diff --git a/transports/webrtc/Cargo.toml b/transports/webrtc/Cargo.toml
index bb4ae80d0ad..959dd9715b0 100644
--- a/transports/webrtc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/transports/webrtc/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ bytes = "1"
 futures = "0.3"
 futures-timer = "3"
 hex = "0.4"
-if-watch = "2.0"
+if-watch = "3.0"
 libp2p-core = { version = "0.38.0", path = "../../core"  }
 libp2p-noise = { version = "0.41.0", path = "../../transports/noise" }
 log = "0.4"
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ tokio-util = { version = "0.7", features = ["compat"], optional = true }
 webrtc = { version = "0.6.0", optional = true }
 
 [features]
-tokio = ["dep:tokio", "dep:tokio-util", "dep:webrtc"]
+tokio = ["dep:tokio", "dep:tokio-util", "dep:webrtc", "if-watch/tokio"]
 pem = ["webrtc?/pem"]
 
 [build-dependencies]
diff --git a/transports/webrtc/src/tokio/transport.rs b/transports/webrtc/src/tokio/transport.rs
index 24839c6030d..1030098c781 100644
--- a/transports/webrtc/src/tokio/transport.rs
+++ b/transports/webrtc/src/tokio/transport.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 // DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
 use futures::{future::BoxFuture, prelude::*, ready, stream::SelectAll, stream::Stream};
-use if_watch::{IfEvent, IfWatcher};
+use if_watch::{tokio::IfWatcher, IfEvent};
 use libp2p_core::{
     identity,
     multiaddr::{Multiaddr, Protocol},
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ use webrtc::peer_connection::configuration::RTCConfiguration;
 
 use std::net::IpAddr;
 use std::{
+    io,
     net::SocketAddr,
     pin::Pin,
     task::{Context, Poll},
@@ -87,12 +88,10 @@ impl libp2p_core::Transport for Transport {
         let udp_mux = UDPMuxNewAddr::listen_on(socket_addr)
             .map_err(|io| TransportError::Other(Error::Io(io)))?;
 
-        self.listeners.push(ListenStream::new(
-            id,
-            self.config.clone(),
-            udp_mux,
-            IfWatcher::new().map_err(|io| TransportError::Other(Error::Io(io)))?,
-        ));
+        self.listeners.push(
+            ListenStream::new(id, self.config.clone(), udp_mux)
+                .map_err(|e| TransportError::Other(Error::Io(e)))?,
+        );
 
         Ok(id)
     }
@@ -193,25 +192,40 @@ struct ListenStream {
     /// become or stop being available.
     ///
     /// `None` if the socket is only listening on a single interface.
-    if_watcher: IfWatcher,
+    if_watcher: Option<IfWatcher>,
+
+    /// Pending event to reported.
+    pending_event: Option<<Self as Stream>::Item>,
 }
 
 impl ListenStream {
     /// Constructs a `WebRTCListenStream` for incoming connections.
-    fn new(
-        listener_id: ListenerId,
-        config: Config,
-        udp_mux: UDPMuxNewAddr,
-        if_watcher: IfWatcher,
-    ) -> Self {
-        ListenStream {
+    fn new(listener_id: ListenerId, config: Config, udp_mux: UDPMuxNewAddr) -> io::Result<Self> {
+        let listen_addr = udp_mux.listen_addr();
+
+        let if_watcher;
+        let pending_event;
+        if listen_addr.ip().is_unspecified() {
+            if_watcher = Some(IfWatcher::new()?);
+            pending_event = None;
+        } else {
+            if_watcher = None;
+            let ma = socketaddr_to_multiaddr(&listen_addr, Some(config.fingerprint));
+            pending_event = Some(TransportEvent::NewAddress {
+                listener_id,
+                listen_addr: ma,
+            })
+        }
+
+        Ok(ListenStream {
             listener_id,
-            listen_addr: udp_mux.listen_addr(),
+            listen_addr,
             config,
             udp_mux,
             report_closed: None,
             if_watcher,
-        }
+            pending_event,
+        })
     }
 
     /// Report the listener as closed in a [`TransportEvent::ListenerClosed`] and
@@ -232,7 +246,12 @@ impl ListenStream {
     }
 
     fn poll_if_watcher(&mut self, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<<Self as Stream>::Item> {
-        while let Poll::Ready(event) = self.if_watcher.poll_if_event(cx) {
+        let if_watcher = match self.if_watcher.as_mut() {
+            Some(w) => w,
+            None => return Poll::Pending,
+        };
+
+        while let Poll::Ready(event) = if_watcher.poll_if_event(cx) {
             match event {
                 Ok(IfEvent::Up(inet)) => {
                     let ip = inet.addr();
@@ -284,6 +303,10 @@ impl Stream for ListenStream {
 
     fn poll_next(mut self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context) -> Poll<Option<Self::Item>> {
         loop {
+            if let Some(event) = self.pending_event.take() {
+                return Poll::Ready(Some(event));
+            }
+
             if let Some(closed) = self.report_closed.as_mut() {
                 // Listener was closed.
                 // Report the transport event if there is one. On the next iteration, return