diff --git a/src/wps/http_server.c b/src/wps/http_server.c
index 6ca32140a..06c8bee24 100644
--- a/src/wps/http_server.c
+++ b/src/wps/http_server.c
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ struct http_server * http_server_init(struct in_addr *addr, int port,
 {
 	struct sockaddr_in sin;
 	struct http_server *srv;
+	int on = 1;
 
 	srv = os_zalloc(sizeof(*srv));
 	if (srv == NULL)
@@ -242,6 +243,9 @@ struct http_server * http_server_init(struct in_addr *addr, int port,
 	srv->fd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
 	if (srv->fd < 0)
 		goto fail;
+
+	setsockopt(srv->fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, &on, sizeof(on));
+
 	if (fcntl(srv->fd, F_SETFL, O_NONBLOCK) < 0)
 		goto fail;
 	if (port < 0)