diff --git a/cmd/gossamer/config.go b/cmd/gossamer/config.go
index bc132c96d65..2dd38309d0d 100644
--- a/cmd/gossamer/config.go
+++ b/cmd/gossamer/config.go
@@ -647,6 +647,8 @@ func setDotNetworkConfig(ctx *cli.Context, tomlCfg ctoml.NetworkConfig, cfg *dot
 	cfg.MaxPeers = tomlCfg.MaxPeers
 	cfg.PersistentPeers = tomlCfg.PersistentPeers
 	cfg.DiscoveryInterval = time.Second * time.Duration(tomlCfg.DiscoveryInterval)
+	cfg.NodeKey = tomlCfg.NodeKey
+	cfg.ListenAddress = tomlCfg.ListenAddress
 
 	// check --port flag and update node configuration
 	if port := ctx.Uint(PortFlag.Name); port != 0 {
@@ -693,6 +695,11 @@ func setDotNetworkConfig(ctx *cli.Context, tomlCfg ctoml.NetworkConfig, cfg *dot
 		cfg.NodeKey = nodekey
 	}
 
+	// checx --listen-addr flag and update node configuration
+	if listenAddress := ctx.String(ListenAddressFlag.Name); listenAddress != "" {
+		cfg.ListenAddress = listenAddress
+	}
+
 	if len(cfg.PersistentPeers) == 0 {
 		cfg.PersistentPeers = []string(nil)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/gossamer/config_test.go b/cmd/gossamer/config_test.go
index 113a1d902c1..5796a779615 100644
--- a/cmd/gossamer/config_test.go
+++ b/cmd/gossamer/config_test.go
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ func TestInitConfigFromFlags(t *testing.T) {
 
 // TestGlobalConfigFromFlags tests createDotGlobalConfig using relevant global flags
 func TestGlobalConfigFromFlags(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
 	defaultGlobalConfig := dot.GlobalConfig{
 		Name:           "carpet-drill-8904",
 		ID:             "gssmr",
@@ -400,6 +401,7 @@ func TestCoreConfigFromFlags(t *testing.T) {
 
 // TestNetworkConfigFromFlags tests createDotNetworkConfig using relevant network flags
 func TestNetworkConfigFromFlags(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
 	defaultNetworkCfg := dot.NetworkConfig{
 		Port:              7001,
 		MinPeers:          1,
@@ -500,6 +502,16 @@ func TestNetworkConfigFromFlags(t *testing.T) {
 				NodeKey:           "testkey",
 			},
 		},
+		"Test_gossamer_--listen-addr": {
+			[]string{"app", "--listen-addr", "/ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/1234/ws"},
+			dot.NetworkConfig{
+				Port:              defaultNetworkCfg.Port,
+				DiscoveryInterval: defaultNetworkCfg.DiscoveryInterval,
+				MinPeers:          defaultNetworkCfg.MinPeers,
+				MaxPeers:          defaultNetworkCfg.MaxPeers,
+				ListenAddress:     "/ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/1234/ws",
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for key, c := range testcases {
diff --git a/cmd/gossamer/flags.go b/cmd/gossamer/flags.go
index 394507c214c..335f7385bc1 100644
--- a/cmd/gossamer/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/gossamer/flags.go
@@ -239,6 +239,11 @@ var (
 		Name:  "node-key",
 		Usage: "Overrides the secret Ed25519 key to use for libp2p",
 	}
+	// ListenAddressFlag uses the supplied multiaddress string as the address to listen on
+	ListenAddressFlag = cli.StringFlag{
+		Name:  "listen-addr",
+		Usage: "Listen on this multiaddress",
+	}
 )
 
 // RPC service configuration flags
@@ -418,6 +423,7 @@ var (
 		&PublicIPFlag,
 		&PublicDNSFlag,
 		&NodeKeyFlag,
+		&ListenAddressFlag,
 
 		// rpc flags
 		&RPCEnabledFlag,
diff --git a/dot/config.go b/dot/config.go
index 79c88dd9d1a..863997f126e 100644
--- a/dot/config.go
+++ b/dot/config.go
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ type NetworkConfig struct {
 	PublicIP          string
 	PublicDNS         string
 	NodeKey           string
+	ListenAddress     string
 }
 
 // CoreConfig is to marshal/unmarshal toml core config vars
diff --git a/dot/config/toml/config.go b/dot/config/toml/config.go
index 9fce33aa2c4..2e01816c705 100644
--- a/dot/config/toml/config.go
+++ b/dot/config/toml/config.go
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ type NetworkConfig struct {
 	DiscoveryInterval int      `toml:"discovery-interval,omitempty"`
 	PublicIP          string   `toml:"public-ip,omitempty"`
 	PublicDNS         string   `toml:"public-dns,omitempty"`
+	NodeKey           string   `toml:"node-key,omitempty"`
+	ListenAddress     string   `toml:"listen-addr,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // CoreConfig is to marshal/unmarshal toml core config vars
diff --git a/dot/network/config.go b/dot/network/config.go
index 7a6d2d590a6..824a4e45c7f 100644
--- a/dot/network/config.go
+++ b/dot/network/config.go
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ type Config struct {
 	NoBootstrap bool
 	// NoMDNS disables MDNS discovery
 	NoMDNS bool
+	// ListenAddress multiaddress to listen on
+	ListenAddress string
 
 	MinPeers int
 	MaxPeers int
diff --git a/dot/network/host.go b/dot/network/host.go
index 04f826dcc76..93335ec9ec1 100644
--- a/dot/network/host.go
+++ b/dot/network/host.go
@@ -82,7 +82,11 @@ type host struct {
 
 func newHost(ctx context.Context, cfg *Config) (*host, error) {
 	// create multiaddress (without p2p identity)
-	addr, err := ma.NewMultiaddr(fmt.Sprintf("/ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/%d", cfg.Port))
+	addrString := fmt.Sprintf("/ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/%d", cfg.Port)
+	if cfg.ListenAddress != "" {
+		addrString = cfg.ListenAddress
+	}
+	addr, err := ma.NewMultiaddr(addrString)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/dot/services.go b/dot/services.go
index eca4f9e7226..60a26ca4ed5 100644
--- a/dot/services.go
+++ b/dot/services.go
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@ func (nodeBuilder) createNetworkService(cfg *Config, stateSrvc *state.Service,
 		PublicDNS:         cfg.Network.PublicDNS,
 		Metrics:           metrics.NewIntervalConfig(cfg.Global.PublishMetrics),
 		NodeKey:           cfg.Network.NodeKey,
+		ListenAddress:     cfg.Network.ListenAddress,
 	}
 
 	networkSrvc, err := network.NewService(&networkConfig)