diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rabbitmq/perf/MulticastSet.java b/src/main/java/com/rabbitmq/perf/MulticastSet.java
index 55e3165d..3392e8aa 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rabbitmq/perf/MulticastSet.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rabbitmq/perf/MulticastSet.java
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 // info@rabbitmq.com.
 package com.rabbitmq.perf;
 
+import static com.rabbitmq.perf.PerfTest.CONNECTION_ALLOCATION.RANDOM;
+import static com.rabbitmq.perf.PerfTest.CONNECTION_ALLOCATION.ROUND_ROBIN;
 import static com.rabbitmq.perf.Utils.isRecoverable;
 import static java.lang.Math.min;
 import static java.lang.String.format;
@@ -48,8 +50,10 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
+import java.util.function.UnaryOperator;
 import java.util.stream.IntStream;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -102,7 +106,8 @@ public MulticastSet(
         completionHandler,
         new ShutdownService(),
         new ExpectedMetrics(params, new SimpleMeterRegistry(), "perftest_", Collections.emptyMap()),
-        InstanceSynchronization.NO_OP);
+        InstanceSynchronization.NO_OP,
+        RANDOM);
   }
 
   public MulticastSet(
@@ -114,7 +119,8 @@ public MulticastSet(
       CompletionHandler completionHandler,
       ShutdownService shutdownService,
       ExpectedMetrics expectedMetrics,
-      InstanceSynchronization instanceSynchronization) {
+      InstanceSynchronization instanceSynchronization,
+      PerfTest.CONNECTION_ALLOCATION connectionAllocation) {
     this.performanceMetrics = performanceMetrics;
     this.factory = factory;
     this.params = params;
@@ -158,7 +164,7 @@ public MulticastSet(
               input -> Long.valueOf(input));
     }
 
-    this.connectionCreator = new ConnectionCreator(this.factory, this.uris);
+    this.connectionCreator = new ConnectionCreator(this.factory, this.uris, connectionAllocation);
     this.expectedMetrics = expectedMetrics;
     this.instanceSynchronization = instanceSynchronization;
   }
@@ -952,12 +958,17 @@ private static class ConnectionCreator {
 
     private final ConnectionFactory cf;
     private final List<Address> addresses;
+    private final UnaryOperator<List<Address>> connectionAllocation;
 
-    private ConnectionCreator(ConnectionFactory cf, List<String> uris) {
+    private ConnectionCreator(
+        ConnectionFactory cf,
+        List<String> uris,
+        PerfTest.CONNECTION_ALLOCATION connectionAllocation) {
       this.cf = cf;
       if (uris == null || uris.isEmpty()) {
         // URI already set on the connection factory, nothing special to do
         addresses = Collections.emptyList();
+        this.connectionAllocation = UnaryOperator.identity();
       } else {
         List<Address> addresses = new ArrayList<>(uris.size());
         for (String uri : uris) {
@@ -968,6 +979,26 @@ private ConnectionCreator(ConnectionFactory cf, List<String> uris) {
           }
         }
         this.addresses = Collections.unmodifiableList(addresses);
+        if (connectionAllocation == RANDOM) {
+          this.connectionAllocation =
+              l -> {
+                List<Address> addrs = new ArrayList<>(l);
+                if (addresses.size() > 1) {
+                  Collections.shuffle(addrs);
+                }
+                return addrs;
+              };
+        } else if (connectionAllocation == ROUND_ROBIN) {
+          AtomicInteger allocationCount = new AtomicInteger(0);
+          this.connectionAllocation =
+              l -> {
+                Address addr = l.get(allocationCount.getAndIncrement() % l.size());
+                return Collections.singletonList(addr);
+              };
+        } else {
+          throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+              "Unknown connection allocation type: " + connectionAllocation.name());
+        }
       }
     }
 
@@ -984,11 +1015,7 @@ Connection createConnection(String name) throws IOException, TimeoutException {
       if (this.addresses.isEmpty()) {
         connection = this.cf.newConnection(name);
       } else {
-        List<Address> addrs = new ArrayList<>(addresses);
-        if (addresses.size() > 1) {
-          Collections.shuffle(addrs);
-        }
-        connection = this.cf.newConnection(addrs, name);
+        connection = this.cf.newConnection(this.connectionAllocation.apply(this.addresses), name);
       }
       addBlockedListener(connection);
       return connection;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rabbitmq/perf/PerfTest.java b/src/main/java/com/rabbitmq/perf/PerfTest.java
index 6bc39b60..9fac03e8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rabbitmq/perf/PerfTest.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rabbitmq/perf/PerfTest.java
@@ -242,6 +242,23 @@ public static void main(String[] args, PerfTestOptions perfTestOptions) {
 
       MulticastParams p = multicastParams(cmd, uris, perfTestOptions);
 
+      String connectionAllocationParam =
+          strArg(cmd, "cal", CONNECTION_ALLOCATION.RANDOM.allocation());
+      CONNECTION_ALLOCATION connectionAllocation =
+          Arrays.stream(CONNECTION_ALLOCATION.values())
+              .filter(a -> a.allocation().equals(connectionAllocationParam))
+              .findAny()
+              .orElse(null);
+
+      validate(
+          () -> connectionAllocation != null,
+          "--connection-allocation must one of "
+              + Arrays.stream(CONNECTION_ALLOCATION.values())
+                  .map(CONNECTION_ALLOCATION::allocation)
+                  .collect(Collectors.joining(", ")),
+          systemExiter,
+          consoleErr);
+
       ConcurrentMap<String, Integer> completionReasons = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
 
       MulticastSet.CompletionHandler completionHandler = getCompletionHandler(p, completionReasons);
@@ -344,7 +361,8 @@ public static void main(String[] args, PerfTestOptions perfTestOptions) {
               completionHandler,
               shutdownService,
               expectedMetrics,
-              instanceSynchronization);
+              instanceSynchronization,
+              connectionAllocation);
       set.run(true);
 
       statsSummary.run();
@@ -1364,6 +1382,13 @@ static Options getOptions() {
 
     options.addOption(new Option("tnd", "tcp-no-delay", true, "value for TCP NODELAY option"));
 
+    options.addOption(
+        new Option(
+            "cal",
+            "connection-allocation",
+            true,
+            "the way to allocate connection across nodes (random or round-robin), default is random."));
+
     return options;
   }
 
@@ -1614,6 +1639,21 @@ enum EXIT_WHEN {
     IDLE
   }
 
+  enum CONNECTION_ALLOCATION {
+    RANDOM("random"),
+    ROUND_ROBIN("round-robin");
+
+    private final String allocation;
+
+    CONNECTION_ALLOCATION(String allocation) {
+      this.allocation = allocation;
+    }
+
+    public String allocation() {
+      return allocation;
+    }
+  }
+
   private static ByteCapacity validateByteCapacity(
       String value, SystemExiter exiter, PrintStream output) {
     try {