diff --git a/modules/shared.py b/modules/shared.py
index 9e744f6ce60cd920c7d7ae4a8ca9de34dcc47d97..70946feaa98e76b96ddbea64646fdb7fec4d109c 100644
--- a/modules/shared.py
+++ b/modules/shared.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ parser.add_argument("--precision", type=str, help="evaluate at this precision",
 parser.add_argument("--share", action='store_true', help="use share=True for gradio and make the UI accessible through their site (doesn't work for me but you might have better luck)")
 parser.add_argument("--esrgan-models-path", type=str, help="path to directory with ESRGAN models", default=os.path.join(script_path, 'ESRGAN'))
 parser.add_argument("--opt-split-attention", action='store_true', help="enable optimization that reduced vram usage by a lot for about 10% decrease in performance")
+parser.add_argument("--listen", action='store_true', help="launch gradio with 0.0.0.0 as server name, allowing to respond to network requests")
 cmd_opts = parser.parse_args()
 
 cpu = torch.device("cpu")
diff --git a/modules/ui.py b/modules/ui.py
index 0d70529ce2e6d9fba05d7eee40dfbbb229eb2181..ec583d14734cde2f75b3a23f70c601fb5dca408d 100644
--- a/modules/ui.py
+++ b/modules/ui.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ mimetypes.init()
 mimetypes.add_type('application/javascript', '.js')
 
 
-if not cmd_opts.share:
+if not cmd_opts.share and not cmd_opts.listen:
     # fix gradio phoning home
     gradio.utils.version_check = lambda: None
     gradio.utils.get_local_ip_address = lambda: '127.0.0.1'
diff --git a/webui.py b/webui.py
index dbc9dd5417e5c563e061dd0142806d0e1a1fdd03..8eebeeee34b8ab2437eee60b8873002a0c345654 100644
--- a/webui.py
+++ b/webui.py
@@ -169,4 +169,4 @@ demo = modules.ui.create_ui(
     run_pnginfo=run_pnginfo
 )
 
-demo.launch(share=cmd_opts.share)
+demo.launch(share=cmd_opts.share, server_name="0.0.0.0" if cmd_opts.listen else None)