diff --git a/src/api/api_lib.c b/src/api/api_lib.c
index dee21baf..0e0ac6fc 100644
--- a/src/api/api_lib.c
+++ b/src/api/api_lib.c
@@ -281,6 +281,32 @@ netconn_bind(struct netconn *conn, const ip_addr_t *addr, u16_t port)
   return err;
 }
 
+/**
+ * @ingroup netconn_common
+ * Bind a netconn to a specific interface and port.
+ * Binding one netconn twice might not always be checked correctly!
+ *
+ * @param conn the netconn to bind
+ * @param if_idx the local interface index to bind the netconn to 
+ * @return ERR_OK if bound, any other err_t on failure
+ */
+err_t
+netconn_bind_if(struct netconn *conn, u8_t if_idx)
+{
+  API_MSG_VAR_DECLARE(msg);
+  err_t err;
+  
+  LWIP_ERROR("netconn_bind_if: invalid conn", (conn != NULL), return ERR_ARG;);
+
+  API_MSG_VAR_ALLOC(msg);
+  API_MSG_VAR_REF(msg).conn = conn;
+  API_MSG_VAR_REF(msg).msg.bc.if_idx = if_idx;
+  err = netconn_apimsg(lwip_netconn_do_bind_if, &API_MSG_VAR_REF(msg));
+  API_MSG_VAR_FREE(msg);
+
+  return err;
+}
+
 /**
  * @ingroup netconn_common
  * Connect a netconn to a specific remote IP address and port.
diff --git a/src/api/api_msg.c b/src/api/api_msg.c
index ed1c5821..15b2e2a6 100644
--- a/src/api/api_msg.c
+++ b/src/api/api_msg.c
@@ -1194,6 +1194,50 @@ lwip_netconn_do_bind(void *m)
   msg->err = err;
   TCPIP_APIMSG_ACK(msg);
 }
+/**
+ * Bind a pcb contained in a netconn to an interface
+ * Called from netconn_bind_if.
+ *
+ * @param m the api_msg_msg pointing to the connection and containing
+ *          the IP address and port to bind to
+ */
+void
+lwip_netconn_do_bind_if(void *m)
+{
+  struct netif* netif;
+  struct api_msg *msg = (struct api_msg*)m;
+  err_t err;
+  
+  netif = netif_get_by_index(msg->msg.bc.if_idx);
+
+  if ((netif != NULL) && (msg->conn->pcb.tcp != NULL)) {
+    err = ERR_OK;
+    switch (NETCONNTYPE_GROUP(msg->conn->type)) {
+#if LWIP_RAW
+    case NETCONN_RAW:
+      raw_bind_netif(msg->conn->pcb.raw, netif);
+      break;
+#endif /* LWIP_RAW */
+#if LWIP_UDP
+    case NETCONN_UDP:
+      udp_bind_netif(msg->conn->pcb.udp, netif);
+      break;
+#endif /* LWIP_UDP */
+#if LWIP_TCP
+    case NETCONN_TCP:
+      tcp_bind_netif(msg->conn->pcb.tcp, netif);
+      break;
+#endif /* LWIP_TCP */
+    default:
+      err = ERR_VAL;
+      break;
+    }
+  } else {
+    err = ERR_VAL;
+  }
+  msg->err = err;
+  TCPIP_APIMSG_ACK(msg);
+}
 
 #if LWIP_TCP
 /**
diff --git a/src/include/lwip/api.h b/src/include/lwip/api.h
index 68c14373..ac2ad5ed 100644
--- a/src/include/lwip/api.h
+++ b/src/include/lwip/api.h
@@ -312,6 +312,7 @@ err_t   netconn_getaddr(struct netconn *conn, ip_addr_t *addr,
 #define netconn_addr(c,i,p) netconn_getaddr(c,i,p,1)
 
 err_t   netconn_bind(struct netconn *conn, const ip_addr_t *addr, u16_t port);
+err_t   netconn_bind_if(struct netconn *conn, u8_t if_idx);
 err_t   netconn_connect(struct netconn *conn, const ip_addr_t *addr, u16_t port);
 err_t   netconn_disconnect (struct netconn *conn);
 err_t   netconn_listen_with_backlog(struct netconn *conn, u8_t backlog);
diff --git a/src/include/lwip/priv/api_msg.h b/src/include/lwip/priv/api_msg.h
index c64bbb65..d1bc009f 100644
--- a/src/include/lwip/priv/api_msg.h
+++ b/src/include/lwip/priv/api_msg.h
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ struct api_msg {
     struct {
       API_MSG_M_DEF_C(ip_addr_t, ipaddr);
       u16_t port;
+      u8_t if_idx;
     } bc;
     /** used for lwip_netconn_do_getaddr */
     struct {
@@ -189,6 +190,7 @@ int lwip_netconn_is_err_msg(void *msg, err_t *err);
 void lwip_netconn_do_newconn         (void *m);
 void lwip_netconn_do_delconn         (void *m);
 void lwip_netconn_do_bind            (void *m);
+void lwip_netconn_do_bind_if         (void *m);
 void lwip_netconn_do_connect         (void *m);
 void lwip_netconn_do_disconnect      (void *m);
 void lwip_netconn_do_listen          (void *m);