diff --git a/src/uhttpd.c b/src/uhttpd.c
index e82a70e..a5fb931 100644
--- a/src/uhttpd.c
+++ b/src/uhttpd.c
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <netdb.h>
-#include <arpa/inet.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #ifdef HAVE_DLOPEN
 #include <dlfcn.h>
@@ -145,6 +144,40 @@ static void uh_worker_exit(struct ev_loop *loop, struct ev_child *w, int revents
     free(wk);
 }
 
+static int uh_socket(int family)
+{
+    int on = 1;
+    int sock;
+
+    sock = socket(family, SOCK_STREAM | SOCK_NONBLOCK | SOCK_CLOEXEC, 0);
+    if (sock < 0) {
+        uh_log_err("socket: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    if (setsockopt(sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, &on, sizeof(int)) < 0) {
+        uh_log_err("setsockopt: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+        close(sock);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    setsockopt(sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEPORT, &on, sizeof(int));
+
+    return sock;
+}
+
+static int uh_listen(int sock, struct sockaddr *addr, socklen_t addrlen)
+{
+    if (bind(sock, addr, addrlen) < 0) {
+        uh_log_err("bind: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    listen(sock, SOMAXCONN);
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
 static void uh_start_worker(struct uh_server *srv, int n)
 {
     struct uh_server_internal *srvi = (struct uh_server_internal *)srv;
@@ -159,6 +192,9 @@ static void uh_start_worker(struct uh_server *srv, int n)
 
     uh_stop_accept(srvi);
 
+    if (srvi->reuseport)
+        close(srvi->sock);
+
     for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
         pids[i] = fork();
         switch (pids[i]) {
@@ -167,6 +203,12 @@ static void uh_start_worker(struct uh_server *srv, int n)
             return;
         case 0:
             ev_loop_fork(srvi->loop);
+
+            if (srvi->reuseport) {
+                srvi->sock = uh_socket(srvi->addr.sa.sa_family);
+                uh_listen(srvi->sock, &srvi->addr.sa, srvi->addrlen);
+            }
+
             uh_start_accept(srvi);
 
             uh_log_info("worker %d started\n", i);
@@ -337,7 +379,6 @@ int uh_server_init(struct uh_server *srv, struct ev_loop *loop, const char *host
     char addr_str[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN];
     socklen_t addrlen;
     int sock = -1;
-    int on = 1;
 
     if (!host || *host == '\0') {
         addr.sin.sin_family = AF_INET;
@@ -377,34 +418,31 @@ int uh_server_init(struct uh_server *srv, struct ev_loop *loop, const char *host
         inet_ntop(AF_INET6, &addr.sin6.sin6_addr, addr_str, sizeof(addr_str));
     }
 
-    sock = socket(addr.sa.sa_family, SOCK_STREAM | SOCK_NONBLOCK | SOCK_CLOEXEC, 0);
-    if (sock < 0) {
-        uh_log_err("socket: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+    memset(srvi, 0, sizeof(struct uh_server_internal));
+
+    srvi->loop = loop ? loop : EV_DEFAULT;
+
+    srvi->reuseport = support_so_reuseport();
+
+    sock = uh_socket(addr.sa.sa_family);
+    if (sock < 0)
         return -1;
-    }
 
-    if (setsockopt(sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, &on, sizeof(int)) < 0) {
-        uh_log_err("setsockopt: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+    if (uh_listen(sock, &addr.sa, addrlen) < 0)
         goto err;
-    }
 
-    if (bind(sock, &addr.sa, addrlen) < 0) {
-        close(sock);
-        uh_log_err("bind: %s\n", strerror(errno));
-        goto err;
-    }
+    srvi->sock = sock;
 
-    listen(sock, SOMAXCONN);
+    uh_start_accept(srvi);
+
+    srvi->addrlen = addrlen;
+    memcpy(&srvi->addr, &addr, sizeof(addr));
 
     if (uh_log_get_threshold() == LOG_DEBUG) {
         saddr2str(&addr.sa, addr_str, sizeof(addr_str), &port);
         uh_log_debug("Listen on: %s %d\n", addr_str, port);
     }
 
-    memset(srvi, 0, sizeof(struct uh_server_internal));
-
-    srvi->loop = loop ? loop : EV_DEFAULT;
-    srvi->sock = sock;
     srv->free = uh_server_free;
     srv->start_worker = uh_start_worker;
 
@@ -420,8 +458,6 @@ int uh_server_init(struct uh_server *srv, struct ev_loop *loop, const char *host
     srv->set_docroot = uh_set_docroot;
     srv->set_index_page = uh_set_index_page;
 
-    uh_start_accept(srvi);
-
     return 0;
 
 err:
diff --git a/src/uhttpd_internal.h b/src/uhttpd_internal.h
index 8f017b4..619853a 100644
--- a/src/uhttpd_internal.h
+++ b/src/uhttpd_internal.h
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 #ifndef LIBUHTTPD_UHTTPD_INTERNAL_H
 #define LIBUHTTPD_UHTTPD_INTERNAL_H
 
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+
 #include "uhttpd.h"
 
 struct uh_connection_internal;
@@ -32,6 +34,13 @@ struct uh_connection_internal;
 struct uh_server_internal {
     struct uh_server com;
     int sock;
+    bool reuseport;
+    union {
+        struct sockaddr     sa;
+        struct sockaddr_in  sin;
+        struct sockaddr_in6 sin6;
+    } addr;
+    socklen_t addrlen;
     char *docroot;
     char *index_page;
     struct ev_loop *loop;
diff --git a/src/utils.c b/src/utils.c
index c51f1a0..77b38c1 100644
--- a/src/utils.c
+++ b/src/utils.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <inttypes.h>
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
 #include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 
 #include "utils.h"
 
@@ -44,3 +45,19 @@ const char *saddr2str(struct sockaddr *addr, char buf[], int len, int *port)
 
     return buf;
 }
+
+bool support_so_reuseport()
+{
+    bool ok = false;
+    int on = 1;
+    int sock;
+
+    sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+
+    if (!setsockopt(sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEPORT, &on, sizeof(int)))
+        ok = true;
+
+    close(sock);
+
+    return ok;
+}
diff --git a/src/utils.h b/src/utils.h
index 705a6cd..220f087 100644
--- a/src/utils.h
+++ b/src/utils.h
@@ -41,4 +41,6 @@
 
 const char *saddr2str(struct sockaddr *addr, char buf[], int len, int *port);
 
+bool support_so_reuseport();
+
 #endif