diff --git a/eventlet/api.py b/eventlet/api.py
index e365d0f..35a4517 100644
--- a/eventlet/api.py
+++ b/eventlet/api.py
@@ -102,12 +102,15 @@ def ssl_listener(address, certificate, private_key):
     socket.is_secure = True
     return socket
 
-def connect_tcp(address):
+def connect_tcp(address, localaddr=None):
     """
     Create a TCP connection to address (host, port) and return the socket.
+    Optionally, bind to localaddr (host, port) first.
     """
     from eventlet import greenio, util
     desc = greenio.GreenSocket(util.tcp_socket())
+    if localaddr is not None:
+        desc.bind(localaddr)
     desc.connect(address)
     return desc
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3d87d22..971084c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 
 setup(
     name='eventlet',
-    version='0.6',
+    version='0.7pre',
     description='Coroutine-based networking library',
     author='Linden Lab',
     author_email='eventletdev@lists.secondlife.com',