diff --git a/src/link/routed/endpoint.rs b/src/link/routed/endpoint.rs
index 35249840..39f92b8e 100644
--- a/src/link/routed/endpoint.rs
+++ b/src/link/routed/endpoint.rs
@@ -148,9 +148,11 @@ impl<D: Dial> Clone for Endpoint<D> {
 struct Inner<D: Dial> {
     table: Table<D::Conn>,
     dial: D,
-    /// The endpoint's advertised name, pre-encoded (validated at
-    /// construction) for the `LINK` headers this endpoint writes.
-    advertised: Vec<u8>,
+    /// The endpoint's advertised name, as given at construction.
+    local_addr: D::Addr,
+    /// The advertised name, pre-encoded (validated at construction) for
+    /// the `LINK` headers this endpoint writes.
+    encoded: Vec<u8>,
 }
 
 impl<D: Dial> Endpoint<D> {
@@ -209,13 +211,20 @@ impl<D: Dial> Endpoint<D> {
             inner: Arc::new(Inner {
                 table: table.clone(),
                 dial: dial.clone(),
-                advertised: encoded,
+                local_addr: advertised,
+                encoded,
             }),
         };
         let router = router::drive(listen, dial, table, arrivals, config.pending_headers);
         Ok((endpoint, Incoming { links: incoming }, router))
     }
 
+    /// The name peers dial this endpoint at: `advertised`, as given at
+    /// construction.
+    pub fn local_addr(&self) -> &D::Addr {
+        &self.inner.local_addr
+    }
+
     /// Establish one link to the peer reachable at `peer`.
     ///
     /// One round trip: dial the peer's router, announce the link (its
@@ -241,7 +250,7 @@ impl<D: Dial> Endpoint<D> {
         // find the token routable.
         let (token, registration, streams) = router::register(&self.inner.table);
         let mut conn = self.inner.dial.dial(&peer).await?;
-        conn.write_all(&header::link_header(&token, &self.inner.advertised))
+        conn.write_all(&header::link_header(&token, &self.inner.encoded))
             .await?;
         let mut ack = [0; 1];
         match conn.read_exact(&mut ack).await {
diff --git a/src/link/routed/tests.rs b/src/link/routed/tests.rs
index dd7e6c8d..6ddd0740 100644
--- a/src/link/routed/tests.rs
+++ b/src/link/routed/tests.rs
@@ -141,6 +141,16 @@ fn establishment_connects_control_and_streams() {
     });
 }
 
+/// `local_addr` is the advertised name given at construction, the name
+/// peers dial this endpoint at; callers need it back for policies like
+/// dial tiebreaks.
+#[test]
+fn local_addr_is_the_constructed_name() {
+    let net = MemoryNet::new();
+    let (a, _incoming, _router) = endpoint(&net, "a", Config::default());
+    assert_eq!(*a.local_addr(), MemoryName::new("a"));
+}
+
 /// A stream connection quoting a token no live link owns is dropped:
 /// the dialer observes end-of-stream, and no link's queue sees the
 /// connection.