diff --git a/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/attributes/default.rb b/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/attributes/default.rb
index d7062da..1739f29 100644
--- a/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/attributes/default.rb
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ default['gitlab']['gitlab-rails']['rate_limit_period'] = 60
 
 default['gitlab']['gitlab-rails']['gitlab_host'] = node['fqdn']
 default['gitlab']['gitlab-rails']['gitlab_port'] = 80
+default['gitlab']['gitlab-rails']['gitlab_addr'] = '*'
 default['gitlab']['gitlab-rails']['gitlab_https'] = false
 default['gitlab']['gitlab-rails']['gitlab_email_from'] = "gitlab@#{node['fqdn']}"
 default['gitlab']['gitlab-rails']['gitlab_support_email'] = "support@localhost"
diff --git a/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/nginx.rb b/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/nginx.rb
index 42c1e70..d0da689 100644
--- a/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/nginx.rb
+++ b/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/nginx.rb
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ template nginx_vars[:gitlab_http_config] do
       :https => node['gitlab']['gitlab-rails']['gitlab_https'],
       :socket => node['gitlab']['unicorn']['socket'],
       :port => node['gitlab']['gitlab-rails']['gitlab_port'],
+      :bind_address => node['gitlab']['gitlab-rails']['gitlab_addr'],
       :redirect_http_to_https => node['gitlab']['nginx']['redirect_http_to_https'],
       :redirect_http_to_https_port => node['gitlab']['nginx']['redirect_http_to_https_port'],
       :ssl_certificate => node['gitlab']['nginx']['ssl_certificate'],
diff --git a/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/templates/default/nginx-gitlab-http.conf.erb b/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/templates/default/nginx-gitlab-http.conf.erb
index d2635aa..dbe8ccc 100644
--- a/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/templates/default/nginx-gitlab-http.conf.erb
+++ b/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/templates/default/nginx-gitlab-http.conf.erb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ upstream gitlab {
 
 <% if @https && @redirect_http_to_https %>
 server {
-  listen *:<%= @redirect_http_to_https_port %>;
+  listen <%= @bind_address %>:<%= @redirect_http_to_https_port %>;
   server_name <%= @fqdn %>;
   server_tokens off;
   return 301 https://<%= @fqdn %>:<%= @port %>$request_uri;
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ server {
 <% end %>
 
 server {
-  listen *:<%= @port %>;
+  listen <%= @bind_address %>:<%= @port %>;
   server_name <%= @fqdn %>;
   server_tokens off;     # don't show the version number, a security best practice
   root /opt/gitlab/embedded/service/gitlab-rails/public;
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