diff --git a/lib/only_connect.go b/lib/only_connect.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4dd0a42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/only_connect.go
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package vole
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/core/peer"
+	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/core/peerstore"
+	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/protocol/ping"
+)
+
+func OnlyConnect(ctx context.Context, p *peer.AddrInfo) error {
+	h, err := libp2pHost()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer h.Close()
+
+	start := time.Now()
+	h.Peerstore().AddAddrs(p.ID, p.Addrs, peerstore.TempAddrTTL)
+	_, err = h.Network().DialPeer(ctx, p.ID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	connectTime := time.Since(start)
+	fmt.Println("Connect took:", connectTime)
+
+	pingService := ping.NewPingService(h)
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
+	defer cancel()
+	resCh := pingService.Ping(ctx, p.ID)
+	var avg time.Duration
+	trials := 3
+	for i := 0; i < trials; i++ {
+		res := <-resCh
+		if res.Error != nil {
+			return res.Error
+		}
+		avg += res.RTT
+	}
+	avg /= time.Duration(trials)
+	fmt.Println("Average RTT:", avg)
+	fmt.Println("Number of roundtrips to Connect:", float64(connectTime)/float64(avg))
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 6adbb7e..0e5cfca 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -366,6 +366,23 @@ Note: may not work with some transports such as p2p-circuit (not applicable) and
 							}
 							return vole.Ping(c.Context, c.Bool("force-relay"), ai)
 						},
+					}, {
+						Name:        "connect",
+						ArgsUsage:   "<multiaddr>",
+						Flags:       []cli.Flag{},
+						Usage:       "connect to a peer",
+						Description: "connects to the target address and pings",
+						Action: func(c *cli.Context) error {
+							if c.NArg() != 1 {
+								return fmt.Errorf("invalid number of arguments")
+							}
+							maStr := c.Args().First()
+							ai, err := peer.AddrInfoFromString(maStr)
+							if err != nil {
+								return err
+							}
+							return vole.OnlyConnect(c.Context, ai)
+						},
 					},
 				},
 			},