diff --git a/src/agent.rs b/src/agent.rs
index 4ed88ce..9a6e724 100644
--- a/src/agent.rs
+++ b/src/agent.rs
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ pub(crate) struct AgentConfig {
     pub redirect_auth_headers: RedirectAuthHeaders,
     pub user_agent: String,
     pub tls_config: TlsConfig,
+    pub get_local_addr: bool,
 }
 
 /// Agents keep state between requests.
@@ -262,6 +263,7 @@ impl AgentBuilder {
                 redirect_auth_headers: RedirectAuthHeaders::Never,
                 user_agent: format!("ureq/{}", env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION")),
                 tls_config: TlsConfig(crate::default_tls_config()),
+                get_local_addr: false,
             },
             max_idle_connections: DEFAULT_MAX_IDLE_CONNECTIONS,
             max_idle_connections_per_host: DEFAULT_MAX_IDLE_CONNECTIONS_PER_HOST,
@@ -620,6 +622,30 @@ impl AgentBuilder {
         self
     }
 
+    /// Whether local_addr will be read from the tcp socket.
+    ///
+    /// local_addr is the address from which the client sends the request.
+    /// Reading it invokes a syscall, therefore it is disabled by default.
+    ///
+    /// Defaults to false.
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// # fn main() -> Result<(), ureq::Error> {
+    /// # use std::net::SocketAddr;
+    /// # ureq::is_test(true);
+    /// let agent = ureq::builder()
+    ///     .get_local_addr(true)
+    ///     .build();
+    /// let response = agent.get("http://httpbin.org/get").call()?;
+    /// assert!(response.local_addr().is_some());
+    /// # Ok(())
+    /// # }
+    /// ```
+    pub fn get_local_addr(mut self, get_local_addr: bool) -> Self {
+        self.config.get_local_addr = get_local_addr;
+        self
+    }
+
     /// Provide the cookie store to be used for all requests using this agent.
     ///
     /// This is useful in two cases. First when there is a need to persist cookies