diff --git a/GCDWebServer/Core/GCDWebServer.h b/GCDWebServer/Core/GCDWebServer.h
index ff414c9..b40b58f 100644
--- a/GCDWebServer/Core/GCDWebServer.h
+++ b/GCDWebServer/Core/GCDWebServer.h
@@ -90,6 +90,17 @@ extern NSString* const GCDWebServerOption_BonjourName;
  */
 extern NSString* const GCDWebServerOption_BonjourType;
 
+/**
+ *  Only accept HTTP requests coming from localhost i.e. not from the outside
+ *  network (NSNumber / BOOL).
+ *
+ *  The default value is NO.
+ *
+ *  @warning Bonjour should be disabled if using this option since the server
+ *  will not be reachable from the outside network anyway.
+ */
+extern NSString* const GCDWebServerOption_BindToLocalhost;
+
 /**
  *  The maximum number of incoming HTTP requests that can be queued waiting to
  *  be handled before new ones are dropped (NSNumber / NSUInteger).
diff --git a/GCDWebServer/Core/GCDWebServer.m b/GCDWebServer/Core/GCDWebServer.m
index a69493a..b207b3c 100644
--- a/GCDWebServer/Core/GCDWebServer.m
+++ b/GCDWebServer/Core/GCDWebServer.m
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 NSString* const GCDWebServerOption_Port = @"Port";
 NSString* const GCDWebServerOption_BonjourName = @"BonjourName";
 NSString* const GCDWebServerOption_BonjourType = @"BonjourType";
+NSString* const GCDWebServerOption_BindToLocalhost = @"BindToLocalhost";
 NSString* const GCDWebServerOption_MaxPendingConnections = @"MaxPendingConnections";
 NSString* const GCDWebServerOption_ServerName = @"ServerName";
 NSString* const GCDWebServerOption_AuthenticationMethod = @"AuthenticationMethod";
@@ -495,6 +496,7 @@ static inline NSString* _EncodeBase64(NSString* string) {
   GWS_DCHECK(_source4 == NULL);
   
   NSUInteger port = [_GetOption(_options, GCDWebServerOption_Port, @0) unsignedIntegerValue];
+  BOOL bindToLocalhost = [_GetOption(_options, GCDWebServerOption_BindToLocalhost, @NO) boolValue];
   NSUInteger maxPendingConnections = [_GetOption(_options, GCDWebServerOption_MaxPendingConnections, @16) unsignedIntegerValue];
   
   struct sockaddr_in addr4;
@@ -502,7 +504,7 @@ static inline NSString* _EncodeBase64(NSString* string) {
   addr4.sin_len = sizeof(addr4);
   addr4.sin_family = AF_INET;
   addr4.sin_port = htons(port);
-  addr4.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(INADDR_ANY);
+  addr4.sin_addr.s_addr = bindToLocalhost ? htonl(INADDR_LOOPBACK) : htonl(INADDR_ANY);
   int listeningSocket4 = [self _createListeningSocket:NO localAddress:&addr4 length:sizeof(addr4) maxPendingConnections:maxPendingConnections error:error];
   if (listeningSocket4 <= 0) {
     return NO;
@@ -523,7 +525,7 @@ static inline NSString* _EncodeBase64(NSString* string) {
   addr6.sin6_len = sizeof(addr6);
   addr6.sin6_family = AF_INET6;
   addr6.sin6_port = htons(port);
-  addr6.sin6_addr = in6addr_any;
+  addr6.sin6_addr = bindToLocalhost ? in6addr_loopback : in6addr_any;
   int listeningSocket6 = [self _createListeningSocket:YES localAddress:&addr6 length:sizeof(addr6) maxPendingConnections:maxPendingConnections error:error];
   if (listeningSocket6 <= 0) {
     close(listeningSocket4);
diff --git a/Mac/main.m b/Mac/main.m
index f446ce0..96648bd 100644
--- a/Mac/main.m
+++ b/Mac/main.m
@@ -141,9 +141,10 @@ int main(int argc, const char* argv[]) {
     NSString* authenticationRealm = nil;
     NSString* authenticationUser = nil;
     NSString* authenticationPassword = nil;
+    BOOL bindToLocalhost = NO;
     
     if (argc == 1) {
-      fprintf(stdout, "Usage: %s [-mode webServer | htmlPage | htmlForm | htmlFileUpload | webDAV | webUploader | streamingResponse | asyncResponse] [-record] [-root directory] [-tests directory] [-authenticationMethod Basic | Digest] [-authenticationRealm realm] [-authenticationUser user] [-authenticationPassword password]\n\n", basename((char*)argv[0]));
+      fprintf(stdout, "Usage: %s [-mode webServer | htmlPage | htmlForm | htmlFileUpload | webDAV | webUploader | streamingResponse | asyncResponse] [-record] [-root directory] [-tests directory] [-authenticationMethod Basic | Digest] [-authenticationRealm realm] [-authenticationUser user] [-authenticationPassword password] [--localhost]\n\n", basename((char*)argv[0]));
     } else {
       for (int i = 1; i < argc; ++i) {
         if (argv[i][0] != '-') {
@@ -188,6 +189,8 @@ int main(int argc, const char* argv[]) {
         } else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-authenticationPassword") && (i + 1 < argc)) {
           ++i;
           authenticationPassword = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:argv[i]];
+        } else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--localhost")) {
+          bindToLocalhost = YES;
         }
       }
     }
@@ -386,6 +389,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char* argv[]) {
         fprintf(stdout, "\n");
         NSMutableDictionary* options = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];
         [options setObject:@8080 forKey:GCDWebServerOption_Port];
+        [options setObject:@(bindToLocalhost) forKey:GCDWebServerOption_BindToLocalhost];
         [options setObject:@"" forKey:GCDWebServerOption_BonjourName];
         if (authenticationUser && authenticationPassword) {
           [options setValue:authenticationRealm forKey:GCDWebServerOption_AuthenticationRealm];