diff --git a/quinn/src/connect.rs b/quinn/src/connect.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1ac08703e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/quinn/src/connect.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+use std::{
+    io,
+    net::{IpAddr, Ipv4Addr, Ipv6Addr, SocketAddr},
+};
+
+use crate::{ClientConfig, Connecting, Endpoint};
+
+/// Connect to `server_address`, authenticating it as `server_name`, using a new endpoint
+pub fn connect(
+    config: ClientConfig,
+    server_address: SocketAddr,
+    server_name: &str,
+) -> io::Result<Connecting> {
+    let bind_addr = match server_address {
+        SocketAddr::V6(_) => IpAddr::from(Ipv6Addr::UNSPECIFIED),
+        SocketAddr::V4(_) => IpAddr::from(Ipv4Addr::UNSPECIFIED),
+    };
+    let endpoint = Endpoint::client(SocketAddr::new(bind_addr, 0))?;
+    let fut = endpoint.connect_with(config, server_address, server_name)?;
+    Ok(fut)
+}
diff --git a/quinn/src/lib.rs b/quinn/src/lib.rs
index 9ce8f04e5..39fe06c75 100644
--- a/quinn/src/lib.rs
+++ b/quinn/src/lib.rs
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 use std::time::Duration;
 
 mod broadcast;
+mod connect;
 mod connection;
 mod endpoint;
 mod mutex;
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ pub use proto::{
     Transmit, TransportConfig, VarInt,
 };
 
+pub use crate::connect::connect;
 pub use crate::connection::{
     Connecting, Connection, Datagrams, IncomingBiStreams, IncomingUniStreams, NewConnection,
     OpenBi, OpenUni, SendDatagramError, ZeroRttAccepted,