diff --git a/kernel-src/include/kernel/sock.h b/kernel-src/include/kernel/sock.h
index de01b51a..930b3ff2 100644
--- a/kernel-src/include/kernel/sock.h
+++ b/kernel-src/include/kernel/sock.h
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ typedef struct socketops_t {
 	int (*send)(socket_t *socket, sockaddr_t *addr, void *buffer, size_t count, uintmax_t flags, size_t *sendcount);
 	int (*recv)(socket_t *socket, sockaddr_t *addr, void *buffer, size_t count, uintmax_t flags, size_t *recvcount);
 	int (*poll)(socket_t *socket, polldata_t *data, int events);
-	int (*connect)(socket_t *socket, sockaddr_t *addr, uintmax_t data);
+	int (*connect)(socket_t *socket, sockaddr_t *addr, uintmax_t data, cred_t *cred);
 	int (*listen)(socket_t *socket, int backlog);
 	int (*accept)(socket_t *server, socket_t *client, sockaddr_t *addr, uintmax_t flags);
 	int (*getname)(socket_t *socket, sockaddr_t *addr);
diff --git a/kernel-src/io/net/localsocket.c b/kernel-src/io/net/localsocket.c
index 3e4563ff..1e20a2ce 100644
--- a/kernel-src/io/net/localsocket.c
+++ b/kernel-src/io/net/localsocket.c
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ static int localsock_accept(socket_t *_server, socket_t *_clientconnection, sock
 	return error;
 }
 
-static int localsock_connect(socket_t *socket, sockaddr_t *addr, uintmax_t flags) {
+static int localsock_connect(socket_t *socket, sockaddr_t *addr, uintmax_t flags, cred_t *cred) {
 	localsocket_t *localsocket = (localsocket_t *)socket;
 	int error;
 	vnode_t *refnode = NULL;
@@ -416,6 +416,11 @@ static int localsock_connect(socket_t *socket, sockaddr_t *addr, uintmax_t flags
 		goto leave;
 	}
 
+	// and we have write access
+	error = VOP_ACCESS(result, V_ACCESS_WRITE, cred);
+	if (error)
+		goto leave;
+
 	// and if it has a valid binding
 	binding = result->socketbinding;
 	if (binding == NULL) {
diff --git a/kernel-src/sys/syscalls/connect.c b/kernel-src/sys/syscalls/connect.c
index a56ad907..4a2db571 100644
--- a/kernel-src/sys/syscalls/connect.c
+++ b/kernel-src/sys/syscalls/connect.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ syscallret_t syscall_connect(context_t *, int fd, abisockaddr_t *uaddr, size_t a
 
 	socket_t *socket = SOCKFS_SOCKET_FROM_NODE(file->vnode);
 
-	ret.errno = socket->ops->connect ? socket->ops->connect(socket, &sockaddr, fileflagstovnodeflags(file->flags)) : EOPNOTSUPP;
+	ret.errno = socket->ops->connect ? socket->ops->connect(socket, &sockaddr, fileflagstovnodeflags(file->flags), &_cpu()->thread->proc->cred) : EOPNOTSUPP;
 	ret.ret = ret.errno ? -1 : 0;
 
 	cleanup: