diff --git a/lib/netstd/Thrift/Transport/Client/TTlsSocketTransport.cs b/lib/netstd/Thrift/Transport/Client/TTlsSocketTransport.cs
index 3bd9606..98fb982 100644
--- a/lib/netstd/Thrift/Transport/Client/TTlsSocketTransport.cs
+++ b/lib/netstd/Thrift/Transport/Client/TTlsSocketTransport.cs
@@ -109,6 +109,36 @@
             InitSocket();
         }
 
+        public TTlsSocketTransport(string host, int port, int timeout,
+            X509Certificate2 certificate,
+            RemoteCertificateValidationCallback certValidator = null,
+            LocalCertificateSelectionCallback localCertificateSelectionCallback = null,
+            SslProtocols sslProtocols = SslProtocols.Tls12)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                var entry = Dns.GetHostEntry(host);
+                if (entry.AddressList.Length == 0)
+                    throw new TTransportException(TTransportException.ExceptionType.Unknown, "unable to resolve host name");
+
+                var addr = entry.AddressList[0];
+
+                _host = new IPAddress(addr.GetAddressBytes(), addr.ScopeId); ;
+                _port = port;
+                _timeout = timeout;
+                _certificate = certificate;
+                _certValidator = certValidator;
+                _localCertificateSelectionCallback = localCertificateSelectionCallback;
+                _sslProtocols = sslProtocols;
+
+                InitSocket();
+            }
+            catch (SocketException e)
+            {
+                throw new TTransportException(TTransportException.ExceptionType.Unknown, e.Message, e);
+            }
+        }
+
         public int Timeout
         {
             set { _client.ReceiveTimeout = _client.SendTimeout = _timeout = value; }
diff --git a/test/netstd/Client/TestClient.cs b/test/netstd/Client/TestClient.cs
index f480846..a85312b 100644
--- a/test/netstd/Client/TestClient.cs
+++ b/test/netstd/Client/TestClient.cs
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
         private class TestParams
         {
             public int numIterations = 1;
-            public IPAddress host = IPAddress.Any;
+            public string host = "localhost";
             public int port = 9090;
             public int numThreads = 1;
             public string url;
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
                     else if (args[i].StartsWith("--host="))
                     {
                         // check there for ipaddress
-                        host = new IPAddress(Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(args[i].Substring(args[i].IndexOf("=") + 1)));
+                        host = args[i].Substring(args[i].IndexOf("=") + 1);
                         if (transport != TransportChoice.TlsSocket)
                             transport = TransportChoice.Socket;
                     }