diff --git a/src/child.c b/src/child.c
index 9f8ae10..3ed4030 100644
--- a/src/child.c
+++ b/src/child.c
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ void child_kill_children (int sig)
 
 int child_listening_sock (uint16_t port)
 {
-        listenfd = listen_sock (port);
+        listenfd = listen_sock (config.ipAddr, port);
         return listenfd;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/sock.c b/src/sock.c
index b9691ef..fe28de6 100644
--- a/src/sock.c
+++ b/src/sock.c
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ int socket_blocking (int sock)
  * Start listening on a socket. Create a socket with the selected port.
  * The socket fd is returned upon success, -1 upon error.
  */
-int listen_sock (uint16_t port)
+int listen_sock (const char *addr, uint16_t port)
 {
         struct addrinfo hints, *result, *rp;
         char portstr[6];
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ int listen_sock (uint16_t port)
 
         snprintf (portstr, sizeof (portstr), "%d", port);
 
-        if (getaddrinfo (config.ipAddr, portstr, &hints, &result) != 0) {
+        if (getaddrinfo (addr, portstr, &hints, &result) != 0) {
                 log_message (LOG_ERR,
                              "Unable to getaddrinfo() because of %s",
                              strerror (errno));
diff --git a/src/sock.h b/src/sock.h
index 5ed7e35..5cca744 100644
--- a/src/sock.h
+++ b/src/sock.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #define MAXLINE (1024 * 4)
 
 extern int opensock (const char *host, int port, const char *bind_to);
-extern int listen_sock (uint16_t port);
+extern int listen_sock (const char *addr, uint16_t port);
 
 extern int socket_nonblocking (int sock);
 extern int socket_blocking (int sock);