diff --git a/Lib/asyncio/selector_events.py b/Lib/asyncio/selector_events.py
index f94bf10b4225e7..b2866d1e6aeb75 100644
--- a/Lib/asyncio/selector_events.py
+++ b/Lib/asyncio/selector_events.py
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ def _sock_sendto(self, fut, sock, data, address):
         else:
             fut.set_result(n)
 
-    async def sock_connect(self, sock, address):
+    async def sock_connect(self, sock, address, proto_addr_info=None):
         """Connect to a remote socket at address.
 
         This method is a coroutine.
@@ -629,8 +629,9 @@ async def sock_connect(self, sock, address):
 
         if sock.family == socket.AF_INET or (
                 base_events._HAS_IPv6 and sock.family == socket.AF_INET6):
+            proto = proto_addr_info if proto_addr_info is not None else sock.proto
             resolved = await self._ensure_resolved(
-                address, family=sock.family, type=sock.type, proto=sock.proto,
+                address, family=sock.family, type=sock.type, proto=proto,
                 loop=self,
             )
             _, _, _, _, address = resolved[0]
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-08-20-12-51-58.gh-issue-123174.nXCVYU.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-08-20-12-51-58.gh-issue-123174.nXCVYU.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..91ea137f78893c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-08-20-12-51-58.gh-issue-123174.nXCVYU.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Allow the selection of the protocol used by getaddrinfo by adding an additional, optional parameter proto_addr_info
+If not specified, use the protocol used by the socket (= previous behaviour)