPoolConfig threadPoolConfig,
+                    Integer containerIdleTimeout,
+                    InetAddress bindingAddress) {
         super(null);
         this.inputBufferSize = inputBufferSize;
         this.threadPoolConfig = threadPoolConfig;
         this.containerIdleTimeout = containerIdleTimeout;
+        this.bindingAddress = bindingAddress;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -161,6 +170,9 @@ public void handleConnect(SocketAddress serverAddress, Filter upstreamFilter) {
                 updateThreadPoolConfig();
                 initializeChannelGroup();
                 socketChannel = AsynchronousSocketChannel.open(channelGroup);
+                if (bindingAddress != null) {
+                    socketChannel.bind(new InetSocketAddress(bindingAddress, 0));
+                }
                 openedConnections.incrementAndGet();
             }
         } catch (IOException e) {
diff --git a/containers/jdk-client/src/test/java/org/glassfish/tyrus/container/jdk/client/SslFilterTest.java b/containers/jdk-client/src/test/java/org/glassfish/tyrus/container/jdk/client/SslFilterTest.java
index 0f043fc3..b9665ce1 100644
--- a/containers/jdk-client/src/test/java/org/glassfish/tyrus/container/jdk/client/SslFilterTest.java
+++ b/containers/jdk-client/src/test/java/org/glassfish/tyrus/container/jdk/client/SslFilterTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2015, 2017 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2015, 2020 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
  * terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0, which is available at
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ private Filter openClientSocket(String host, final ByteBuffer readBuffer, final
         SslEngineConfigurator sslEngineConfigurator = new SslEngineConfigurator(sslConfig.createSSLContext());
         sslEngineConfigurator.setHostnameVerifier(customHostnameVerifier);
 
-        final TransportFilter transportFilter = new TransportFilter(17_000, ThreadPoolConfig.defaultConfig(), null);
+        final TransportFilter transportFilter = new TransportFilter(17_000, ThreadPoolConfig.defaultConfig(), null, null);
         final SslFilter sslFilter = new SslFilter(transportFilter, sslEngineConfigurator, host);
 
         // exceptions errors that occur before SSL handshake has finished are thrown from this method