diff --git a/lib/amqp/failover.rb b/lib/amqp/failover.rb
index 8719a74..1c1130d 100644
--- a/lib/amqp/failover.rb
+++ b/lib/amqp/failover.rb
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ module AMQP
     def initialize(confs = nil, opts = {})
       @configs = Failover::Configurations.new(confs)
       @options = default_options.merge(opts)
+      @configs.primary_ref = @options[:primary_config]
     end
     
     class << self
@@ -33,9 +34,10 @@ module AMQP
     end
     
     def default_options
-      { :retry_timeout => 1,
-        :selection => :sequential, #TODO: Impliment next server selection algorithm
-        :fallback => false, #TODO: Enable by default once a sane implimentation is figured out
+      { :primary_config => 0,
+        :retry_timeout => 1,
+        :selection => :sequential, #TODO: Implement next server selection algorithm
+        :fallback => false, #TODO: Enable by default once a sane implementation is figured out
         :fallback_interval => 10 }
     end
     
diff --git a/lib/amqp/failover/ext/amqp/client.rb b/lib/amqp/failover/ext/amqp/client.rb
index e3a0092..804fb99 100644
--- a/lib/amqp/failover/ext/amqp/client.rb
+++ b/lib/amqp/failover/ext/amqp/client.rb
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ module AMQP
       # 
       # Available failover options are:
       #   - :retry_timeout, time to wait before retrying a specific AMQP config after failure.
+      #   - :primary_config, specify which of the supplied configurations is it the primary one. The default
+      #                      value is 0, the first item in the config array. Use 1 for the second and so on.
       #   - :fallback, check for the return of the primary server, and fallback to it if and when it returns.
       #   - :fallback_interval, seconds between each check for original server if :fallback is true.
       #   - :selection, not yet implimented.
diff --git a/spec/integration/failover_spec.rb b/spec/integration/failover_spec.rb
index 595eeec..4ccb8dd 100644
--- a/spec/integration/failover_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/failover_spec.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require 'amqp/server'
 require 'server_helper'
 require 'logger_helper'
 
-describe "Full Failover support of AMQP gem" do
+describe "Failover support loaded into AMQP gem" do
   
   before(:each) do
     @flog = LoggerHelper.new
@@ -120,4 +120,22 @@ describe "Full Failover support of AMQP gem" do
     end
   end
   
+  it "should abide to :primary_config option" do
+    port1 = 75672
+    port2 = 65672
+    EM.run {
+      serv = start_server(port1)
+      EM.add_timer(0.1) {
+        conn = AMQP.connect({:hosts => [{:port => port1}, {:port => port2}], :primary_config => 1})
+        conn.failover.primary[:port].should == port2
+        conn.settings[:port].should == port2
+        conn.settings.should == conn.failover.primary
+        EM.add_timer(0.1) {
+          conn.should be_connected
+          EM.stop
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  end
+  
 end