diff --git a/Daemon.cpp b/Daemon.cpp
index 599c192a..7ba7ccb3 100644
--- a/Daemon.cpp
+++ b/Daemon.cpp
@@ -106,7 +106,10 @@ namespace i2p
                     StartLog (""); // write to stdout
             }
 
-            d.httpServer = new i2p::util::HTTPServer(i2p::util::config::GetArg("-httpport", 7070));
+            d.httpServer = new i2p::util::HTTPServer(
+                i2p::util::config::GetArg("-httpaddress", "127.0.0.1"),
+                i2p::util::config::GetArg("-httpport", 7070)
+            );
             d.httpServer->Start();
             LogPrint("HTTP Server started");
             i2p::data::netdb.Start();
diff --git a/HTTPServer.cpp b/HTTPServer.cpp
index cb1cafd6..3d656730 100644
--- a/HTTPServer.cpp
+++ b/HTTPServer.cpp
@@ -1042,9 +1042,9 @@ namespace util
             std::bind (&HTTPConnection::HandleWriteReply, shared_from_this (), std::placeholders::_1));
     }
 
-    HTTPServer::HTTPServer (int port):
+    HTTPServer::HTTPServer (const std::string& address, int port):
         m_Thread (nullptr), m_Work (m_Service),
-        m_Acceptor (m_Service, boost::asio::ip::tcp::endpoint (boost::asio::ip::tcp::v4 (), port)),
+        m_Acceptor (m_Service, boost::asio::ip::tcp::endpoint (boost::asio::ip::address::from_string(address), port)),
         m_NewSocket (nullptr)
     {
 
diff --git a/HTTPServer.h b/HTTPServer.h
index a32f8e7a..8ed03282 100644
--- a/HTTPServer.h
+++ b/HTTPServer.h
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ namespace util
     {
         public:
 
-            HTTPServer (int port);
+            HTTPServer (const std::string& address, int port);
             virtual ~HTTPServer ();
 
             void Start ();
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e512eda2..c021a46a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ Cmdline options
 * --host=               - The external IP (deprecated). 
 * --port=               - The port to listen on
 * --httpport=           - The http port to listen on
+* --httpaddress=        - The ip address for the HTTP server, 127.0.0.1 by default
 * --log=                - Enable or disable logging to file. 1 for yes, 0 for no.
 * --daemon=             - Enable or disable daemon mode. 1 for yes, 0 for no.
 * --service=            - 1 if uses system folders (/var/run/i2pd.pid, /var/log/i2pd.log, /var/lib/i2pd).