diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index eca4e0c..00d16e4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -166,6 +166,11 @@ assert('http://example.com/soap/service' == $client->getLocation(0));
 
 Passing a `$function` not defined in the WSDL file will throw a `SoapFault`. 
 
+#### withRequestTarget($requestTarget)
+
+This method allows you to change the destination of your SOAP calls. It returns a new Client instance
+with the specified request-target.
+
 ### Proxy
 
 The `Proxy` class wraps an existing [`Client`](#client) instance in order to ease calling
diff --git a/src/Client.php b/src/Client.php
index d112772..542b93c 100644
--- a/src/Client.php
+++ b/src/Client.php
@@ -102,4 +102,12 @@ public function getLocation($function)
         // encode request for given $function
         return (string)$this->encoder->encode($function, array())->getUri();
     }
+
+    public function withRequestTarget($requestTarget)
+    {
+        $copy = clone $this;
+        $copy->encoder = $this->encoder->withRequestTarget($requestTarget);
+
+        return $copy;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Protocol/ClientEncoder.php b/src/Protocol/ClientEncoder.php
index e84a0d2..65bb565 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/ClientEncoder.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/ClientEncoder.php
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 
 class ClientEncoder extends SoapClient
 {
-    private $request = null;
+    private $request       = null;
+    private $requestTarget = null;
 
     public function encode($name, $args)
     {
@@ -21,9 +22,12 @@ public function encode($name, $args)
 
     public function __doRequest($request, $location, $action, $version, $one_way = 0)
     {
+
+        $requestTarget = $this->requestTarget !== null ? $this->requestTarget : $location;
+
         $this->request = new Request(
             'POST',
-            (string)$location,
+            (string)$requestTarget,
             array(
                 'SOAPAction' => (string)$action,
                 'Content-Type' => 'text/xml; charset=utf-8',
@@ -35,4 +39,12 @@ public function __doRequest($request, $location, $action, $version, $one_way = 0
         // do not actually block here, just pretend we're done...
         return '';
     }
+
+    public function withRequestTarget($requestTarget)
+    {
+        $copy = clone $this;
+        $copy->requestTarget = $requestTarget;
+
+        return $copy;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/FunctionalTest.php b/tests/FunctionalTest.php
index bd101eb..2d657f8 100644
--- a/tests/FunctionalTest.php
+++ b/tests/FunctionalTest.php
@@ -88,4 +88,27 @@ public function testGetLocationForUnknownFunctionNumberFails()
     {
         $this->assertEquals('http://www.thomas-bayer.com/axis2/services/BLZService', $this->client->getLocation(100));
     }
+
+    public function testWrongRequestTarget()
+    {
+        $api = new Proxy($this->client->withRequestTarget('nonsense.not.existing'));
+
+        $promise = $api->getBank(array('blz' => '12070000'));
+
+        $this->expectException('Exception');
+        Block\await($promise, $this->loop);
+    }
+
+    public function testCorrectRequestTarget()
+    {
+        $client = $this->client->withRequestTarget('nonsense.not.existing');
+        $client = $client->withRequestTarget('http://www.thomas-bayer.com/axis2/services/BLZService');
+        $api = new Proxy($client);
+
+        $promise = $api->getBank(array('blz' => '12070000'));
+
+        $result = Block\await($promise, $this->loop);
+
+        $this->assertInternalType('object', $result);
+    }
 }