--- a/src/event/ngx_event_connect.c
+++ b/src/event/ngx_event_connect.c
@@ -87,6 +87,32 @@ ngx_event_connect_peer(ngx_peer_connecti
         }
 #endif
 
+#if (NGX_HAVE_IP_BIND_ADDRESS_NO_PORT)
+
+        if (pc->sockaddr->sa_family != AF_UNIX) {
+            static int  bind_address_no_port = 1;
+
+            if (bind_address_no_port) {
+                if (setsockopt(s, IPPROTO_IP, IP_BIND_ADDRESS_NO_PORT,
+                               (const void *) &bind_address_no_port,
+                               sizeof(int)) == -1)
+                {
+                    err = ngx_socket_errno;
+
+                    if (err != NGX_EOPNOTSUPP && err != NGX_ENOPROTOOPT) {
+                        ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ALERT, pc->log, err,
+                                      "setsockopt(IP_BIND_ADDRESS_NO_PORT) "
+                                      "failed, ignored");
+
+                    } else {
+                        bind_address_no_port = 0;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+#endif
+
         if (bind(s, pc->local->sockaddr, pc->local->socklen) == -1) {
             ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_CRIT, pc->log, ngx_socket_errno,
                           "bind(%V) failed", &pc->local->name);