diff --git a/src/pybind/mgr/dashboard/module.py b/src/pybind/mgr/dashboard/module.py
index 2901e5bb7f0..7b0e17b2958 100644
--- a/src/pybind/mgr/dashboard/module.py
+++ b/src/pybind/mgr/dashboard/module.py
@@ -663,8 +663,12 @@ class Module(MgrModule):
 
                 return dict(result)
 
+        server_addr = self.get_config('server_addr') or '127.0.0.1'
+        server_port = self.get_config('server_port') or '7000'
+        log.info("server_addr: %s server_port: %s" % (server_addr, server_port))
         cherrypy.config.update({
-            'server.socket_port': 7000,
+            'server.socket_host': server_addr,
+            'server.socket_port': int(server_port),
             'engine.autoreload.on': False
         })