diff --git a/lib/needle.js b/lib/needle.js
index 7a838062d..67f4dc934 100644
--- a/lib/needle.js
+++ b/lib/needle.js
@@ -211,7 +211,8 @@ Needle.prototype.setup = function(uri, options) {
 
   var config = {
     http_opts : {
-      localAddress: get_option('localAddress', undefined)
+      localAddress: get_option('localAddress', undefined),
+      lookup: get_option('lookup', undefined)
     }, // passed later to http.request() directly
     headers   : {},
     output    : options.output,