diff --git a/radicle-node/src/control.rs b/radicle-node/src/control.rs
index 2fb2542c..7ed48c7c 100644
--- a/radicle-node/src/control.rs
+++ b/radicle-node/src/control.rs
@@ -90,7 +90,12 @@ fn command<H: Handle<Error = runtime::HandleError>>(
 
     match cmd.name {
         CommandName::Connect => {
-            todo!();
+            let (nid, addr) = parse::args(cmd)?;
+            if let Err(e) = handle.connect(nid, addr) {
+                return Err(CommandError::Runtime(e));
+            } else {
+                CommandResult::Okay { updated: true }.to_writer(writer)?;
+            }
         }
         CommandName::Fetch => {
             let (rid, nid): (Id, NodeId) = parse::args(cmd)?;
diff --git a/radicle/src/node.rs b/radicle/src/node.rs
index 495cab54..95809eed 100644
--- a/radicle/src/node.rs
+++ b/radicle/src/node.rs
@@ -479,8 +479,13 @@ impl Handle for Node {
         matches!(result, CommandResult::Okay { .. })
     }
 
-    fn connect(&mut self, _node: NodeId, _addr: Address) -> Result<(), Error> {
-        todo!()
+    fn connect(&mut self, nid: NodeId, addr: Address) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        self.call::<_, CommandResult>(CommandName::Connect, [nid.to_human(), addr.to_string()])?
+            .next()
+            .ok_or(Error::EmptyResponse {
+                cmd: CommandName::Connect,
+            })??;
+        Ok(())
     }
 
     fn seeds(&mut self, id: Id) -> Result<Seeds, Error> {