diff --git a/examples/org.eclipse.glsp.example.workflow/src/org/eclipse/glsp/example/workflow/launch/WorkflowServerLauncher.java b/examples/org.eclipse.glsp.example.workflow/src/org/eclipse/glsp/example/workflow/launch/WorkflowServerLauncher.java
index 853396d0..5f3a7777 100644
--- a/examples/org.eclipse.glsp.example.workflow/src/org/eclipse/glsp/example/workflow/launch/WorkflowServerLauncher.java
+++ b/examples/org.eclipse.glsp.example.workflow/src/org/eclipse/glsp/example/workflow/launch/WorkflowServerLauncher.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ public static void main(final String[] args) {
          ElkLayoutEngine.initialize(new LayeredMetaDataProvider());
 
          int port = parser.parsePort();
+         String host = parser.parseHostname();
          ServerModule workflowServerModule = new WorkflowServerModule()
             .configureDiagramModule(new WorkflowDiagramModule());
 
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ public static void main(final String[] args) {
             ? new WebsocketServerLauncher(workflowServerModule, "/workflow", parser.parseWebsocketLogLevel())
             : new SocketGLSPServerLauncher(workflowServerModule);
 
-         launcher.start("localhost", port, parser);
+         launcher.start(host, port, parser);
 
       } catch (ParseException ex) {
          ex.printStackTrace();
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.glsp.server/src/org/eclipse/glsp/server/launch/DefaultCLIParser.java b/plugins/org.eclipse.glsp.server/src/org/eclipse/glsp/server/launch/DefaultCLIParser.java
index 64770509..769aa52b 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.glsp.server/src/org/eclipse/glsp/server/launch/DefaultCLIParser.java
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.glsp.server/src/org/eclipse/glsp/server/launch/DefaultCLIParser.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 public class DefaultCLIParser extends CLIParser {
    public static final String OPTION_HELP = "help";
    public static final String OPTION_PORT = "port";
+   public static final String OPTION_HOST_NAME = "host";
    public static final String OPTION_CONSOLE_LOG = "consoleLog";
    public static final String OPTION_FILE_LOG = "fileLog";
    public static final String OPTION_LOG_LEVEL = "logLevel";
@@ -45,6 +46,10 @@ public int parsePort() {
       return parseIntOption(OPTION_PORT, DefaultOptions.SERVER_PORT, validator);
    }
 
+   public String parseHostname() {
+      return parseOption(OPTION_HOST_NAME, DefaultOptions.HOST_NAME);
+   }
+
    public String parseLogDir() {
       Predicate<String> validator = (logDirArg) -> {
          File file = new File(logDirArg);
@@ -68,6 +73,8 @@ public Level parseLogLevel() {
    public static Options getDefaultOptions() {
       Options options = new Options();
       options.addOption("h", OPTION_HELP, false, "Display usage information about GLSPServerLauncher");
+      options.addOption("n", OPTION_HOST_NAME, true, String.format("Set server host name. [default='%s']",
+         DefaultOptions.HOST_NAME));
       options.addOption("p", OPTION_PORT, true,
          String.format("Set server port. [default='%s']", DefaultOptions.SERVER_PORT));
       options.addOption("c", OPTION_CONSOLE_LOG, true,
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.glsp.server/src/org/eclipse/glsp/server/utils/LaunchUtil.java b/plugins/org.eclipse.glsp.server/src/org/eclipse/glsp/server/utils/LaunchUtil.java
index ca7fa01d..fb0540a5 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.glsp.server/src/org/eclipse/glsp/server/utils/LaunchUtil.java
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.glsp.server/src/org/eclipse/glsp/server/utils/LaunchUtil.java
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ private LaunchUtil() {}
 
    public static final class DefaultOptions {
       public static final int SERVER_PORT = 0;
+      public static final String HOST_NAME = "127.0.0.1";
       public static final Level LOG_LEVEL = Level.INFO;
       public static final String LOG_DIR = new File("./logs/").getAbsolutePath();
       public static final boolean CONSOLE_LOG_ENABLED = true;