diff --git a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/ChannelBootstrap.java b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/ChannelBootstrap.java
index 0437b96ea0..03d29bdf89 100644
--- a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/ChannelBootstrap.java
+++ b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/ChannelBootstrap.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package io.netty.channel;
 import io.netty.logging.InternalLogger;
 import io.netty.logging.InternalLoggerFactory;
 
+import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.net.SocketAddress;
 import java.nio.channels.ClosedChannelException;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
@@ -61,11 +62,26 @@ public class ChannelBootstrap {
         return this;
     }
 
+    public ChannelBootstrap localAddress(int port) {
+        localAddress = new InetSocketAddress(port);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public ChannelBootstrap localAddress(String host, int port) {
+        localAddress = new InetSocketAddress(host, port);
+        return this;
+    }
+
     public ChannelBootstrap remoteAddress(SocketAddress remoteAddress) {
         this.remoteAddress = remoteAddress;
         return this;
     }
 
+    public ChannelBootstrap remoteAddress(String host, int port) {
+        remoteAddress = new InetSocketAddress(host, port);
+        return this;
+    }
+
     public ChannelFuture bind() {
         validate();
         return bind(channel.newFuture());
diff --git a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/ServerChannelBootstrap.java b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/ServerChannelBootstrap.java
index 2dd0c680b7..cf6090ea84 100644
--- a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/ServerChannelBootstrap.java
+++ b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/ServerChannelBootstrap.java
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ public class ServerChannelBootstrap {
     private static final InternalLogger logger = InternalLoggerFactory.getInstance(ServerChannelBootstrap.class);
     private static final InetSocketAddress DEFAULT_LOCAL_ADDR = new InetSocketAddress(SocketAddresses.LOCALHOST, 0);
 
-    private final ChannelHandler acceptor = new ChannelInitializer() {
+    private final ChannelHandler acceptor = new ChannelInitializer<Channel>() {
         @Override
         public void initChannel(Channel ch) throws Exception {
             Acceptor acceptor = new Acceptor();
@@ -96,6 +96,16 @@ public class ServerChannelBootstrap {
         return this;
     }
 
+    public ServerChannelBootstrap localAddress(int port) {
+        localAddress = new InetSocketAddress(port);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public ServerChannelBootstrap localAddress(String host, int port) {
+        localAddress = new InetSocketAddress(host, port);
+        return this;
+    }
+
     public ChannelFuture bind() {
         validate();
         return bind(channel.newFuture());