diff --git a/cfg-common.h b/cfg-common.h
index e313d62c46..3262490ec8 100644
--- a/cfg-common.h
+++ b/cfg-common.h
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@
 	{"cookies-file", &cookies_file, CONF_TYPE_STRING, 0, 0, 0, NULL},
 	{"prefer-ipv4", &network_prefer_ipv4, CONF_TYPE_FLAG, 0, 0, 1, NULL},	
 	{"ipv4-only-proxy", &network_ipv4_only_proxy, CONF_TYPE_FLAG, 0, 0, 1, NULL},	
+	{"reuse-socket", &reuse_socket, CONF_TYPE_FLAG, CONF_GLOBAL, 0, 1, NULL},
+	{"noreuse-socket", &reuse_socket, CONF_TYPE_FLAG, CONF_GLOBAL, 1, 0, NULL},
 #ifdef HAVE_AF_INET6
 	{"prefer-ipv6", &network_prefer_ipv4, CONF_TYPE_FLAG, 0, 1, 0, NULL},
 #else
@@ -368,6 +370,7 @@ extern char *cookies_file;
 
 extern int network_prefer_ipv4;
 extern int network_ipv4_only_proxy;
+extern int reuse_socket;
 
 #endif
 
diff --git a/stream/udp.c b/stream/udp.c
index 889c23826d..67e8f04f98 100644
--- a/stream/udp.c
+++ b/stream/udp.c
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@
 #include "url.h"
 #include "udp.h"
 
+int reuse_socket=0;
+
 /* Start listening on a UDP port. If multicast, join the group. */
 int
 udp_open_socket (URL_t *url)
@@ -55,6 +57,7 @@ udp_open_socket (URL_t *url)
   struct ip_mreq mcast;
   struct timeval tv;
   struct hostent *hp;
+  int reuse=reuse_socket;
 
   mp_msg (MSGT_NETWORK, MSGL_V,
           "Listening for traffic on %s:%d ...\n", url->hostname, url->port);
@@ -98,6 +101,9 @@ udp_open_socket (URL_t *url)
   server_address.sin_family = AF_INET;
   server_address.sin_port = htons (url->port);
 
+  if(reuse_socket && setsockopt(socket_server_fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, &reuse, sizeof(reuse)))
+      mp_msg(MSGT_NETWORK, MSGL_ERR, "SO_REUSEADDR failed! ignore.\n");
+
   if (bind (socket_server_fd, (struct sockaddr *) &server_address,
             sizeof (server_address)) == -1)
   {