torrent.go      |  1 +
 url-net-addr.go | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++

diff --git a/torrent.go b/torrent.go
index c7cc02554afdde5e707ac00d6a9e73d337d0679b..0cfe31f0777deb3e5ac9587c5fe6aada7ddc563f 100644
--- a/torrent.go
+++ b/torrent.go
@@ -2114,6 +2114,7 @@ 			network:                  "http",
 			reconciledHandshakeStats: true,
 			peerSentHaveAll:          true,
 			PeerMaxRequests:          maxRequests,
+			RemoteAddr:               remoteAddrFromUrl(url),
 		},
 		client: webseed.Client{
 			HttpClient: http.DefaultClient,
diff --git a/url-net-addr.go b/url-net-addr.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6558e89e0c08731c4a11bcda1aa4e3387f8cb09a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/url-net-addr.go
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package torrent
+
+import (
+	"net"
+	"net/url"
+)
+
+type urlNetAddr struct {
+	u *url.URL
+}
+
+func (me urlNetAddr) Network() string {
+	return me.u.Scheme
+}
+
+func (me urlNetAddr) String() string {
+	return me.u.Host
+}
+
+func remoteAddrFromUrl(urlStr string) net.Addr {
+	u, err := url.Parse(urlStr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return urlNetAddr{u}
+}