diff --git a/libp2p/switch.nim b/libp2p/switch.nim
index de1c67c18..182e66b33 100644
--- a/libp2p/switch.nim
+++ b/libp2p/switch.nim
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ import connection,
        errors,
        peer
 
+export ServerFlags
+
 logScope:
   topic = "Switch"
 
@@ -282,7 +284,7 @@ proc mount*[T: LPProtocol](s: Switch, proto: T) {.gcsafe.} =
 
   s.ms.addHandler(proto.codec, proto)
 
-proc start*(s: Switch): Future[seq[Future[void]]] {.async, gcsafe.} =
+proc start*(s: Switch, serverFlags: set[ServerFlags] = {}): Future[seq[Future[void]]] {.async, gcsafe.} =
   trace "starting switch"
 
   proc handle(conn: Connection): Future[void] {.async, closure, gcsafe.} =
@@ -298,7 +300,7 @@ proc start*(s: Switch): Future[seq[Future[void]]] {.async, gcsafe.} =
   for t in s.transports: # for each transport
     for i, a in s.peerInfo.addrs:
       if t.handles(a): # check if it handles the multiaddr
-        var server = await t.listen(a, handle)
+        var server = await t.listen(a, handle, serverFlags)
         s.peerInfo.addrs[i] = t.ma # update peer's address
         startFuts.add(server)
 
diff --git a/libp2p/transports/tcptransport.nim b/libp2p/transports/tcptransport.nim
index 321b74b98..4746f2361 100644
--- a/libp2p/transports/tcptransport.nim
+++ b/libp2p/transports/tcptransport.nim
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ import transport,
        ../multicodec,
        ../stream/chronosstream
 
+export ServerFlags
+
 logScope:
   topic = "TcpTransport"
 
@@ -122,12 +124,13 @@ method close*(t: TcpTransport) {.async, gcsafe.} =
 
 method listen*(t: TcpTransport,
                ma: MultiAddress,
-               handler: ConnHandler):
+               handler: ConnHandler,
+               serverFlags: set[ServerFlags] = {}):
                Future[Future[void]] {.async, gcsafe.} =
   discard await procCall Transport(t).listen(ma, handler) # call base
 
   ## listen on the transport
-  t.server = createStreamServer(t.ma, connCb, {ReuseAddr}, t)
+  t.server = createStreamServer(t.ma, connCb, serverFlags, t)
   t.server.start()
 
   # always get the resolved address in case we're bound to 0.0.0.0:0
diff --git a/libp2p/transports/transport.nim b/libp2p/transports/transport.nim
index 72b01ebae..ef40839b2 100644
--- a/libp2p/transports/transport.nim
+++ b/libp2p/transports/transport.nim
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ import ../connection,
        ../multicodec,
        ../errors
 
+export ServerFlags
+
 type
   ConnHandler* = proc (conn: Connection): Future[void] {.gcsafe.}
 
@@ -39,7 +41,8 @@ method close*(t: Transport) {.base, async, gcsafe.} =
 
 method listen*(t: Transport,
                ma: MultiAddress,
-               handler: ConnHandler):
+               handler: ConnHandler,
+               serverFlags: set[ServerFlags] = {}):
                Future[Future[void]] {.base, async, gcsafe.} =
   ## listen for incoming connections
   t.ma = ma