diff --git a/servatrice/servatrice.ini.example b/servatrice/servatrice.ini.example
index 0bd49e7f..97084e2e 100644
--- a/servatrice/servatrice.ini.example
+++ b/servatrice/servatrice.ini.example
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ name="My Cockatrice server"
 ; must have a different id; the default id is 1
 id=1
 
+; The IP address servatrice will listen on for clients; defaults to "any" to listen on all the interfaces,
+; a specific IPv4/v6 addresses can be used, eg for localhost-only 127.0.0.1 for IPv4 or ::1 for IPv6.
+
+host=any
+
 ; The TCP port number servatrice will listen on for clients; default is 4747
 port=4747
 
@@ -28,6 +33,10 @@ number_pools=1
 ; Set to 0 to disable the websocket server.
 websocket_number_pools=1
 
+; The IP address servatrice will listen on for websockets clients; defaults to "any"
+
+websocket_host=any
+
 ; The TCP port number servatrice will listen on for websockets clients; default is 4748
 websocket_port=4748
 
@@ -44,7 +53,7 @@ writelog=1
 ; [ex: C:\\Temp\\server.log ]
 logfile=server.log
 
-; You may want to log only certain messages in the logfile. The default log level is extremely verbose. 
+; You may want to log only certain messages in the logfile. The default log level is extremely verbose.
 ; This setting should contain a comma-separated list of strings that will be selectively logged.
 ; All other lines will be excluded from the log. Default is empty; example: "Registration,_Login,foobar"
 logfilters=""
@@ -147,7 +156,7 @@ disallowedregexp=""
 ; You can prevent users from using certain mail domains for registration.  This setting contains a
 ; comma-seperated list of email provider domains that you would like to prevent users from using
 ; during registration. Comparison's are implicit, so placing an entry such as mail.com will also
-; prevent users from registering accounts with providers such as gmail.com and hotmail.com  
+; prevent users from registering accounts with providers such as gmail.com and hotmail.com
 ; Example: "10minutemail.com,gmail.com"
 ;emailproviderblacklist=""
 
@@ -338,7 +347,7 @@ max_command_count_per_interval=20
 
 [logging]
 ; Admin/Moderators can query the stored logs for information when looking up reports by various players. This
-; option can allow or disallow them from doing so. 
+; option can allow or disallow them from doing so.
 ; !!NOTE!! Enabling this feature puts a very high CPU and DISK load on the server, enable with caution.
 enablelogquery=false
 
diff --git a/servatrice/src/servatrice.cpp b/servatrice/src/servatrice.cpp
index b0345d85..26031ea6 100644
--- a/servatrice/src/servatrice.cpp
+++ b/servatrice/src/servatrice.cpp
@@ -421,8 +421,9 @@ bool Servatrice::initServer()
         gameServer =
             new Servatrice_GameServer(this, getNumberOfTCPPools(), servatriceDatabaseInterface->getDatabase(), this);
         gameServer->setMaxPendingConnections(1000);
-        qDebug() << "Starting server on port" << getServerTCPPort();
-        if (gameServer->listen(QHostAddress::Any, static_cast<quint16>(getServerTCPPort())))
+        QHostAddress tcpHost = getServerTCPHost();
+        qDebug() << "Starting server on host" << tcpHost.toString() << "port" << getServerTCPPort();
+        if (gameServer->listen(tcpHost, static_cast<quint16>(getServerTCPPort())))
             qDebug() << "Server listening.";
         else {
             qDebug() << "gameServer->listen(): Error:" << gameServer->errorString();
@@ -436,8 +437,10 @@ bool Servatrice::initServer()
         websocketGameServer = new Servatrice_WebsocketGameServer(this, getNumberOfWebSocketPools(),
                                                                  servatriceDatabaseInterface->getDatabase(), this);
         websocketGameServer->setMaxPendingConnections(1000);
-        qDebug() << "Starting websocket server on port" << getServerWebSocketPort();
-        if (websocketGameServer->listen(QHostAddress::Any, static_cast<quint16>(getServerWebSocketPort())))
+        QHostAddress webSocketHost = getServerWebSocketHost();
+        qDebug() << "Starting websocket server on host" << webSocketHost.toString() << "port"
+                 << getServerWebSocketPort();
+        if (websocketGameServer->listen(webSocketHost, static_cast<quint16>(getServerWebSocketPort())))
             qDebug() << "Websocket server listening.";
         else {
             qDebug() << "websocketGameServer->listen(): Error:" << websocketGameServer->errorString();
@@ -924,6 +927,15 @@ int Servatrice::getNumberOfTCPPools() const
     return settingsCache->value("server/number_pools", 1).toInt();
 }
 
+QHostAddress Servatrice::getServerTCPHost() const
+{
+    QString host = settingsCache->value("server/host", "any").toString();
+    if (host == "any")
+        return QHostAddress::Any;
+    else
+        return QHostAddress(host);
+}
+
 int Servatrice::getServerTCPPort() const
 {
     return settingsCache->value("server/port", 4747).toInt();
@@ -934,6 +946,15 @@ int Servatrice::getNumberOfWebSocketPools() const
     return settingsCache->value("server/websocket_number_pools", 1).toInt();
 }
 
+QHostAddress Servatrice::getServerWebSocketHost() const
+{
+    QString host = settingsCache->value("server/websocket_host", "any").toString();
+    if (host == "any")
+        return QHostAddress::Any;
+    else
+        return QHostAddress(host);
+}
+
 int Servatrice::getServerWebSocketPort() const
 {
     return settingsCache->value("server/websocket_port", 4748).toInt();
diff --git a/servatrice/src/servatrice.h b/servatrice/src/servatrice.h
index 0af4043e..29eefcf9 100644
--- a/servatrice/src/servatrice.h
+++ b/servatrice/src/servatrice.h
@@ -202,6 +202,8 @@ private:
     int getISLNetworkPort() const;
     bool getISLNetworkEnabled() const;
     bool getEnableInternalSMTPClient() const;
+    QHostAddress getServerTCPHost() const;
+    QHostAddress getServerWebSocketHost() const;
 
 public slots:
     void scheduleShutdown(const QString &reason, int minutes);