diff --git a/packages/chopsticks/src/plugins/follow-chain/cli.ts b/packages/chopsticks/src/plugins/follow-chain/cli.ts
index 71986e97..77c71bc5 100644
--- a/packages/chopsticks/src/plugins/follow-chain/cli.ts
+++ b/packages/chopsticks/src/plugins/follow-chain/cli.ts
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ export const cli = (y: Argv) => {
           })
 
       const context = await setupContext(config, true)
-      const { close, port: listenPort } = await createServer(handler(context), config.port)
-      logger.info(`${await context.chain.api.getSystemChain()} RPC listening on port ${listenPort}`)
+      const { close, port: listenPort } = await createServer(handler(context), config.addr, config.port)
+      logger.info(`${await context.chain.api.getSystemChain()} RPC listening on ${config.addr}:${listenPort}`)
 
       const chain = context.chain
 
diff --git a/packages/chopsticks/src/plugins/try-runtime/index.ts b/packages/chopsticks/src/plugins/try-runtime/index.ts
index a8815a5a..f5c8bc61 100644
--- a/packages/chopsticks/src/plugins/try-runtime/index.ts
+++ b/packages/chopsticks/src/plugins/try-runtime/index.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,12 @@ export const cli = (y: Argv) => {
       if (!config.db) {
         console.log('⚠️ Make sure to provide db, it will speed up the process')
       }
-      const context = await setupContext({ ...config, port: 8000, 'build-block-mode': BuildBlockMode.Manual })
+      const context = await setupContext({
+        ...config,
+        addr: 'localhost',
+        port: 8000,
+        'build-block-mode': BuildBlockMode.Manual,
+      })
       const block = context.chain.head
       const registry = await block.registry
       registry.register({
diff --git a/packages/chopsticks/src/schema/index.ts b/packages/chopsticks/src/schema/index.ts
index 3f2602c7..f90e8ac6 100644
--- a/packages/chopsticks/src/schema/index.ts
+++ b/packages/chopsticks/src/schema/index.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,12 @@ export const zHex = z.custom<HexString>((val: any) => /^0x\w+$/.test(val))
 export const zHash = z.string().length(66).and(zHex)
 
 export const configSchema = z.object({
-  port: z.number({ description: 'Port to listen on' }).default(8000),
+  addr: z
+    .union([z.literal('localhost'), z.string().ip()], {
+      description: 'Server listening interface',
+    })
+    .default('localhost'),
+  port: z.number({ description: 'Server listening port' }).default(8000),
   endpoint: z.union([z.string(), z.array(z.string())], { description: 'Endpoint to connect to' }).optional(),
   block: z
     .union(
diff --git a/packages/chopsticks/src/schema/options.test.ts b/packages/chopsticks/src/schema/options.test.ts
index a62b600b..8156658a 100644
--- a/packages/chopsticks/src/schema/options.test.ts
+++ b/packages/chopsticks/src/schema/options.test.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ import { expect, it } from 'vitest'
 it('get yargs options from zod schema', () => {
   expect(getYargsOptions(configSchema.shape)).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
     {
+      "addr": {
+        "choices": undefined,
+        "demandOption": false,
+        "description": "Server listening interface",
+        "type": "string",
+      },
       "allow-unresolved-imports": {
         "choices": undefined,
         "demandOption": false,
@@ -77,7 +83,7 @@ it('get yargs options from zod schema', () => {
       "port": {
         "choices": undefined,
         "demandOption": false,
-        "description": "Port to listen on",
+        "description": "Server listening port",
         "type": "number",
       },
       "prefetch-storages": {
diff --git a/packages/chopsticks/src/schema/parse.test.ts b/packages/chopsticks/src/schema/parse.test.ts
index 7d679f8c..fcb3ac97 100644
--- a/packages/chopsticks/src/schema/parse.test.ts
+++ b/packages/chopsticks/src/schema/parse.test.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ describe('Existing configs', async () => {
 
 describe('Parsed options', () => {
   const defaults = {
+    addr: 'localhost',
     port: 8000,
     'build-block-mode': 'Batch',
   }
diff --git a/packages/chopsticks/src/server.ts b/packages/chopsticks/src/server.ts
index 8dcda116..bbe4e579 100644
--- a/packages/chopsticks/src/server.ts
+++ b/packages/chopsticks/src/server.ts
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ const portInUse = async (port: number) => {
   return inUse
 }
 
-export const createServer = async (handler: Handler, port: number) => {
+export const createServer = async (handler: Handler, addr: string, port: number) => {
   let wss: WebSocketServer | undefined
   let listenPort: number | undefined
 
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ export const createServer = async (handler: Handler, port: number) => {
         reject(e)
       }
       server.once('error', onError)
-      server.listen(preferPort, () => {
+      server.listen(preferPort, addr, () => {
         wss = new WebSocketServer({ server, maxPayload: 1024 * 1024 * 100 })
         listenPort = (server.address() as AddressInfo).port
         server.removeListener('error', onError)
diff --git a/packages/chopsticks/src/setup-with-server.ts b/packages/chopsticks/src/setup-with-server.ts
index f35a6142..8ef8bcf5 100644
--- a/packages/chopsticks/src/setup-with-server.ts
+++ b/packages/chopsticks/src/setup-with-server.ts
@@ -7,12 +7,14 @@ import { setupContext } from './context.js'
 export const setupWithServer = async (argv: Config) => {
   const context = await setupContext(argv)
 
-  const { close, port: listenPort } = await createServer(handler(context), argv.port)
+  const addr = argv.addr ?? 'localhost'
+  const { close, port: listenPort } = await createServer(handler(context), addr, argv.port)
 
-  defaultLogger.info(`${await context.chain.api.getSystemChain()} RPC listening on port ${listenPort}`)
+  defaultLogger.info(`${await context.chain.api.getSystemChain()} RPC listening on ${addr}:${listenPort}`)
 
   return {
     ...context,
+    addr: argv.addr,
     listenPort,
     async close() {
       await context.chain.close()
diff --git a/packages/e2e/src/genesis-provider.test.ts b/packages/e2e/src/genesis-provider.test.ts
index 05656b5f..0fefd23b 100644
--- a/packages/e2e/src/genesis-provider.test.ts
+++ b/packages/e2e/src/genesis-provider.test.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ describe.each([
   ['Asset Hub Kusama', new URL('../blobs/asset-hub-kusama.json', import.meta.url).pathname],
 ])(`genesis provider works %s`, async (name, genesis) => {
   const { chain, dev, api, teardown } = await setupContextWithConfig({
+    addr: 'localhost',
     port: 1234,
     genesis,
     'build-block-mode': BuildBlockMode.Manual,
diff --git a/packages/e2e/src/helper.ts b/packages/e2e/src/helper.ts
index 3ddf8e4e..70485d30 100644
--- a/packages/e2e/src/helper.ts
+++ b/packages/e2e/src/helper.ts
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ export const setupAll = async ({
       await chain.newBlock()
     }
 
-    const { port, close } = await createServer(handler({ chain }), 0)
+    const { port, close } = await createServer(handler({ chain }), 'localhost', 0)
     const ws = new WsProvider(`ws://localhost:${port}`, 3_000, undefined, 300_000)
 
     return {
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/index.ts b/packages/utils/src/index.ts
index e8c2c220..0afb7ae3 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/index.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ export type SetupOption = {
   wasmOverride?: string
   db?: string
   timeout?: number
+  addr?: string
   port?: number
   maxMemoryBlockCount?: number
   resume?: boolean | HexString | number
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ export const createConfig = ({
   wasmOverride,
   db,
   timeout,
+  addr,
   port,
   maxMemoryBlockCount,
   resume,
@@ -52,10 +54,12 @@ export const createConfig = ({
   allowUnresolvedImports,
   processQueuedMessages,
 }: SetupOption): SetupConfig => {
+  addr = addr ?? 'localhost'
   // random port if not specified
   port = port ?? Math.floor(Math.random() * 10000) + 10000
   const config = {
     endpoint,
+    addr,
     port,
     block: blockNumber || blockHash,
     'mock-signature-host': true,
@@ -77,9 +81,9 @@ export const setupContext = async (option: SetupOption) => {
 }
 
 export const setupContextWithConfig = async ({ timeout, ...config }: SetupConfig) => {
-  const { chain, listenPort, close } = await setupWithServer(config)
+  const { chain, addr, listenPort, close } = await setupWithServer(config)
 
-  const url = `ws://localhost:${listenPort}`
+  const url = `ws://${addr}:${listenPort}`
   const ws = new WsProvider(url, 3_000, undefined, timeout)
   const api = await ApiPromise.create({
     provider: ws,