diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-http/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/http/server/HttpServer.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-http/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/http/server/HttpServer.java
index 1a5c2fa..94a6440 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-http/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/http/server/HttpServer.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-http/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/http/server/HttpServer.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
  */
 package org.apache.hyracks.http.server;
 
+import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -28,9 +29,6 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 
-import io.netty.util.internal.logging.InternalLoggerFactory;
-import io.netty.util.internal.logging.Log4J2LoggerFactory;
-import io.netty.util.internal.logging.Log4JLoggerFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.http.api.IChannelClosedHandler;
 import org.apache.hyracks.http.api.IServlet;
 import org.apache.hyracks.util.MXHelper;
@@ -77,7 +75,7 @@
     private final List<IServlet> servlets;
     private final EventLoopGroup bossGroup;
     private final EventLoopGroup workerGroup;
-    private final int port;
+    private final InetSocketAddress address;
     private final ThreadPoolExecutor executor;
     // Mutable members
     private volatile int state = STOPPED;
@@ -91,14 +89,19 @@
     }
 
     public HttpServer(EventLoopGroup bossGroup, EventLoopGroup workerGroup, int port, HttpServerConfig config) {
-        this(bossGroup, workerGroup, port, config, null);
+        this(bossGroup, workerGroup, new InetSocketAddress(port), config, null);
     }
 
-    public HttpServer(EventLoopGroup bossGroup, EventLoopGroup workerGroup, int port, HttpServerConfig config,
-            IChannelClosedHandler closeHandler) {
+    public HttpServer(EventLoopGroup bossGroup, EventLoopGroup workerGroup, InetSocketAddress address,
+            HttpServerConfig config) {
+        this(bossGroup, workerGroup, address, config, null);
+    }
+
+    public HttpServer(EventLoopGroup bossGroup, EventLoopGroup workerGroup, InetSocketAddress address,
+            HttpServerConfig config, IChannelClosedHandler closeHandler) {
         this.bossGroup = bossGroup;
         this.workerGroup = workerGroup;
-        this.port = port;
+        this.address = address;
         this.closedHandler = closeHandler;
         this.config = config;
         ctx = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
@@ -106,7 +109,8 @@
         workQueue = new LinkedBlockingQueue<>(config.getRequestQueueSize());
         int numExecutorThreads = config.getThreadCount();
         executor = new ThreadPoolExecutor(numExecutorThreads, numExecutorThreads, 0L, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS, workQueue,
-                runnable -> new Thread(runnable, "HttpExecutor(port:" + port + ")-" + threadId.getAndIncrement()));
+                runnable -> new Thread(runnable,
+                        "HttpExecutor(port:" + address.getPort() + ")-" + threadId.getAndIncrement()));
         long directMemoryBudget = numExecutorThreads * (long) HIGH_WRITE_BUFFER_WATER_MARK
                 + numExecutorThreads * config.getMaxResponseChunkSize();
         LOGGER.log(Level.DEBUG,
@@ -130,7 +134,7 @@
                 doStart();
                 setStarted();
             } catch (Throwable e) { // NOSONAR
-                LOGGER.log(Level.ERROR, "Failure starting an Http Server with port: " + port, e);
+                LOGGER.error("Failure starting an Http Server at: {}", address, e);
                 setFailed(e);
                 throw e;
             }
@@ -246,7 +250,7 @@
                 .childOption(ChannelOption.ALLOCATOR, PooledByteBufAllocator.DEFAULT)
                 .childOption(ChannelOption.WRITE_BUFFER_WATER_MARK, WRITE_BUFFER_WATER_MARK)
                 .handler(new LoggingHandler(LogLevel.DEBUG)).childHandler(getChannelInitializer());
-        Channel newChannel = b.bind(port).sync().channel();
+        Channel newChannel = b.bind(address).sync().channel();
         newChannel.closeFuture().addListener(f -> {
             // This listener is invoked from within a netty IO thread. Hence, we can never block it
             // For simplicity, we will submit the recovery task to a different thread
@@ -406,7 +410,7 @@
 
     @Override
     public String toString() {
-        return "{\"class\":\"" + getClass().getSimpleName() + "\",\"port\":" + port + ",\"state\":\"" + getState()
+        return "{\"class\":\"" + getClass().getSimpleName() + "\",\"address\":" + address + ",\"state\":\"" + getState()
                 + "\"}";
     }
 
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-http/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/http/PipelinedRequestsTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-http/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/http/PipelinedRequestsTest.java
index c0117f1..be18914 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-http/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/http/PipelinedRequestsTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-http/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/http/PipelinedRequestsTest.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 package org.apache.hyracks.http;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -83,8 +84,8 @@
         final WebManager webMgr = new WebManager();
         final HttpServerConfig config =
                 HttpServerConfigBuilder.custom().setThreadCount(16).setRequestQueueSize(16).build();
-        final HttpServer server =
-                new HttpServer(webMgr.getBosses(), webMgr.getWorkers(), PORT, config, InterruptOnCloseHandler.INSTANCE);
+        final HttpServer server = new HttpServer(webMgr.getBosses(), webMgr.getWorkers(), new InetSocketAddress(PORT),
+                config, InterruptOnCloseHandler.INSTANCE);
         final SleepyServlet servlet = new SleepyServlet(server.ctx(), new String[] { PATH });
         server.addServlet(servlet);
         webMgr.add(server);
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-http/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/test/http/HttpServerTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-http/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/test/http/HttpServerTest.java
index e341e2f..84c8c65 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-http/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/test/http/HttpServerTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-http/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/test/http/HttpServerTest.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.net.InetAddress;
+import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.net.Socket;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
@@ -319,8 +320,8 @@
         int queueSize = 1;
         final HttpServerConfig config =
                 HttpServerConfigBuilder.custom().setThreadCount(numExecutors).setRequestQueueSize(queueSize).build();
-        HttpServer server =
-                new HttpServer(webMgr.getBosses(), webMgr.getWorkers(), PORT, config, InterruptOnCloseHandler.INSTANCE);
+        HttpServer server = new HttpServer(webMgr.getBosses(), webMgr.getWorkers(), new InetSocketAddress(PORT), config,
+                InterruptOnCloseHandler.INSTANCE);
         SleepyServlet servlet = new SleepyServlet(server.ctx(), new String[] { PATH });
         server.addServlet(servlet);
         webMgr.add(server);