diff --git a/examples/ip_resolve_4.php b/examples/ip_resolve_4.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aa70bb135
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/ip_resolve_4.php
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?php
+
+// First, include Requests
+require_once dirname(dirname(__FILE__)) . '/library/Requests.php';
+
+// Next, make sure Requests can load internal classes
+Requests::register_autoloader();
+
+// Now let's make a request!
+$options = array(
+    'ipresolve' => 1
+);
+$request = Requests::get("https://www.google.com", array(), $options);
+
+// Check what we received
+var_dump($request->body);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/library/Requests.php b/library/Requests.php
index d83ee09c0..7678b823a 100644
--- a/library/Requests.php
+++ b/library/Requests.php
@@ -344,7 +344,10 @@ public static function patch($url, $headers, $data = array(), $options = array()
 	 * - `data_format`: How should we send the `$data` parameter?
 	 *    (string, one of 'query' or 'body', default: 'query' for
 	 *    HEAD/GET/DELETE, 'body' for POST/PUT/OPTIONS/PATCH)
-	 *
+     * - `ip_resolve` : Allows to select what kind of IP addresses to use when resolving host names.
+	 *    This is only interesting when using host names that resolve addresses using more than one version of IP,
+     *    possible values are 0(resolve_whatever), 1(resolve_v4_only), 2(resolve_v6_only), otherwise will get ignored.
+     *    (int, default: 0)
 	 * @throws Requests_Exception On invalid URLs (`nonhttp`)
 	 *
 	 * @param string $url URL to request
@@ -358,6 +361,7 @@ public static function request($url, $headers = array(), $data = array(), $type
 		if (empty($options['type'])) {
 			$options['type'] = $type;
 		}
+
 		$options = array_merge(self::get_default_options(), $options);
 
 		self::set_defaults($url, $headers, $data, $type, $options);
diff --git a/library/Requests/Transport/cURL.php b/library/Requests/Transport/cURL.php
index 4429edb64..73562488c 100644
--- a/library/Requests/Transport/cURL.php
+++ b/library/Requests/Transport/cURL.php
@@ -159,6 +159,12 @@ public function request($url, $headers = array(), $data = array(), $options = ar
 			curl_setopt($this->handle, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0);
 		}
 
+        if (isset($options['ipresolve'])) {
+            if (in_array($options['ipresolve'], array(CURL_IPRESOLVE_WHATEVER, CURL_IPRESOLVE_V4, CURL_IPRESOLVE_V6))){
+                curl_setopt($this->handle, CURLOPT_IPRESOLVE, $options['ipresolve']);
+            }
+        }
+
 		curl_exec($this->handle);
 		$response = $this->response_data;