diff --git a/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/ShutdownMonitor.java b/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/ShutdownMonitor.java
index d2da9a9a637..3b71a745cae 100644
--- a/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/ShutdownMonitor.java
+++ b/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/ShutdownMonitor.java
@@ -28,10 +28,8 @@ import java.net.ServerSocket;
 import java.net.Socket;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Properties;
 import java.util.Set;
-import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList;
 import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArraySet;
 
 import org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.Destroyable;
@@ -41,8 +39,8 @@ import org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.ShutdownThread;
 /**
  * Shutdown/Stop Monitor thread.
  * <p>
- * This thread listens on the port specified by the STOP.PORT system parameter (defaults to -1 for not listening) for request authenticated with the key given
- * by the STOP.KEY system parameter (defaults to "eclipse") for admin requests.
+ * This thread listens on the host/port specified by the STOP.HOST/STOP.PORT system parameter (defaults to 127.0.0.1/-1 for not listening) for 
+ * request authenticated with the key given by the STOP.KEY system parameter (defaults to "eclipse") for admin requests.
  * <p>
  * If the stop port is set to zero, then a random port is assigned and the port number is printed to stdout.
  * <p>
@@ -82,7 +80,7 @@ public class ShutdownMonitor
         return getInstance()._lifeCycles.contains(lifeCycle);
     }
     
-
+    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
     /**
      * ShutdownMonitorRunnable
      *
@@ -297,7 +295,7 @@ public class ShutdownMonitor
             {
                 serverSocket = new ServerSocket();
                 serverSocket.setReuseAddress(true);
-                serverSocket.bind(new InetSocketAddress(InetAddress.getByName("127.0.0.1"), port), 1);
+                serverSocket.bind(new InetSocketAddress(InetAddress.getByName(host), port), 1);
                 if (port == 0)
                 {
                     // server assigned port in use
@@ -330,6 +328,7 @@ public class ShutdownMonitor
     }
     
     private boolean DEBUG;
+    private String host;
     private int port;
     private String key;
     private boolean exitVm;
@@ -351,6 +350,7 @@ public class ShutdownMonitor
         this.DEBUG = props.containsKey("DEBUG");
 
         // Use values passed thru via /jetty-start/
+        this.host = props.getProperty("STOP.HOST","127.0.0.1");
         this.port = Integer.parseInt(props.getProperty("STOP.PORT","-1"));
         this.key = props.getProperty("STOP.KEY",null);
         this.exitVm = true;
diff --git a/jetty-start/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/start/Main.java b/jetty-start/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/start/Main.java
index e4af9bfb56c..62926ea2ec9 100644
--- a/jetty-start/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/start/Main.java
+++ b/jetty-start/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/start/Main.java
@@ -450,6 +450,7 @@ public class Main
 
     private void doStop(StartArgs args)
     {
+        String stopHost = args.getProperties().getString("STOP.HOST");
         int stopPort = Integer.parseInt(args.getProperties().getString("STOP.PORT"));
         String stopKey = args.getProperties().getString("STOP.KEY");
 
@@ -457,41 +458,41 @@ public class Main
         {
             int stopWait = Integer.parseInt(args.getProperties().getString("STOP.WAIT"));
 
-            stop(stopPort,stopKey,stopWait);
+            stop(stopHost,stopPort,stopKey,stopWait);
         }
         else
         {
-            stop(stopPort,stopKey);
+            stop(stopHost,stopPort,stopKey);
         }
     }
 
     /**
      * Stop a running jetty instance.
      */
-    public void stop(int port, String key)
+    public void stop(String host, int port, String key)
     {
-        stop(port,key,0);
+        stop(host,port,key,0);
     }
 
-    public void stop(int port, String key, int timeout)
+    public void stop(String host, int port, String key, int timeout)
     {
-        int _port = port;
-        String _key = key;
-
+        if (host==null || host.length()==0)
+            host="127.0.0.1";
+        
         try
         {
-            if (_port <= 0)
+            if (port <= 0)
             {
                 System.err.println("STOP.PORT system property must be specified");
             }
-            if (_key == null)
+            if (key == null)
             {
-                _key = "";
+                key = "";
                 System.err.println("STOP.KEY system property must be specified");
                 System.err.println("Using empty key");
             }
 
-            try (Socket s = new Socket(InetAddress.getByName("127.0.0.1"),_port))
+            try (Socket s = new Socket(InetAddress.getByName(host),port))
             {
                 if (timeout > 0)
                 {
@@ -500,7 +501,7 @@ public class Main
 
                 try (OutputStream out = s.getOutputStream())
                 {
-                    out.write((_key + "\r\nstop\r\n").getBytes());
+                    out.write((key + "\r\nstop\r\n").getBytes());
                     out.flush();
 
                     if (timeout > 0)
diff --git a/jetty-start/src/main/resources/org/eclipse/jetty/start/usage.txt b/jetty-start/src/main/resources/org/eclipse/jetty/start/usage.txt
index 0817b46738c..eacb16b620c 100644
--- a/jetty-start/src/main/resources/org/eclipse/jetty/start/usage.txt
+++ b/jetty-start/src/main/resources/org/eclipse/jetty/start/usage.txt
@@ -108,6 +108,10 @@ Startup / Shutdown Command Line:
 
 Properties:
 
+    STOP.HOST=[string]
+      The host to use to stop the running Jetty server (defaults to 127.0.0.1)
+      Required along with STOP.PORT if you want to use the --stop option above.
+      
     STOP.PORT=[number]
       The port to use to stop the running Jetty server.
       Required along with STOP.KEY if you want to use the --stop option above.