diff --git a/libraries/cli/include/cli/config.hpp b/libraries/cli/include/cli/config.hpp
index 64550aaef3..39274545b7 100644
--- a/libraries/cli/include/cli/config.hpp
+++ b/libraries/cli/include/cli/config.hpp
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ class Config {
   static constexpr const char* CONFIG_COMMAND = "config";
   static constexpr const char* BOOT_NODES = "boot-nodes";
   static constexpr const char* PUBLIC_IP = "public-ip";
+  static constexpr const char* PORT = "port";
   static constexpr const char* LOG_CHANNELS = "log-channels";
   static constexpr const char* LOG_CONFIGURATIONS = "log-configurations";
   static constexpr const char* BOOT_NODES_APPEND = "boot-nodes-append";
diff --git a/libraries/cli/src/config.cpp b/libraries/cli/src/config.cpp
index 252e68a987..6e5452c33c 100644
--- a/libraries/cli/src/config.cpp
+++ b/libraries/cli/src/config.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Config::Config(int argc, const char* argv[]) {
   std::vector<std::string> command;
   std::vector<std::string> boot_nodes;
   std::string public_ip;
+  uint16_t port = 0;
   std::vector<std::string> log_channels;
   std::vector<std::string> log_configurations;
   std::vector<std::string> boot_nodes_append;
@@ -105,6 +106,8 @@ Config::Config(int argc, const char* argv[]) {
       "Boot nodes to connect to in addition to boot nodes defined in config: [ip_address:port_number/node_id, ....]");
   node_command_options.add_options()(PUBLIC_IP, bpo::value<std::string>(&public_ip),
                                      "Force advertised public IP to the given IP (default: auto)");
+  node_command_options.add_options()(PORT, bpo::value<uint16_t>(&port),
+                                     "Listen on the given port for incoming connections");
   node_command_options.add_options()(LOG_CHANNELS, bpo::value<std::vector<std::string>>(&log_channels)->multitoken(),
                                      "Log channels to log: [channel:level, ....]");
   node_command_options.add_options()(
@@ -258,6 +261,9 @@ Config::Config(int argc, const char* argv[]) {
     if (!public_ip.empty()) {
       node_config_.network.public_ip = public_ip;
     }
+    if (port) {
+      node_config_.network.listen_port = port;
+    }
     node_config_.db_config.db_revert_to_period = revert_to_period;
     node_config_.db_config.rebuild_db = rebuild_db;
     node_config_.db_config.rebuild_db_columns = rebuild_db_columns;
diff --git a/programs/taraxa-bootnode/main.cpp b/programs/taraxa-bootnode/main.cpp
index 78594aecd4..2bd427fabd 100644
--- a/programs/taraxa-bootnode/main.cpp
+++ b/programs/taraxa-bootnode/main.cpp
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
   auto addNetworkingOption = client_networking.add_options();
   addNetworkingOption("public-ip", po::value<std::string>()->value_name("<ip>"),
                       "Force advertised public IP to the given IP (default: auto)");
-  addNetworkingOption("listen-ip", po::value<std::string>()->value_name("<ip>(:<port>)"),
+  addNetworkingOption("listen-ip", po::value<std::string>()->value_name("<ip>"),
                       "Listen on the given IP for incoming connections (default: 0.0.0.0)");
   addNetworkingOption("listen", po::value<unsigned short>()->value_name("<port>"),
                       "Listen on the given port for incoming connections (default: 10002)");