diff --git a/src/ceph_osd.cc b/src/ceph_osd.cc
index 6dc6c6d39dd..9c58ec3a791 100644
--- a/src/ceph_osd.cc
+++ b/src/ceph_osd.cc
@@ -370,9 +370,11 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
     exit(1);
 
   // hb should bind to same ip as cluster_addr (if specified)
-  entity_addr_t hb_addr = g_conf->cluster_addr;
-  if (!hb_addr.is_blank_ip())
+  entity_addr_t hb_addr = g_conf->osd_heartbeat_addr;
+  if (hb_addr.is_blank_ip()) {
+    hb_addr = g_conf->cluster_addr;
     hb_addr.set_port(0);
+  }
   r = messenger_hbserver->bind(hb_addr);
   if (r < 0)
     exit(1);
diff --git a/src/common/config_opts.h b/src/common/config_opts.h
index 216feb6b89a..5a46002089e 100644
--- a/src/common/config_opts.h
+++ b/src/common/config_opts.h
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ OPTION(osd_remove_thread_timeout, OPT_INT, 60*60)
 OPTION(osd_command_thread_timeout, OPT_INT, 10*60)
 OPTION(osd_age, OPT_FLOAT, .8)
 OPTION(osd_age_time, OPT_INT, 0)
+OPTION(osd_heartbeat_addr, OPT_ADDR, entity_addr_t())
 OPTION(osd_heartbeat_interval, OPT_INT, 6)       // (seconds) how often we ping peers
 OPTION(osd_heartbeat_grace, OPT_INT, 20)         // (seconds) how long before we decide a peer has failed
 OPTION(osd_mon_heartbeat_interval, OPT_INT, 30)  // (seconds) how often to ping monitor if no peers