diff --git a/ethclient/ethclient.go b/ethclient/ethclient.go
index 87a912901a..e065972cbc 100644
--- a/ethclient/ethclient.go
+++ b/ethclient/ethclient.go
@@ -46,6 +46,14 @@ func Dial(rawurl string) (*Client, error) {
 	return NewClient(c), nil
 }
 
+func DialContext(ctx context.Context, rawurl string) (*Client, error) {
+	c, err := rpc.DialContext(ctx, rawurl)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return NewClient(c), nil
+}
+
 // NewClient creates a client that uses the given RPC client.
 func NewClient(c *rpc.Client) *Client {
 	return &Client{c}