diff --git a/contrib/completions/bash/kubectl b/contrib/completions/bash/kubectl
index 8c05586fa31..dc25cdfce34 100644
--- a/contrib/completions/bash/kubectl
+++ b/contrib/completions/bash/kubectl
@@ -687,6 +687,7 @@ _kubectl_proxy()
 
     flags+=("--accept-hosts=")
     flags+=("--accept-paths=")
+    flags+=("--address=")
     flags+=("--api-prefix=")
     flags+=("--disable-filter")
     flags+=("--port=")
diff --git a/docs/man/man1/kubectl-proxy.1 b/docs/man/man1/kubectl-proxy.1
index b2e232da800..4fcb828c667 100644
--- a/docs/man/man1/kubectl-proxy.1
+++ b/docs/man/man1/kubectl-proxy.1
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ The above lets you 'curl localhost:8001/custom/api/v1/pods'
 \fB\-\-accept\-paths\fP="^/.*"
     Regular expression for paths that the proxy should accept.
 
+.PP
+\fB\-\-address\fP="127.0.0.1"
+    The IP address on which to serve on.
+
 .PP
 \fB\-\-api\-prefix\fP="/api/"
     Prefix to serve the proxied API under.
diff --git a/docs/user-guide/kubectl/kubectl_proxy.md b/docs/user-guide/kubectl/kubectl_proxy.md
index 2be1e5f938b..db211b5856e 100644
--- a/docs/user-guide/kubectl/kubectl_proxy.md
+++ b/docs/user-guide/kubectl/kubectl_proxy.md
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ $ kubectl proxy --api-prefix=/k8s-api
 ```
       --accept-hosts="^localhost$,^127\\.0\\.0\\.1$,^\\[::1\\]$": Regular expression for hosts that the proxy should accept.
       --accept-paths="^/.*": Regular expression for paths that the proxy should accept.
+      --address="127.0.0.1": The IP address on which to serve on.
       --api-prefix="/api/": Prefix to serve the proxied API under.
       --disable-filter[=false]: If true, disable request filtering in the proxy. This is dangerous, and can leave you vulnerable to XSRF attacks, when used with an accessible port.
   -p, --port=8001: The port on which to run the proxy. Set to 0 to pick a random port.
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ $ kubectl proxy --api-prefix=/k8s-api
 
 * [kubectl](kubectl.md)	 - kubectl controls the Kubernetes cluster manager
 
-###### Auto generated by spf13/cobra at 2015-09-10 18:53:03.156927042 +0000 UTC
+###### Auto generated by spf13/cobra at 2015-09-30 13:52:13.608206963 +0000 UTC
 
 <!-- BEGIN MUNGE: GENERATED_ANALYTICS -->
 [![Analytics](https://kubernetes-site.appspot.com/UA-36037335-10/GitHub/docs/user-guide/kubectl/kubectl_proxy.md?pixel)]()
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/proxy.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/proxy.go
index 5ab96b185ee..5ec9114f16d 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/proxy.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/proxy.go
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ The above lets you 'curl localhost:8001/custom/api/v1/pods'
 	cmd.Flags().String("accept-hosts", kubectl.DefaultHostAcceptRE, "Regular expression for hosts that the proxy should accept.")
 	cmd.Flags().String("reject-methods", kubectl.DefaultMethodRejectRE, "Regular expression for HTTP methods that the proxy should reject.")
 	cmd.Flags().IntP("port", "p", default_port, "The port on which to run the proxy. Set to 0 to pick a random port.")
+	cmd.Flags().StringP("address", "", "127.0.0.1", "The IP address on which to serve on.")
 	cmd.Flags().Bool("disable-filter", false, "If true, disable request filtering in the proxy. This is dangerous, and can leave you vulnerable to XSRF attacks, when used with an accessible port.")
 	cmd.Flags().StringP("unix-socket", "u", "", "Unix socket on which to run the proxy.")
 	return cmd
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ The above lets you 'curl localhost:8001/custom/api/v1/pods'
 func RunProxy(f *cmdutil.Factory, out io.Writer, cmd *cobra.Command) error {
 	path := cmdutil.GetFlagString(cmd, "unix-socket")
 	port := cmdutil.GetFlagInt(cmd, "port")
+	address := cmdutil.GetFlagString(cmd, "address")
 
 	if port != default_port && path != "" {
 		return errors.New("Don't specify both --unix-socket and --port")
@@ -122,7 +124,7 @@ func RunProxy(f *cmdutil.Factory, out io.Writer, cmd *cobra.Command) error {
 	// when it is chosen by os (eg: port == 0)
 	var l net.Listener
 	if path == "" {
-		l, err = server.Listen(port)
+		l, err = server.Listen(address, port)
 	} else {
 		l, err = server.ListenUnix(path)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/proxy_server.go b/pkg/kubectl/proxy_server.go
index 09fef59d810..11125023ddc 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/proxy_server.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/proxy_server.go
@@ -179,8 +179,8 @@ func NewProxyServer(filebase string, apiProxyPrefix string, staticPrefix string,
 }
 
 // Listen is a simple wrapper around net.Listen.
-func (s *ProxyServer) Listen(port int) (net.Listener, error) {
-	return net.Listen("tcp", fmt.Sprintf("127.0.0.1:%d", port))
+func (s *ProxyServer) Listen(address string, port int) (net.Listener, error) {
+	return net.Listen("tcp", fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", address, port))
 }
 
 // ListenUnix does net.Listen for a unix socket