diff --git a/src/connection/README.md b/src/connection/README.md
index fab29d2..491d74c 100644
--- a/src/connection/README.md
+++ b/src/connection/README.md
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ const conn = new Connection({
 Creates a new Connection instance.
 
 `localAddr` is the optional [multiaddr](https://github.com/multiformats/multiaddr) address used by the local peer to reach the remote.
-`remoteAddr` is the [multiaddr](https://github.com/multiformats/multiaddr) address used to communicate with the remote peer.
+`remoteAddr` is the optional [multiaddr](https://github.com/multiformats/multiaddr) address used to communicate with the remote peer.
 `localPeer` is the [PeerId](https://github.com/libp2p/js-peer-id) of the local peer.
 `remotePeer` is the [PeerId](https://github.com/libp2p/js-peer-id) of the remote peer.
 `newStream` is the `function` responsible for getting a new muxed+multistream-selected stream.
diff --git a/src/connection/connection.js b/src/connection/connection.js
index 8352e80..74f2a26 100644
--- a/src/connection/connection.js
+++ b/src/connection/connection.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class Connection {
    * Creates an instance of Connection.
    * @param {object} properties properties of the connection.
    * @param {multiaddr} [properties.localAddr] local multiaddr of the connection if known.
-   * @param {multiaddr} properties.remoteAddr remote multiaddr of the connection.
+   * @param {multiaddr} [properties.remoteAddr] remote multiaddr of the connection.
    * @param {PeerId} properties.localPeer local peer-id.
    * @param {PeerId} properties.remotePeer remote peer-id.
    * @param {function} properties.newStream new stream muxer function.
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ class Connection {
    */
   constructor ({ localAddr, remoteAddr, localPeer, remotePeer, newStream, close, getStreams, stat }) {
     localAddr && assert(multiaddr.isMultiaddr(localAddr), 'localAddr must be an instance of multiaddr')
-    assert(multiaddr.isMultiaddr(remoteAddr), 'remoteAddr must be an instance of multiaddr')
     assert(PeerId.isPeerId(localPeer), 'localPeer must be an instance of peer-id')
     assert(PeerId.isPeerId(remotePeer), 'remotePeer must be an instance of peer-id')
     assert(typeof newStream === 'function', 'new stream must be a function')
diff --git a/test/connection/index.spec.js b/test/connection/index.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5e32b35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/connection/index.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/* eslint-env mocha */
+'use strict'
+
+const { Connection } = require('../../src/connection')
+const peers = require('../../src/utils/peers')
+const PeerId = require('peer-id')
+const pair = require('it-pair')
+
+describe('connection tests', () => {
+  it('should not require local or remote addrs', async () => {
+    const [localPeer, remotePeer] = await Promise.all([
+      PeerId.createFromJSON(peers[0]),
+      PeerId.createFromJSON(peers[1])
+    ])
+    const openStreams = []
+    let streamId = 0
+
+    return new Connection({
+      localPeer,
+      remotePeer,
+      stat: {
+        timeline: {
+          open: Date.now() - 10,
+          upgraded: Date.now()
+        },
+        direction: 'outbound',
+        encryption: '/secio/1.0.0',
+        multiplexer: '/mplex/6.7.0'
+      },
+      newStream: (protocols) => {
+        const id = streamId++
+        const stream = pair()
+
+        stream.close = () => stream.sink([])
+        stream.id = id
+
+        openStreams.push(stream)
+
+        return {
+          stream,
+          protocol: protocols[0]
+        }
+      },
+      close: () => {},
+      getStreams: () => openStreams
+    })
+  })
+})