diff --git a/src/iperf_api.c b/src/iperf_api.c
index 84cd151..878c9c4 100755
--- a/src/iperf_api.c
+++ b/src/iperf_api.c
@@ -1115,10 +1115,6 @@ iperf_parse_arguments(struct iperf_test *test, int argc, char **argv)
         return -1;
     }
 #endif //HAVE_SSL
-    if (!test->bind_address && test->bind_port) {
-        i_errno = IEBIND;
-        return -1;
-    }
     if (blksize == 0) {
 	if (test->protocol->id == Pudp)
 	    blksize = 0;	/* try to dynamically determine from MSS */
diff --git a/src/iperf_api.h b/src/iperf_api.h
index 692db0e..f1b4a14 100755
--- a/src/iperf_api.h
+++ b/src/iperf_api.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * iperf, Copyright (c) 2014-2017, The Regents of the University of
+ * iperf, Copyright (c) 2014-2018, The Regents of the University of
  * California, through Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (subject
  * to receipt of any required approvals from the U.S. Dept. of
  * Energy).  All rights reserved.
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ enum {
     IEENDCONDITIONS = 16,   // Only one test end condition (-t, -n, -k) may be specified
     IELOGFILE = 17,	    // Can't open log file
     IENOSCTP = 18,	    // No SCTP support available
-    IEBIND = 19,			// Local port specified with no local bind option
+    IEBIND = 19,	    // UNUSED:  Local port specified with no local bind option
     IEUDPBLOCKSIZE = 20,    // Block size invalid
     IEBADTOS = 21,	    // Bad TOS value
     IESETCLIENTAUTH = 22,   // Bad configuration of client authentication
diff --git a/src/iperf_error.c b/src/iperf_error.c
index d38333a..945984e 100644
--- a/src/iperf_error.c
+++ b/src/iperf_error.c
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ iperf_strerror(int int_errno)
         case IEINTERVAL:
             snprintf(errstr, len, "invalid report interval (min = %g, max = %g seconds)", MIN_INTERVAL, MAX_INTERVAL);
             break;
-        case IEBIND:
+    case IEBIND: /* UNUSED */
             snprintf(errstr, len, "--bind must be specified to use --cport");
             break;
         case IEUDPBLOCKSIZE:
diff --git a/src/iperf_sctp.c b/src/iperf_sctp.c
index 28b98a7..1487742 100644
--- a/src/iperf_sctp.c
+++ b/src/iperf_sctp.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * iperf, Copyright (c) 2014, 2015, The Regents of the University of
+ * iperf, Copyright (c) 2014-2018, The Regents of the University of
  * California, through Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (subject
  * to receipt of any required approvals from the U.S. Dept. of
  * Energy).  All rights reserved.
@@ -274,6 +274,67 @@ iperf_sctp_connect(struct iperf_test *test)
         return -1;
     }
 
+    /*
+     * Various ways to bind the local end of the connection.
+     * 1.  --bind (with or without --cport).
+     */
+    if (test->bind_address) {
+        struct sockaddr_in *lcladdr;
+        lcladdr = (struct sockaddr_in *)local_res->ai_addr;
+        lcladdr->sin_port = htons(test->bind_port);
+
+        if (bind(s, (struct sockaddr *) local_res->ai_addr, local_res->ai_addrlen) < 0) {
+	    saved_errno = errno;
+	    close(s);
+	    freeaddrinfo(local_res);
+	    freeaddrinfo(server_res);
+	    errno = saved_errno;
+            i_errno = IESTREAMCONNECT;
+            return -1;
+        }
+        freeaddrinfo(local_res);
+    }
+    /* --cport, no --bind */
+    else if (test->bind_port) {
+	size_t addrlen;
+	struct sockaddr_storage lcl;
+
+	/* IPv4 */
+	if (server_res->ai_family == AF_INET) {
+	    struct sockaddr_in *lcladdr = (struct sockaddr_in *) &lcl;
+	    lcladdr->sin_family = AF_INET;
+	    lcladdr->sin_port = htons(test->bind_port);
+	    lcladdr->sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY;
+	    addrlen = sizeof(struct sockaddr_in);
+	}
+	/* IPv6 */
+	else if (server_res->ai_family == AF_INET6) {
+	    struct sockaddr_in6 *lcladdr = (struct sockaddr_in6 *) &lcl;
+	    lcladdr->sin6_family = AF_INET6;
+	    lcladdr->sin6_port = htons(test->bind_port);
+	    lcladdr->sin6_addr = in6addr_any;
+	    addrlen = sizeof(struct sockaddr_in6);
+	}
+	/* Unknown protocol */
+	else {
+	    saved_errno = errno;
+	    close(s);
+	    freeaddrinfo(server_res);
+	    errno = saved_errno;
+            i_errno = IEPROTOCOL;
+            return -1;
+	}
+
+        if (bind(s, (struct sockaddr *) &lcl, addrlen) < 0) {
+	    saved_errno = errno;
+	    close(s);
+	    freeaddrinfo(server_res);
+	    errno = saved_errno;
+            i_errno = IESTREAMCONNECT;
+            return -1;
+        }
+    }
+
     if (test->no_delay != 0) {
          opt = 1;
          if (setsockopt(s, IPPROTO_SCTP, SCTP_NODELAY, &opt, sizeof(opt)) < 0) {
diff --git a/src/iperf_tcp.c b/src/iperf_tcp.c
index dc3bf07..3d000b7 100644
--- a/src/iperf_tcp.c
+++ b/src/iperf_tcp.c
@@ -349,6 +349,9 @@ iperf_tcp_listen(struct iperf_test *test)
 /* iperf_tcp_connect
  *
  * connect to a TCP stream listener
+ * This function is roughly similar to netdial(), and may indeed have
+ * been derived from it at some point, but it sets many TCP-specific
+ * options between socket creation and connection.
  */
 int
 iperf_tcp_connect(struct iperf_test *test)
@@ -389,11 +392,14 @@ iperf_tcp_connect(struct iperf_test *test)
         return -1;
     }
 
+    /*
+     * Various ways to bind the local end of the connection.
+     * 1.  --bind (with or without --cport).
+     */
     if (test->bind_address) {
         struct sockaddr_in *lcladdr;
         lcladdr = (struct sockaddr_in *)local_res->ai_addr;
         lcladdr->sin_port = htons(test->bind_port);
-        local_res->ai_addr = (struct sockaddr *)lcladdr;
 
         if (bind(s, (struct sockaddr *) local_res->ai_addr, local_res->ai_addrlen) < 0) {
 	    saved_errno = errno;
@@ -406,6 +412,46 @@ iperf_tcp_connect(struct iperf_test *test)
         }
         freeaddrinfo(local_res);
     }
+    /* --cport, no --bind */
+    else if (test->bind_port) {
+	size_t addrlen;
+	struct sockaddr_storage lcl;
+
+	/* IPv4 */
+	if (server_res->ai_family == AF_INET) {
+	    struct sockaddr_in *lcladdr = (struct sockaddr_in *) &lcl;
+	    lcladdr->sin_family = AF_INET;
+	    lcladdr->sin_port = htons(test->bind_port);
+	    lcladdr->sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY;
+	    addrlen = sizeof(struct sockaddr_in);
+	}
+	/* IPv6 */
+	else if (server_res->ai_family == AF_INET6) {
+	    struct sockaddr_in6 *lcladdr = (struct sockaddr_in6 *) &lcl;
+	    lcladdr->sin6_family = AF_INET6;
+	    lcladdr->sin6_port = htons(test->bind_port);
+	    lcladdr->sin6_addr = in6addr_any;
+	    addrlen = sizeof(struct sockaddr_in6);
+	}
+	/* Unknown protocol */
+	else {
+	    saved_errno = errno;
+	    close(s);
+	    freeaddrinfo(server_res);
+	    errno = saved_errno;
+            i_errno = IEPROTOCOL;
+            return -1;
+	}
+
+        if (bind(s, (struct sockaddr *) &lcl, addrlen) < 0) {
+	    saved_errno = errno;
+	    close(s);
+	    freeaddrinfo(server_res);
+	    errno = saved_errno;
+            i_errno = IESTREAMCONNECT;
+            return -1;
+        }
+    }
 
     /* Set socket options */
     if (test->no_delay) {
diff --git a/src/net.c b/src/net.c
index f06d4c4..fd525ee 100644
--- a/src/net.c
+++ b/src/net.c
@@ -140,12 +140,12 @@ netdial(int domain, int proto, char *local, int local_port, char *server, int po
         return -1;
     }
 
+    /* Bind the local address if given a name (with or without --cport) */
     if (local) {
         if (local_port) {
             struct sockaddr_in *lcladdr;
             lcladdr = (struct sockaddr_in *)local_res->ai_addr;
             lcladdr->sin_port = htons(local_port);
-            local_res->ai_addr = (struct sockaddr *)lcladdr;
         }
 
         if (bind(s, (struct sockaddr *) local_res->ai_addr, local_res->ai_addrlen) < 0) {
@@ -158,6 +158,41 @@ netdial(int domain, int proto, char *local, int local_port, char *server, int po
 	}
         freeaddrinfo(local_res);
     }
+    /* No local name, but --cport given */
+    else if (local_port) {
+	size_t addrlen;
+	struct sockaddr_storage lcl;
+
+	/* IPv4 */
+	if (server_res->ai_family == AF_INET) {
+	    struct sockaddr_in *lcladdr = (struct sockaddr_in *) &lcl;
+	    lcladdr->sin_family = AF_INET;
+	    lcladdr->sin_port = htons(local_port);
+	    lcladdr->sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY;
+	    addrlen = sizeof(struct sockaddr_in);
+	}
+	/* IPv6 */
+	else if (server_res->ai_family == AF_INET6) {
+	    struct sockaddr_in6 *lcladdr = (struct sockaddr_in6 *) &lcl;
+	    lcladdr->sin6_family = AF_INET6;
+	    lcladdr->sin6_port = htons(local_port);
+	    lcladdr->sin6_addr = in6addr_any;
+	    addrlen = sizeof(struct sockaddr_in6);
+	}
+	/* Unknown protocol */
+	else {
+	    errno = EAFNOSUPPORT;
+            return -1;
+	}
+
+        if (bind(s, (struct sockaddr *) &lcl, addrlen) < 0) {
+	    saved_errno = errno;
+	    close(s);
+	    freeaddrinfo(server_res);
+	    errno = saved_errno;
+            return -1;
+        }
+    }
 
     ((struct sockaddr_in *) server_res->ai_addr)->sin_port = htons(port);
     if (timeout_connect(s, (struct sockaddr *) server_res->ai_addr, server_res->ai_addrlen, timeout) < 0 && errno != EINPROGRESS) {