diff --git a/p2p/host/basic/basic_host.go b/p2p/host/basic/basic_host.go
index 88e8c609c733e63f80f540837facd93557df21f4..ca0ce93da4a57da825d73ac53763d4705427062c 100644
--- a/p2p/host/basic/basic_host.go
+++ b/p2p/host/basic/basic_host.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 
 	logging "github.com/ipfs/go-log"
 	goprocess "github.com/jbenet/goprocess"
+	circuit "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-circuit"
 	connmgr "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-connmgr"
 	metrics "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-metrics"
 	mstream "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-metrics/stream"
@@ -97,6 +98,12 @@ type HostOpts struct {
 
 	// ConnManager is a libp2p connection manager
 	ConnManager connmgr.ConnManager
+
+	// Relay indicates whether the host should use circuit relay transport
+	Relay bool
+
+	// RelayOpts are options for the relay transport; only meaningful when Relay=true
+	RelayOpts []circuit.RelayOpt
 }
 
 // NewHost constructs a new *BasicHost and activates it by attaching its stream and connection handlers to the given inet.Network.
@@ -143,10 +150,25 @@ func NewHost(net inet.Network, opts *HostOpts) *BasicHost {
 		h.cmgr = opts.ConnManager
 	}
 
+	var relayCtx context.Context
+	var relayCancel func()
+	if opts.Relay {
+		relayCtx, relayCancel = context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+		err := circuit.AddRelayTransport(relayCtx, h, opts.RelayOpts...)
+		if err != nil {
+			// perhaps inappropriate, but otherwise we have to change the interface
+			// to return an error, which will nost likely lead to a fatality anyway
+			panic(err)
+		}
+	}
+
 	h.proc = goprocess.WithTeardown(func() error {
 		if h.natmgr != nil {
 			h.natmgr.Close()
 		}
+		if relayCancel != nil {
+			relayCancel()
+		}
 		return h.Network().Close()
 	})
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ebc6c7ba5d6d04ee89be18af7b59b84b92b4364e..96b9c059b8e228d292c72dca17d23dda52e88e57 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -268,6 +268,12 @@
       "hash": "QmXYjuNuxVzXKJCfWasQk1RqkhVLDM9jtUKhqc2WPQmFSB",
       "name": "go-libp2p-peer",
       "version": "2.2.0"
+    },
+    {
+      "author": "vyzo",
+      "hash": "QmP8i7FhM3jjciE34U9MZTnyD21BpxTinTzTcmVkvfM6tv",
+      "name": "go-libp2p-circuit",
+      "version": "1.0.0"
     }
   ],
   "gxVersion": "0.4.0",