diff --git a/lib/core/src/server/dev-server.test.ts b/lib/core/src/server/dev-server.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7339fabe3d98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/core/src/server/dev-server.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import ip from 'ip';
+import { getServerAddresses } from './dev-server';
+
+jest.mock('ip');
+const mockedIp = ip as jest.Mocked<typeof ip>;
+
+describe('getServerAddresses', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    mockedIp.address.mockReturnValue('192.168.0.5');
+  });
+
+  it('builds addresses with a specified host', () => {
+    const { address, networkAddress } = getServerAddresses(9009, '192.168.89.89', 'http');
+    expect(address).toEqual('http://localhost:9009/');
+    expect(networkAddress).toEqual('http://192.168.89.89:9009/');
+  });
+
+  it('builds addresses with local IP when host is not specified', () => {
+    const { address, networkAddress } = getServerAddresses(9009, '', 'http');
+    expect(address).toEqual('http://localhost:9009/');
+    expect(networkAddress).toEqual('http://192.168.0.5:9009/');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/lib/core/src/server/dev-server.ts b/lib/core/src/server/dev-server.ts
index 2c94a817bd4c..536e32ccb2b2 100644
--- a/lib/core/src/server/dev-server.ts
+++ b/lib/core/src/server/dev-server.ts
@@ -356,6 +356,13 @@ const startPreview = async ({
   return { previewStats, previewTotalTime: process.hrtime(startTime) };
 };
 
+export function getServerAddresses(port: number, host: string, proto: string) {
+  return {
+    address: `${proto}://localhost:${port}/`,
+    networkAddress: `${proto}://${host || ip.address()}:${port}/`,
+  };
+}
+
 export async function storybookDevServer(options: any) {
   const app = express();
   const server = await getServer(app, options);
@@ -385,8 +392,7 @@ export async function storybookDevServer(options: any) {
 
   const { port, host } = options;
   const proto = options.https ? 'https' : 'http';
-  const address = `${proto}://${host || 'localhost'}:${port}/`;
-  const networkAddress = `${proto}://${ip.address()}:${port}/`;
+  const { address, networkAddress } = getServerAddresses(port, host, proto);
 
   await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     // FIXME: Following line doesn't match TypeScript signature at all 🤔
@@ -414,7 +420,7 @@ export async function storybookDevServer(options: any) {
   ]);
 
   // TODO #13083 Remove this when compiling the preview is fast enough
-  if (!options.ci) openInBrowser(address);
+  if (!options.ci) openInBrowser(networkAddress);
 
   return { ...previewResult, ...managerResult, address, networkAddress };
 }