diff --git a/src/pm/hydra/libhydra/bstrap/src/hydra_bstrap_proxy.c b/src/pm/hydra/libhydra/bstrap/src/hydra_bstrap_proxy.c
index 46f24073979..29af1968a1b 100644
--- a/src/pm/hydra/libhydra/bstrap/src/hydra_bstrap_proxy.c
+++ b/src/pm/hydra/libhydra/bstrap/src/hydra_bstrap_proxy.c
@@ -332,6 +332,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     char dbg_prefix[2 * HYD_MAX_HOSTNAME_LEN];
     HYD_status status = HYD_SUCCESS;
 
+    HYD_sock_init();
+
     status = HYD_print_set_prefix_str("bstrap:unset");
     HYD_ERR_POP(status, "unable to set dbg prefix\n");
 
@@ -369,6 +371,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
         HYD_ERR_POP(status, "error sending proxy ID upstream\n");
     }
 
+    HYD_sock_finalize();
+
   fn_exit:
     return status;
 
diff --git a/src/pm/hydra/libhydra/sock/hydra_sock.c b/src/pm/hydra/libhydra/sock/hydra_sock.c
index 2cf664c6bee..e6fea70a3d6 100644
--- a/src/pm/hydra/libhydra/sock/hydra_sock.c
+++ b/src/pm/hydra/libhydra/sock/hydra_sock.c
@@ -7,6 +7,16 @@
 #include "hydra_sock.h"
 #include "hydra_err.h"
 
+HYD_status HYD_sock_init()
+{
+    return HYD_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+void HYD_sock_finalize()
+{
+    return;
+}
+
 HYD_status HYD_sock_listen_on_port(int *listen_fd, uint16_t port)
 {
     struct sockaddr_in sa;
diff --git a/src/pm/hydra/libhydra/sock/hydra_sock.h b/src/pm/hydra/libhydra/sock/hydra_sock.h
index 4beb3128844..97861fdff58 100644
--- a/src/pm/hydra/libhydra/sock/hydra_sock.h
+++ b/src/pm/hydra/libhydra/sock/hydra_sock.h
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ enum HYD_sock_comm_flag {
     HYD_SOCK_COMM_TYPE__BLOCKING = 1
 };
 
+HYD_status HYD_sock_init();
+void HYD_sock_finalize();
 HYD_status HYD_sock_listen_on_port(int *listen_fd, uint16_t port);
 HYD_status HYD_sock_listen_on_any_port(int *listen_fd, uint16_t * port);
 HYD_status HYD_sock_listen_on_port_range(int *listen_fd, const char *port_range, uint16_t * port);
diff --git a/src/pm/hydra/mpiexec/mpiexec.c b/src/pm/hydra/mpiexec/mpiexec.c
index 9611a6be55d..3105136bfa2 100644
--- a/src/pm/hydra/mpiexec/mpiexec.c
+++ b/src/pm/hydra/mpiexec/mpiexec.c
@@ -740,6 +740,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
     HYD_FUNC_ENTER();
 
+    HYD_sock_init();
+
     status = HYD_print_set_prefix_str("mpiexec");
     HYD_ERR_POP(status, "unable to set dbg prefix\n");
 
@@ -1087,6 +1089,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     if (mpiexec_params.errfile_pattern)
         MPL_free(mpiexec_params.errfile_pattern);
 
+    HYD_sock_finalize();
+
   fn_exit:
     HYD_FUNC_EXIT();
     if (status != HYD_SUCCESS)
diff --git a/src/pm/hydra/nameserver/hydra_nameserver.c b/src/pm/hydra/nameserver/hydra_nameserver.c
index 0e759057885..e62873a371f 100644
--- a/src/pm/hydra/nameserver/hydra_nameserver.c
+++ b/src/pm/hydra/nameserver/hydra_nameserver.c
@@ -277,6 +277,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     int listen_fd;
     HYD_status status = HYD_SUCCESS;
 
+    HYD_sock_init();
+
     status = HYD_print_set_prefix_str("nameserver");
     HYD_ERR_POP(status, "unable to initialize debugging\n");
 
@@ -314,6 +316,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
         HYD_ERR_POP(status, "demux engine error waiting for event\n");
     }
 
+    HYD_sock_finalize();
+
   fn_exit:
     return status;
 
diff --git a/src/pm/hydra/proxy/proxy.c b/src/pm/hydra/proxy/proxy.c
index cb0d847c919..94d41a57e77 100644
--- a/src/pm/hydra/proxy/proxy.c
+++ b/src/pm/hydra/proxy/proxy.c
@@ -588,6 +588,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     HYD_status status = HYD_SUCCESS;
     int *nodemap, i, local_rank, tmp_ret;
 
+    HYD_sock_init();
+
     status = HYD_print_set_prefix_str("proxy:unset");
     HYD_ERR_POP(status, "unable to set dbg prefix\n");
 
@@ -855,6 +857,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     if (proxy_params.all.pmi_process_mapping)
         MPL_free(proxy_params.all.pmi_process_mapping);
 
+    HYD_sock_finalize();
+
   fn_exit:
     return status;