diff --git a/src/lwt/moonpool_lwt.ml b/src/lwt/moonpool_lwt.ml
index 95166d12..c3133d2e 100644
--- a/src/lwt/moonpool_lwt.ml
+++ b/src/lwt/moonpool_lwt.ml
@@ -29,3 +29,42 @@ module TCP_server = struct
 
   let shutdown self = await_lwt @@ Lwt_io.shutdown_server self
 end
+
+module TCP_client = struct
+  let with_connect addr (f : IO_in.t -> IO_out.t -> 'a) : 'a =
+    let sock = Unix.socket Unix.PF_INET Unix.SOCK_STREAM 0 in
+    Unix.set_nonblock sock;
+    Unix.setsockopt sock Unix.TCP_NODELAY true;
+
+    (* connect asynchronously *)
+    while
+      try
+        Unix.connect sock addr;
+        false
+      with
+      | Unix.Unix_error
+          ((Unix.EWOULDBLOCK | Unix.EINPROGRESS | Unix.EAGAIN), _, _)
+      ->
+        Moonpool.Private.Suspend_.suspend
+          {
+            handle =
+              (fun ~ls ~run:_ ~resume sus ->
+                Perform_action_in_lwt.schedule
+                @@ Action.Wait_writable
+                     ( sock,
+                       fun ev ->
+                         resume ~ls sus @@ Ok ();
+                         Lwt_engine.stop_event ev ));
+          };
+        true
+    do
+      ()
+    done;
+
+    let ic = IO_in.of_unix_fd sock in
+    let oc = IO_out.of_unix_fd sock in
+
+    let finally () = try Unix.close sock with _ -> () in
+    let@ () = Fun.protect ~finally in
+    f ic oc
+end
diff --git a/src/lwt/moonpool_lwt.mli b/src/lwt/moonpool_lwt.mli
index af5b495e..509a9d72 100644
--- a/src/lwt/moonpool_lwt.mli
+++ b/src/lwt/moonpool_lwt.mli
@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ module TCP_server : sig
   val shutdown : t -> unit
 end
 
+module TCP_client : sig
+  val with_connect : Unix.sockaddr -> (IO_in.t -> IO_out.t -> 'a) -> 'a
+  (** Open a connection. *)
+end
+
 (** {2 Helpers on the lwt side} *)
 
 val detach_in_runner : runner:Moonpool.Runner.t -> (unit -> 'a) -> 'a Lwt.t