diff --git a/platform/windows/tcp_server_winsock.cpp b/platform/windows/tcp_server_winsock.cpp
index bf7e85aebbb..cc689d9dcfa 100644
--- a/platform/windows/tcp_server_winsock.cpp
+++ b/platform/windows/tcp_server_winsock.cpp
@@ -79,6 +79,13 @@ Error TCPServerWinsock::listen(uint16_t p_port,const List<String> *p_accepted_ho
 	my_addr.sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY; // automatically fill with my IP TODO: use p_accepted_hosts
 	memset(my_addr.sin_zero, '\0', sizeof my_addr.sin_zero);
 
+	int reuse=1;
+	if(setsockopt(sockfd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, (char *)&reuse, sizeof(reuse)) < 0) {
+
+		printf("REUSEADDR failed!");
+	}
+
+
 	if (bind(sockfd, (struct sockaddr *)&my_addr, sizeof my_addr) != SOCKET_ERROR) {
 
 		if (::listen(sockfd, SOMAXCONN) == SOCKET_ERROR) {