diff --git a/etcd.go b/etcd.go
index 39743d5ab..0bc3ef4ed 100644
--- a/etcd.go
+++ b/etcd.go
@@ -50,8 +50,10 @@ func init() {
 	flag.StringVar(&machinesFile, "CF", "", "the file contains a list of existing machines in the cluster, seperate by comma")
 
 	flag.StringVar(&argInfo.Name, "n", "default-name", "the node name (required)")
-	flag.StringVar(&argInfo.EtcdURL, "c", "127.0.0.1:4001", "the hostname:port for etcd client communication")
-	flag.StringVar(&argInfo.RaftURL, "s", "127.0.0.1:7001", "the hostname:port for raft server communication")
+	flag.StringVar(&argInfo.EtcdURL, "c", "127.0.0.1:4001", "the advertised public hostname:port for etcd client communication")
+	flag.StringVar(&argInfo.RaftURL, "s", "127.0.0.1:7001", "the advertised public hostname:port for raft server communication")
+	flag.StringVar(&argInfo.EtcdListenHost, "cl", "127.0.0.1", "the listening hostname for etcd client communication")
+	flag.StringVar(&argInfo.RaftListenHost, "sl", "127.0.0.1", "the listening hostname for raft server communication")
 	flag.StringVar(&argInfo.WebURL, "w", "", "the hostname:port of web interface")
 
 	flag.StringVar(&argInfo.RaftTLS.CAFile, "serverCAFile", "", "the path of the CAFile")
@@ -107,6 +109,9 @@ type Info struct {
 	EtcdURL string `json:"etcdURL"`
 	WebURL  string `json:"webURL"`
 
+	RaftListenHost string `json:"raftListenHost"`
+	EtcdListenHost string `json:"etcdListenHost"`
+
 	RaftTLS TLSInfo `json:"raftTLS"`
 	EtcdTLS TLSInfo `json:"etcdTLS"`
 }
@@ -178,6 +183,9 @@ func main() {
 	argInfo.EtcdURL = sanitizeURL(argInfo.EtcdURL, etcdTLSConfig.Scheme)
 	argInfo.WebURL = sanitizeURL(argInfo.WebURL, "http")
 
+	argInfo.RaftListenHost = sanitizeListenHost(argInfo.RaftListenHost, argInfo.RaftURL)
+	argInfo.EtcdListenHost = sanitizeListenHost(argInfo.EtcdListenHost, argInfo.EtcdURL)
+
 	// Read server info from file or grab it from user.
 	if err := os.MkdirAll(dirPath, 0744); err != nil {
 		fatalf("Unable to create path: %s", err)
@@ -190,8 +198,8 @@ func main() {
 	snapConf = newSnapshotConf()
 
 	// Create etcd and raft server
-	e = newEtcdServer(info.Name, info.EtcdURL, &etcdTLSConfig, &info.EtcdTLS)
-	r = newRaftServer(info.Name, info.RaftURL, &raftTLSConfig, &info.RaftTLS)
+	e = newEtcdServer(info.Name, info.EtcdURL, info.EtcdListenHost, &etcdTLSConfig, &info.EtcdTLS)
+	r = newRaftServer(info.Name, info.RaftURL, info.RaftListenHost, &raftTLSConfig, &info.RaftTLS)
 
 	startWebInterface()
 	r.ListenAndServe()
diff --git a/etcd_server.go b/etcd_server.go
index 51ff1e9e8..2cef01558 100644
--- a/etcd_server.go
+++ b/etcd_server.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"net/http"
-	"net/url"
 )
 
 type etcdServer struct {
@@ -15,18 +14,12 @@ type etcdServer struct {
 
 var e *etcdServer
 
-func newEtcdServer(name string, urlStr string, tlsConf *TLSConfig, tlsInfo *TLSInfo) *etcdServer {
-	u, err := url.Parse(urlStr)
-
-	if err != nil {
-		fatalf("invalid url '%s': %s", e.url, err)
-	}
-
+func newEtcdServer(name string, urlStr string, listenHost string, tlsConf *TLSConfig, tlsInfo *TLSInfo) *etcdServer {
 	return &etcdServer{
 		Server: http.Server{
 			Handler:   NewEtcdMuxer(),
 			TLSConfig: &tlsConf.Server,
-			Addr:      u.Host,
+			Addr:      listenHost,
 		},
 		name:    name,
 		url:     urlStr,
diff --git a/raft_server.go b/raft_server.go
index a90c65f93..b3b5d3277 100644
--- a/raft_server.go
+++ b/raft_server.go
@@ -20,13 +20,14 @@ type raftServer struct {
 	joinIndex uint64
 	name      string
 	url       string
+	listenHost string
 	tlsConf   *TLSConfig
 	tlsInfo   *TLSInfo
 }
 
 var r *raftServer
 
-func newRaftServer(name string, url string, tlsConf *TLSConfig, tlsInfo *TLSInfo) *raftServer {
+func newRaftServer(name string, url string, listenHost string, tlsConf *TLSConfig, tlsInfo *TLSInfo) *raftServer {
 
 	// Create transporter for raft
 	raftTransporter := newTransporter(tlsConf.Scheme, tlsConf.Client)
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ func newRaftServer(name string, url string, tlsConf *TLSConfig, tlsInfo *TLSInfo
 		version: raftVersion,
 		name:    name,
 		url:     url,
+		listenHost: listenHost,
 		tlsConf: tlsConf,
 		tlsInfo: tlsInfo,
 	}
@@ -134,15 +136,14 @@ func startAsFollower() {
 
 // Start to listen and response raft command
 func (r *raftServer) startTransport(scheme string, tlsConf tls.Config) {
-	u, _ := url.Parse(r.url)
-	infof("raft server [%s:%s]", r.name, u)
+	infof("raft server [%s:%s]", r.name, r.listenHost)
 
 	raftMux := http.NewServeMux()
 
 	server := &http.Server{
 		Handler:   raftMux,
 		TLSConfig: &tlsConf,
-		Addr:      u.Host,
+		Addr:      r.listenHost,
 	}
 
 	// internal commands
diff --git a/util.go b/util.go
index 5f86cbaa9..8ddaa93cc 100644
--- a/util.go
+++ b/util.go
@@ -106,6 +106,22 @@ func sanitizeURL(host string, defaultScheme string) string {
 	return p.String()
 }
 
+// sanitizeListenHost cleans up the ListenHost parameter and appends a port
+// if necessary based on the advertised port.
+func sanitizeListenHost(listen string, advertised string) string {
+	aurl, err := url.Parse(advertised)
+	if err != nil {
+		fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	_, aport, err := net.SplitHostPort(aurl.Host)
+	if err != nil {
+		fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	return net.JoinHostPort(listen, aport)
+}
+
 func check(err error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		fatal(err)