diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 1a49116..b0f7f1d 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 * cross-compilation: use `wine` CLI when `wine64`
   is not available.
 * Add support for `ipv6only` socket option.
+* Add API to use posix sockets for connecting.
 
 0.3.1 (2024-10-29)
 =====
diff --git a/dune-project b/dune-project
index 4137b93..85b61c2 100644
--- a/dune-project
+++ b/dune-project
@@ -27,5 +27,5 @@
   (ctypes (>= 0.21.1))
   (ctypes-foreign (>= 0.21.1))
   integers
-  posix-socket)
+  (posix-socket (>= 2.0.3)))
 )
diff --git a/src/srt.ml b/src/srt.ml
index 3a79a82..7861161 100644
--- a/src/srt.ml
+++ b/src/srt.ml
@@ -160,30 +160,43 @@ let transtype_of_int = function
 
 open Ctypes
 
-let apply_sockaddr fn sockaddr =
-  let sockaddr = from_unix_sockaddr sockaddr in
-  let len = sizeof sockaddr_in_t in
-  fn sockaddr len
+let apply_sockaddr fn sockaddr = fn sockaddr (sockaddr_len sockaddr)
 
-let bind socket socketaddr =
+let bind_posix_socket socket socketaddr =
   ignore (check_err (apply_sockaddr (bind socket) socketaddr))
 
-let connect socket socketaddr =
+let bind socket socketaddr =
+  ignore
+    (check_err (apply_sockaddr (bind socket) (from_unix_sockaddr socketaddr)))
+
+let connect_posix_socket socket socketaddr =
   ignore (check_err (apply_sockaddr (connect socket) socketaddr))
 
+let connect socket socketaddr =
+  ignore
+    (check_err
+       (apply_sockaddr (connect socket) (from_unix_sockaddr socketaddr)))
+
 let accept socket =
   let sockaddr = allocate_n sockaddr_t ~count:(sizeof sockaddr_storage_t) in
   let socklen = allocate int (sizeof sockaddr_t) in
   let socket = check_err (accept socket sockaddr socklen) in
   (socket, to_unix_sockaddr sockaddr)
 
-let rendez_vous socket sockaddr1 sockaddr2 =
+let rendez_vous_posix_socket socket sockaddr1 sockaddr2 =
   ignore
     (check_err
        (apply_sockaddr
           (apply_sockaddr (rendez_vous socket) sockaddr1)
           sockaddr2))
 
+let rendez_vous socket sockaddr1 sockaddr2 =
+  ignore
+    (check_err
+       (apply_sockaddr
+          (apply_sockaddr (rendez_vous socket) (from_unix_sockaddr sockaddr1))
+          (from_unix_sockaddr sockaddr2)))
+
 type listen_callback = socket -> int -> Unix.sockaddr -> string option -> bool
 
 let listen_callback sock fn =
diff --git a/src/srt.mli b/src/srt.mli
index 18dde63..63e1f22 100644
--- a/src/srt.mli
+++ b/src/srt.mli
@@ -110,10 +110,19 @@ val cleanup : unit -> unit
 val create_socket : unit -> socket
 val getsockstate : socket -> socket_status
 val bind : socket -> Unix.sockaddr -> unit
+val bind_posix_socket : socket -> Posix_socket.sockaddr Ctypes.ptr -> unit
 val listen_callback : socket -> listen_callback -> unit
 val listen : socket -> int -> unit
 val accept : socket -> socket * Unix.sockaddr
 val connect : socket -> Unix.sockaddr -> unit
+val connect_posix_socket : socket -> Posix_socket.sockaddr Ctypes.ptr -> unit
+
+val rendez_vous_posix_socket :
+  socket ->
+  Posix_socket.sockaddr Ctypes.ptr ->
+  Posix_socket.sockaddr Ctypes.ptr ->
+  unit
+
 val rendez_vous : socket -> Unix.sockaddr -> Unix.sockaddr -> unit
 val send : socket -> bytes -> int
 val recv : socket -> bytes -> int -> int
diff --git a/srt.opam b/srt.opam
index 53ed93c..70f6489 100644
--- a/srt.opam
+++ b/srt.opam
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ depends: [
   "ctypes" {>= "0.21.1"}
   "ctypes-foreign" {>= "0.21.1"}
   "integers"
-  "posix-socket"
+  "posix-socket" {>= "2.0.3"}
   "odoc" {with-doc}
 ]
 build: [