diff --git a/include/fc/network/tcp_socket.hpp b/include/fc/network/tcp_socket.hpp
index 69d4ea4..18fa7af 100644
--- a/include/fc/network/tcp_socket.hpp
+++ b/include/fc/network/tcp_socket.hpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ namespace fc {
       ~tcp_socket();
 
       void     connect_to( const fc::ip::endpoint& e );
+      fc::ip::endpoint remote_endpoint()const;
 
       /// istream interface
       /// @{
diff --git a/src/network/tcp_socket.cpp b/src/network/tcp_socket.cpp
index daabd2e..0f7f0b3 100644
--- a/src/network/tcp_socket.cpp
+++ b/src/network/tcp_socket.cpp
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ namespace fc {
     return fc::asio::write_some( my->_sock, boost::asio::buffer( buf, len ) );
   }
 
+ fc::ip::endpoint tcp_socket::remote_endpoint()const
+ {
+   auto rep = my->_sock.remote_endpoint();
+   return  fc::ip::endpoint(rep.address().to_v4().to_ulong(), rep.port() );
+ }
 
   size_t tcp_socket::readsome( char* buf, size_t len ) {
     auto r =  fc::asio::read_some( my->_sock, boost::asio::buffer( buf, len ) );