diff --git a/src/Node/HTTP.js b/src/Node/HTTP.js
index d9c6687..8e294fc 100644
--- a/src/Node/HTTP.js
+++ b/src/Node/HTTP.js
@@ -10,13 +10,29 @@ exports.createServer = function (handleRequest) {
   };
 };
 
-exports.listen = function (server) {
+exports.listenImpl = function (server) {
   return function (port) {
+    return function (hostname) {
+      return function (backlog) {
+        return function (done) {
+          return function () {
+            if (backlog !== null) {
+              server.listen(port, hostname, backlog, done);
+            } else {
+              server.listen(port, hostname, done);
+            }
+          };
+        };
+      };
+    };
+  };
+};
+
+exports.listenSocket = function (server) {
+  return function (path) {
     return function (done) {
       return function () {
-        server.listen(port, function () {
-          done();
-        });
+        server.listen(path, done);
       };
     };
   };
diff --git a/src/Node/HTTP.purs b/src/Node/HTTP.purs
index d368e2c..a0a8dcd 100644
--- a/src/Node/HTTP.purs
+++ b/src/Node/HTTP.purs
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import Prelude
 
 import Control.Monad.Eff (Eff)
 
+import Data.Maybe (Maybe)
+import Data.Nullable (Nullable, toNullable)
 import Data.StrMap (StrMap)
 
 import Node.Stream (Writable, Readable)
@@ -27,8 +29,21 @@ foreign import data HTTP :: !
 -- | Create a HTTP server, given a function to be executed when a request is received.
 foreign import createServer :: forall eff. (Request -> Response -> Eff (http :: HTTP | eff) Unit) -> Eff (http :: HTTP | eff) Server
 
--- | Listen on the specified port. The specified callback will be run when setup is complete.
-foreign import listen :: forall eff. Server -> Int -> Eff (http :: HTTP | eff) Unit -> Eff (http :: HTTP | eff) Unit
+foreign import listenImpl :: forall eff. Server -> Int -> String -> Nullable Int -> Eff (http :: HTTP | eff) Unit -> Eff (http :: HTTP | eff) Unit
+
+-- | Listen on a port in order to start accepting HTTP requests. The specified callback will be run when setup is complete.
+listen :: forall eff. Server -> ListenOptions -> Eff (http :: HTTP | eff) Unit -> Eff (http :: HTTP | eff) Unit
+listen server opts done = listenImpl server opts.port opts.hostname (toNullable opts.backlog) done
+
+-- | Listen on a unix socket. The specified callback will be run when setup is complete.
+foreign import listenSocket :: forall eff. Server -> String -> Eff (http :: HTTP | eff) Unit -> Eff (http :: HTTP | eff) Unit
+
+-- | Options to be supplied to `listen`. See the [Node API](https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v6.x/docs/api/http.html#http_server_listen_handle_callback) for detailed information about these.
+type ListenOptions =
+  { hostname :: String
+  , port :: Int
+  , backlog :: Maybe Int
+  }
 
 -- | Get the request HTTP version
 httpVersion :: Request -> String
diff --git a/test/Main.purs b/test/Main.purs
index 19bfae8..95dcc7c 100644
--- a/test/Main.purs
+++ b/test/Main.purs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import Control.Monad.Eff (Eff)
 import Control.Monad.Eff.Console (CONSOLE, log, logShow)
 
 import Data.Foldable (foldMap)
+import Data.Maybe (Maybe(..))
 
 import Node.Encoding (Encoding(..))
 import Node.HTTP (HTTP, listen, createServer, setHeader, requestMethod, requestURL, responseAsStream, requestAsStream, setStatusCode)
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ main = do
 testBasic :: forall eff. Eff (console :: CONSOLE, http :: HTTP | eff) Unit
 testBasic = do
   server <- createServer respond
-  listen server 8080 $ void do
+  listen server { hostname: "localhost", port: 8080, backlog: Nothing } $ void do
     log "Listening on port 8080."
     simpleReq "http://localhost:8080"
   where