diff --git a/libavformat/tcp.c b/libavformat/tcp.c
index badc0ba935..5313195e5c 100644
--- a/libavformat/tcp.c
+++ b/libavformat/tcp.c
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ static int tcp_open(URLContext *h, const char *uri, int flags)
     hints.ai_family = AF_UNSPEC;
     hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
     snprintf(portstr, sizeof(portstr), "%d", port);
+    if (listen_socket)
+        hints.ai_flags |= AI_PASSIVE;
     ret = getaddrinfo(hostname, portstr, &hints, &ai);
     if (ret) {
         av_log(h, AV_LOG_ERROR,