diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index b67e2afba..98472f761 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 language: node_js
 node_js:
   - "0.10"
+  - "0.12"
+  - "io.js"
+matrix:
+  allow_failures:
+    - node_js: "0.12"
+    - node_js: "io.js"
 after_script: ./node_modules/.bin/istanbul cover ./node_modules/tape/bin/tape tests/test-*.js --report lcovonly && cat ./coverage/lcov.info | ./node_modules/coveralls/bin/coveralls.js --verbose
 webhooks:
   urls: https://webhooks.gitter.im/e/237280ed4796c19cc626
diff --git a/request.js b/request.js
index 6f1305a41..c6507620c 100644
--- a/request.js
+++ b/request.js
@@ -322,7 +322,9 @@ Request.prototype.init = function (options) {
   if (!self.method) {
     self.method = options.method || 'GET'
   }
-  self.localAddress = options.localAddress
+  if (!self.localAddress) {
+    self.localAddress = options.localAddress
+  }
 
   if (!self.qsLib) {
     self.qsLib = (options.useQuerystring ? querystring : qs)
diff --git a/tests/server.js b/tests/server.js
index e6f398dee..c8556f5e8 100644
--- a/tests/server.js
+++ b/tests/server.js
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ exports.createSSLServer = function(port, opts) {
   }
 
   for (i in options) {
-    if (i !== 'requestCert' && i !== 'rejectUnauthorized') {
+    if (i !== 'requestCert' && i !== 'rejectUnauthorized' && i !== 'ciphers') {
       options[i] = fs.readFileSync(options[i])
     }
   }
diff --git a/tests/test-https.js b/tests/test-https.js
index 04b1aa423..396a73d83 100644
--- a/tests/test-https.js
+++ b/tests/test-https.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ var s = server.createSSLServer()
   , caFile = path.resolve(__dirname, 'ssl/ca/ca.crt')
   , ca = fs.readFileSync(caFile)
   , opts = {
+    ciphers: 'AES256-SHA',
     key: path.resolve(__dirname, 'ssl/ca/server.key'),
     cert: path.resolve(__dirname, 'ssl/ca/server.crt')
   }
diff --git a/tests/test-localAddress.js b/tests/test-localAddress.js
index 1a1723b42..ea3a4ce7c 100644
--- a/tests/test-localAddress.js
+++ b/tests/test-localAddress.js
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 'use strict'
-
 var request = require('../index')
   , tape = require('tape')
 
-tape('bind to invalid address', function(t) {
+tape('bind to invalid address', function (t) {
   request.get({
     uri: 'http://www.google.com',
     localAddress: '1.2.3.4'
-  }, function(err, res) {
+  }, function (err, res) {
     t.notEqual(err, null)
     t.equal(true, /bind EADDRNOTAVAIL/.test(err.message))
     t.equal(res, undefined)
@@ -15,13 +14,36 @@ tape('bind to invalid address', function(t) {
   })
 })
 
-tape('bind to local address', function(t) {
+tape('bind to local address', function (t) {
   request.get({
     uri: 'http://www.google.com',
     localAddress: '127.0.0.1'
-  }, function(err, res) {
+  }, function (err, res) {
     t.notEqual(err, null)
     t.equal(res, undefined)
     t.end()
   })
 })
+
+tape('bind to local address on redirect', function (t) {
+  var os = require('os')
+  var localInterfaces = os.networkInterfaces()
+  var localIPS = []
+  Object.keys(localInterfaces).forEach(function (ifname) {
+    localInterfaces[ifname].forEach(function (iface) {
+      if (iface.family !== 'IPv4' || iface.internal !== false) {
+        // skip over internal (i.e. 127.0.0.1) and non-ipv4 addresses
+        return
+      }
+      localIPS.push(iface.address)
+    })
+  })
+  request.get({
+    uri: 'http://google.com', //redirects to 'http://google.com'
+    localAddress: localIPS[0]
+  }, function (err, res) {
+    t.equal(err, null)
+    t.equal(res.request.localAddress, localIPS[0])
+    t.end()
+  })
+})