diff --git a/src/org/apache/http/conn/scheme/PlainSocketFactory.java b/src/org/apache/http/conn/scheme/PlainSocketFactory.java
index acc13f7..b15df44 100644
--- a/src/org/apache/http/conn/scheme/PlainSocketFactory.java
+++ b/src/org/apache/http/conn/scheme/PlainSocketFactory.java
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@
 import java.net.InetAddress;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.net.Socket;
+import java.net.SocketTimeoutException;
 
+import org.apache.http.conn.ConnectTimeoutException;
 import org.apache.http.params.HttpConnectionParams;
 import org.apache.http.params.HttpParams;
 
@@ -113,9 +115,11 @@
         } else {
             remoteAddress = new InetSocketAddress(host, port);            
         }
-        
-        sock.connect(remoteAddress, timeout);
-
+        try {
+            sock.connect(remoteAddress, timeout);
+        } catch (SocketTimeoutException ex) {
+            throw new ConnectTimeoutException("Connect to " + remoteAddress + " timed out");
+        }
         return sock;
 
     } // connectSocket
diff --git a/src/org/apache/http/impl/conn/DefaultClientConnectionOperator.java b/src/org/apache/http/impl/conn/DefaultClientConnectionOperator.java
index 41488e1..0fc1725 100644
--- a/src/org/apache/http/impl/conn/DefaultClientConnectionOperator.java
+++ b/src/org/apache/http/impl/conn/DefaultClientConnectionOperator.java
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 import org.apache.http.conn.HttpHostConnectException;
 import org.apache.http.conn.OperatedClientConnection;
 import org.apache.http.conn.ClientConnectionOperator;
+import org.apache.http.conn.ConnectTimeoutException;
 import org.apache.http.conn.scheme.LayeredSocketFactory;
 import org.apache.http.conn.scheme.Scheme;
 import org.apache.http.conn.scheme.SchemeRegistry;
@@ -121,19 +122,33 @@
 
         final Scheme schm = schemeRegistry.getScheme(target.getSchemeName());
         final SocketFactory sf = schm.getSocketFactory();
+        InetAddress[] addresses = InetAddress.getAllByName(target.getHostName());
 
-        Socket sock = sf.createSocket();
-        conn.opening(sock, target);
+        for (int i = 0; i < addresses.length; ++i) {
+            Socket sock = sf.createSocket();
+            conn.opening(sock, target);
 
-        try {
-            sock = sf.connectSocket(sock, target.getHostName(),
-                    schm.resolvePort(target.getPort()),
-                    local, 0, params);
-        } catch (ConnectException ex) {
-            throw new HttpHostConnectException(target, ex);
+            try {
+                Socket connsock = sf.connectSocket(sock, addresses[i].getHostAddress(),
+                        schm.resolvePort(target.getPort()),
+                        local, 0, params);
+                if (sock != connsock) {
+                    sock = connsock;
+                    conn.opening(sock, target);
+                }
+                prepareSocket(sock, context, params);
+                conn.openCompleted(sf.isSecure(sock), params);
+                break;
+            } catch (ConnectException ex) {
+                if (i == addresses.length - 1) {
+                    throw new HttpHostConnectException(target, ex);
+                }
+            } catch (ConnectTimeoutException ex) {
+                if (i == addresses.length - 1) {
+                    throw ex;
+                }
+            }
         }
-        prepareSocket(sock, context, params);
-        conn.openCompleted(sf.isSecure(sock), params);
     } // openConnection
 
 
@@ -213,4 +228,3 @@
 
 
 } // class DefaultClientConnectionOperator
-