1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/open-uri.rb b/lib/open-uri.rb
index 2a6c544fe6..4daec25c01 100644
--- a/lib/open-uri.rb
+++ b/lib/open-uri.rb
@@ -800,7 +800,8 @@ module URI
       end
 
       # The access sequence is defined by RFC 1738
-      ftp = Net::FTP.open(self.host)
+      ftp = Net::FTP.new
+      ftp.connect(self.host, self.port)
       ftp.passive = true if !options[:ftp_active_mode]
       # todo: extract user/passwd from .netrc.
       user = 'anonymous'