diff --git a/examples/echo_bot.rs b/examples/echo_bot.rs
index 4f5f0447..df33cf0a 100644
--- a/examples/echo_bot.rs
+++ b/examples/echo_bot.rs
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ fn main() {
         let username = jid.node.as_ref().unwrap().to_owned();
         stream.auth(username, password).expect("auth")
     }).and_then(|stream| {
+        stream.bind()
+    }).and_then(|stream| {
+        println!("Bound to {}", stream.jid);
         stream.for_each(|event| {
             match event {
                 Packet::Stanza(el) => println!("<< {}", el),
diff --git a/src/client_bind.rs b/src/client_bind.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..24238f63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/client_bind.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+use std::mem::replace;
+use std::error::Error;
+use std::str::FromStr;
+use futures::*;
+use futures::sink;
+use tokio_io::{AsyncRead, AsyncWrite};
+use xml;
+use jid::Jid;
+
+use xmpp_codec::*;
+use xmpp_stream::*;
+
+const NS_XMPP_BIND: &str = "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:xmpp-bind";
+const BIND_REQ_ID: &str = "resource-bind";
+
+pub enum ClientBind<S: AsyncWrite> {
+    Unsupported(XMPPStream<S>),
+    WaitSend(sink::Send<XMPPStream<S>>),
+    WaitRecv(XMPPStream<S>),
+    Invalid,
+}
+
+impl<S: AsyncWrite> ClientBind<S> {
+    /// Consumes and returns the stream to express that you cannot use
+    /// the stream for anything else until the resource binding
+    /// req/resp are done.
+    pub fn new(stream: XMPPStream<S>) -> Self {
+        match stream.stream_features.get_child("bind", Some(NS_XMPP_BIND)) {
+            None =>
+                // No resource binding available,
+                // return the (probably // usable) stream immediately
+                ClientBind::Unsupported(stream),
+            Some(_) => {
+                println!("Bind is supported!");
+
+                let iq = make_bind_request(stream.jid.resource.as_ref());
+                println!("Send {}", iq);
+                let send = stream.send(Packet::Stanza(iq));
+                ClientBind::WaitSend(send)
+            },
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn make_bind_request(resource: Option<&String>) -> xml::Element {
+    let mut iq = xml::Element::new(
+        "iq".to_owned(),
+        None,
+        vec![("type".to_owned(), None, "set".to_owned()),
+             ("id".to_owned(), None, BIND_REQ_ID.to_owned())]
+    );
+    {
+        let bind_el = iq.tag(
+            xml::Element::new(
+                "bind".to_owned(),
+                Some(NS_XMPP_BIND.to_owned()),
+                vec![]
+            ));
+        resource.map(|resource| {
+            let resource_el = bind_el.tag(
+                xml::Element::new(
+                    "resource".to_owned(),
+                    Some(NS_XMPP_BIND.to_owned()),
+                    vec![]
+                ));
+            resource_el.text(resource.clone());
+        });
+    }
+    iq
+}
+
+impl<S: AsyncRead + AsyncWrite> Future for ClientBind<S> {
+    type Item = XMPPStream<S>;
+    type Error = String;
+
+    fn poll(&mut self) -> Poll<Self::Item, Self::Error> {
+        let state = replace(self, ClientBind::Invalid);
+
+        match state {
+            ClientBind::Unsupported(stream) =>
+                Ok(Async::Ready(stream)),
+            ClientBind::WaitSend(mut send) => {
+                match send.poll() {
+                    Ok(Async::Ready(stream)) => {
+                        replace(self, ClientBind::WaitRecv(stream));
+                        self.poll()
+                    },
+                    Ok(Async::NotReady) => {
+                        replace(self, ClientBind::WaitSend(send));
+                        Ok(Async::NotReady)
+                    },
+                    Err(e) =>
+                        Err(e.description().to_owned()),
+                }
+            },
+            ClientBind::WaitRecv(mut stream) => {
+                match stream.poll() {
+                    Ok(Async::Ready(Some(Packet::Stanza(ref iq))))
+                        if iq.name == "iq"
+                        && iq.get_attribute("id", None) == Some(BIND_REQ_ID) => {
+                            match iq.get_attribute("type", None) {
+                                Some("result") => {
+                                    get_bind_response_jid(&iq)
+                                        .map(|jid| stream.jid = jid);
+                                    Ok(Async::Ready(stream))
+                                },
+                                _ =>
+                                    Err("resource bind response".to_owned()),
+                            }
+                        },
+                    Ok(Async::Ready(_)) => {
+                        replace(self, ClientBind::WaitRecv(stream));
+                        self.poll()
+                    },
+                    Ok(_) => {
+                        replace(self, ClientBind::WaitRecv(stream));
+                        Ok(Async::NotReady)
+                    },
+                    Err(e) =>
+                        Err(e.description().to_owned()),
+                }
+            },
+            ClientBind::Invalid =>
+                unreachable!(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn get_bind_response_jid(iq: &xml::Element) -> Option<Jid> {
+    iq.get_child("bind", Some(NS_XMPP_BIND))
+        .and_then(|bind_el|
+                  bind_el.get_child("jid", Some(NS_XMPP_BIND))
+        )
+        .and_then(|jid_el|
+                  Jid::from_str(&jid_el.content_str())
+                  .ok()
+        )
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index e04778ac..12b710e1 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ mod starttls;
 pub use starttls::*;
 mod client_auth;
 pub use client_auth::*;
+mod client_bind;
+pub use client_bind::*;
 
 
 // type FullClient = sasl::Client<StartTLS<TCPConnection>>
diff --git a/src/xmpp_stream.rs b/src/xmpp_stream.rs
index c84777f0..6eb2b24d 100644
--- a/src/xmpp_stream.rs
+++ b/src/xmpp_stream.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use xmpp_codec::*;
 use stream_start::*;
 use starttls::{NS_XMPP_TLS, StartTlsClient};
 use client_auth::ClientAuth;
+use client_bind::ClientBind;
 
 pub const NS_XMPP_STREAM: &str = "http://etherx.jabber.org/streams";
 
@@ -59,6 +60,10 @@ impl<S: AsyncRead + AsyncWrite> XMPPStream<S> {
             .with_channel_binding(ChannelBinding::None);
         ClientAuth::new(self, creds)
     }
+
+    pub fn bind(self) -> ClientBind<S> {
+        ClientBind::new(self)
+    }
 }
 
 /// Proxy to self.stream