diff --git a/man/dnsmasq.8 b/man/dnsmasq.8
index 059eafc..2e5ef21 100644
--- a/man/dnsmasq.8
+++ b/man/dnsmasq.8
@@ -467,14 +467,14 @@ to make configuration files clearer in this case.
 IPv6 addresses may include a %interface scope-id, eg
 fe80::202:a412:4512:7bbf%eth0.
 
-The optional string after the @ character tells
-dnsmasq how to set the source of the queries to this
-nameserver. It should be an ip-address, which should belong to the machine on which
-dnsmasq is running otherwise this server line will be logged and then
-ignored, or an interface name. If an interface name is given, then
-queries to the server will be forced via that interface; if an
-ip-address is given then the source address of the queries will be set
-to that address.
+The optional string after the @ character tells dnsmasq how to set the source of
+the queries to this nameserver. It can either be an ip-address, an interface
+name or both. The ip-address should belong to the machine on which dnsmasq is
+running, otherwise this server line will be logged and then ignored. If an
+interface name is given, then queries to the server will be forced via that
+interface; if an ip-address is given then the source address of the queries will
+be set to that address; and if both are given then a combination of ip-address
+and interface name will be used to steer requests to the server.
 The query-port flag is ignored for any servers which have a
 source address specified but the port may be specified directly as
 part of the source address. Forcing queries to an interface is not
diff --git a/src/option.c b/src/option.c
index 31c8cb9..0c38db3 100644
--- a/src/option.c
+++ b/src/option.c
@@ -757,6 +757,7 @@ char *parse_server(char *arg, union mysockaddr *addr, union mysockaddr *source_a
 {
   int source_port = 0, serv_port = NAMESERVER_PORT;
   char *portno, *source;
+  char *interface_opt = NULL;
 #ifdef HAVE_IPV6
   int scope_index = 0;
   char *scope_id;
@@ -782,6 +783,19 @@ char *parse_server(char *arg, union mysockaddr *addr, union mysockaddr *source_a
   scope_id = split_chr(arg, '%');
 #endif
   
+  if (source) {
+    interface_opt = split_chr(source, '@');
+
+    if (interface_opt)
+      {
+#if defined(SO_BINDTODEVICE)
+	strncpy(interface, interface_opt, IF_NAMESIZE - 1);
+#else
+	return _("interface binding not supported");
+#endif
+      }
+  }
+
   if (inet_pton(AF_INET, arg, &addr->in.sin_addr) > 0)
     {
       addr->in.sin_port = htons(serv_port);	
@@ -800,6 +814,9 @@ char *parse_server(char *arg, union mysockaddr *addr, union mysockaddr *source_a
 	  if (!(inet_pton(AF_INET, source, &source_addr->in.sin_addr) > 0))
 	    {
 #if defined(SO_BINDTODEVICE)
+	      if (interface_opt)
+		return _("interface can only be specified once");
+	      
 	      source_addr->in.sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY;
 	      strncpy(interface, source, IF_NAMESIZE - 1);
 #else
@@ -832,7 +849,10 @@ char *parse_server(char *arg, union mysockaddr *addr, union mysockaddr *source_a
 	  if (inet_pton(AF_INET6, source, &source_addr->in6.sin6_addr) == 0)
 	    {
 #if defined(SO_BINDTODEVICE)
-	      source_addr->in6.sin6_addr = in6addr_any; 
+	      if (interface_opt)
+		return _("interface can only be specified once");
+	      
+	      source_addr->in6.sin6_addr = in6addr_any;
 	      strncpy(interface, source, IF_NAMESIZE - 1);
 #else
 	      return _("interface binding not supported");