diff --git a/lib/faraday/adapter/em_http.rb b/lib/faraday/adapter/em_http.rb
index 49364db4..d1d80e32 100644
--- a/lib/faraday/adapter/em_http.rb
+++ b/lib/faraday/adapter/em_http.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,80 @@ module Faraday
     # when in EM reactor loop or for making parallel requests in
     # synchronous code.
     class EMHttp < Faraday::Adapter
+      module Options
+        def connection_config(env)
+          options = {}
+          configure_ssl(options, env)
+          configure_proxy(options, env)
+          configure_timeout(options, env)
+          configure_socket(options, env)
+          options
+        end
+
+        def request_config(env)
+          options = {
+            :body => read_body(env),
+            :head => env[:request_headers],
+            # :keepalive => true,
+            # :file => 'path/to/file', # stream data off disk
+          }
+          configure_compression(options, env)
+          # configure_proxy_auth
+          # :proxy => {:authorization => [user, pass]}
+          # proxy[:username] && proxy[:password]
+          options
+        end
+
+        def read_body(env)
+          body = env[:body]
+          body.respond_to?(:read) ? body.read : body
+        end
+
+        def configure_ssl(options, env)
+          if ssl = env[:ssl]
+            # :ssl => {
+            #   :private_key_file => '/tmp/server.key',
+            #   :cert_chain_file => '/tmp/server.crt',
+            #   :verify_peer => false
+          end
+        end
+
+        def configure_proxy(options, env)
+          if proxy = request_options(env)[:proxy]
+            options[:proxy] = {
+              :host => proxy[:uri].host,
+              :port => proxy[:uri].port
+            }
+          end
+        end
+
+        def configure_socket(options, env)
+          if bind = request_options(env)[:bind]
+            options[:bind] = {
+              :host => bind[:host],
+              :port => bind[:port]
+            }
+          end
+        end
+
+        def configure_timeout(options, env)
+          timeout, open_timeout = request_options(env).values_at(:timeout, :open_timeout)
+          options[:connect_timeout] = options[:inactivity_timeout] = timeout
+          options[:connect_timeout] = open_timeout if open_timeout
+        end
+
+        def configure_compression(options, env)
+          if env[:method] == :get and not options[:head].key? 'accept-encoding'
+            options[:head]['accept-encoding'] = 'gzip, compressed'
+          end
+        end
+
+        def request_options(env)
+          env[:request]
+        end
+      end
+
+      include Options
 
       dependency 'em-http'
 
@@ -80,67 +154,6 @@ module Faraday
         raise errklass, msg
       end
 
-      def connection_config(env)
-        options = {}
-        configure_ssl(options, env)
-        configure_proxy(options, env)
-        configure_timeout(options, env)
-        options
-      end
-
-      def request_config(env)
-        options = {
-          :body => read_body(env),
-          :head => env[:request_headers],
-          # :keepalive => true,
-          # :file => 'path/to/file', # stream data off disk
-        }
-        configure_compression(options, env)
-        # configure_proxy_auth
-        # :proxy => {:authorization => [user, pass]}
-        # proxy[:username] && proxy[:password]
-        options
-      end
-
-      def read_body(env)
-        body = env[:body]
-        body.respond_to?(:read) ? body.read : body
-      end
-
-      def configure_ssl(options, env)
-        if ssl = env[:ssl]
-          # :ssl => {
-          #   :private_key_file => '/tmp/server.key',
-          #   :cert_chain_file => '/tmp/server.crt',
-          #   :verify_peer => false
-        end
-      end
-
-      def configure_proxy(options, env)
-        if proxy = request_options(env)[:proxy]
-          options[:proxy] = {
-            :host => proxy[:uri].host,
-            :port => proxy[:uri].port
-          }
-        end
-      end
-
-      def configure_timeout(options, env)
-        timeout, open_timeout = request_options(env).values_at(:timeout, :open_timeout)
-        options[:connect_timeout] = options[:inactivity_timeout] = timeout
-        options[:connect_timeout] = open_timeout if open_timeout
-      end
-
-      def configure_compression(options, env)
-        if env[:method] == :get and not options[:head].key? 'accept-encoding'
-          options[:head]['accept-encoding'] = 'gzip, compressed'
-        end
-      end
-
-      def request_options(env)
-        env[:request]
-      end
-
       def parallel?(env)
         !!env[:parallel_manager]
       end
diff --git a/lib/faraday/adapter/em_synchrony.rb b/lib/faraday/adapter/em_synchrony.rb
index 306fe7d4..22df1c48 100644
--- a/lib/faraday/adapter/em_synchrony.rb
+++ b/lib/faraday/adapter/em_synchrony.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ require 'uri'
 module Faraday
   class Adapter
     class EMSynchrony < Faraday::Adapter
+      include EMHttp::Options
 
       dependency do
         require 'em-synchrony/em-http'
@@ -18,41 +19,13 @@ module Faraday
 
       def call(env)
         super
-        request = EventMachine::HttpRequest.new(URI::parse(env[:url].to_s))
-        options = {:head => env[:request_headers]}
-        options[:ssl] = env[:ssl] if env[:ssl]
-
-        if env[:body]
-          if env[:body].respond_to? :read
-            options[:body] = env[:body].read
-          else
-            options[:body] = env[:body]
-          end
-        end
-
-        if req = env[:request]
-          if proxy = req[:proxy]
-            uri = URI.parse(proxy[:uri])
-            options[:proxy] = {
-              :host => uri.host,
-              :port => uri.port
-            }
-            if proxy[:username] && proxy[:password]
-              options[:proxy][:authorization] = [proxy[:username], proxy[:password]]
-            end
-          end
-
-          # only one timeout currently supported by em http request
-          if req[:timeout] or req[:open_timeout]
-            options[:timeout] = [req[:timeout] || 0, req[:open_timeout] || 0].max
-          end
-        end
+        request = EventMachine::HttpRequest.new(URI::parse(env[:url].to_s), connection_config(env))
 
         http_method = env[:method].to_s.downcase.to_sym
 
         # Queue requests for parallel execution.
         if env[:parallel_manager]
-          env[:parallel_manager].add(request, http_method, options) do |resp|
+          env[:parallel_manager].add(request, http_method, request_config(env)) do |resp|
             save_response(env, resp.response_header.status, resp.response) do |resp_headers|
               resp.response_header.each do |name, value|
                 resp_headers[name.to_sym] = value
@@ -66,7 +39,7 @@ module Faraday
         # Execute single request.
         else
           client = nil
-          block = lambda { request.send(http_method, options) }
+          block = lambda { request.send(http_method, request_config(env)) }
 
           if !EM.reactor_running?
             EM.run do
diff --git a/test/adapters/em_http_test.rb b/test/adapters/em_http_test.rb
index 49e3c7a9..f9de24b6 100644
--- a/test/adapters/em_http_test.rb
+++ b/test/adapters/em_http_test.rb
@@ -10,5 +10,11 @@ module Adapters
       undef :test_timeout
     end
 
+    def test_binds_local_socket
+      host = '1.2.3.4'
+      conn = create_connection :request => { :bind => { :host => host } }
+      #puts conn.get('/who-am-i').body
+      assert_equal host, conn.options[:bind][:host]
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/test/adapters/em_synchrony_test.rb b/test/adapters/em_synchrony_test.rb
index b16949df..5f5f0b44 100644
--- a/test/adapters/em_synchrony_test.rb
+++ b/test/adapters/em_synchrony_test.rb
@@ -10,5 +10,11 @@ module Adapters
       undef :test_timeout
     end
 
+    def test_binds_local_socket
+      host = '1.2.3.4'
+      conn = create_connection :request => { :bind => { :host => host } }
+      #put conn.get('/who-am-i').body
+      assert_equal host, conn.options[:bind][:host]
+    end
   end unless RUBY_VERSION < '1.9' or (defined? RUBY_ENGINE and 'jruby' == RUBY_ENGINE)
 end
diff --git a/test/live_server.rb b/test/live_server.rb
index e87d43cf..4e7906ea 100644
--- a/test/live_server.rb
+++ b/test/live_server.rb
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ class FaradayTestServer < Sinatra::Base
     [200, { 'Set-Cookie' => 'one, two' }, '']
   end
 
+  get '/who-am-i' do
+    request.env['REMOTE_ADDR']
+  end
+
   get '/slow' do
     sleep 10
     [200, {}, 'ok']