diff --git a/.bleep b/.bleep
index 87e4334..1198c86 100644
--- a/.bleep
+++ b/.bleep
@@ -1 +1 @@
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+f6e596e897d73c69369ae85edf58cec64b106969
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diff --git a/pingora-load-balancing/src/lib.rs b/pingora-load-balancing/src/lib.rs
index c5adea3..4009dc1 100644
--- a/pingora-load-balancing/src/lib.rs
+++ b/pingora-load-balancing/src/lib.rs
@@ -77,12 +77,18 @@ impl Backend {
     /// Create a new [Backend] with `weight` 1. The function will try to parse
     ///  `addr` into a [std::net::SocketAddr].
     pub fn new(addr: &str) -> Result<Self> {
+        Self::new_with_weight(addr, 1)
+    }
+
+    /// Creates a new [Backend] with the specified `weight`. The function will try to parse
+    /// `addr` into a [std::net::SocketAddr].
+    pub fn new_with_weight(addr: &str, weight: usize) -> Result<Self> {
         let addr = addr
             .parse()
             .or_err(ErrorType::InternalError, "invalid socket addr")?;
         Ok(Backend {
             addr: SocketAddr::Inet(addr),
-            weight: 1,
+            weight,
             ext: Extensions::new(),
         })
         // TODO: UDS