diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/hooks_daemon.py b/rhodecode/lib/hooks_daemon.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/hooks_daemon.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/hooks_daemon.py
@@ -158,18 +158,8 @@ class HttpHooksCallbackDaemon(ThreadedHo
         return socket.gethostname() or '127.0.0.1'
 
     def get_available_port(self, min_port=20000, max_port=65535):
-        sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
-        hostname = self.get_hostname()
-
-        for _ in range(min_port, max_port):
-            pick_port = random.randint(min_port, max_port)
-            try:
-                sock.bind((hostname, pick_port))
-                sock.close()
-                del sock
-                return pick_port
-            except OSError:
-                pass
+        from rhodecode.lib.utils2 import get_available_port as _get_port
+        return _get_port(min_port, max_port)
 
     def _prepare(self, txn_id=None, host=None, port=None):
         if not host or host == "*":
diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/utils2.py b/rhodecode/lib/utils2.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/utils2.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/utils2.py
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ import urllib
 import urlobject
 import uuid
 import getpass
+import socket
+import random
 from functools import update_wrapper, partial, wraps
 
 import pygments.lexers
@@ -1171,3 +1173,21 @@ def user_agent_normalizer(user_agent_raw
             raise
 
     return ua
+
+
+def get_available_port(min_port=40000, max_port=55555):
+    sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+    hostname = '127.0.0.1'
+    pick_port = min_port
+
+    for _ in range(min_port, max_port):
+        pick_port = random.randint(min_port, max_port)
+        try:
+            sock.bind((hostname, pick_port))
+            sock.close()
+            break
+        except OSError:
+            pass
+
+    del sock
+    return pick_port
diff --git a/rhodecode/tests/pylons_plugin.py b/rhodecode/tests/pylons_plugin.py
--- a/rhodecode/tests/pylons_plugin.py
+++ b/rhodecode/tests/pylons_plugin.py
@@ -199,18 +199,8 @@ def ini_settings(ini_config):
 
 
 def get_available_port(min_port=40000, max_port=55555):
-    sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
-    hostname = '127.0.0.1'
-
-    for _ in range(min_port, max_port):
-        pick_port = random.randint(min_port, max_port)
-        try:
-            sock.bind((hostname, pick_port))
-            sock.close()
-            del sock
-            return pick_port
-        except OSError:
-            pass
+    from rhodecode.lib.utils2 import get_available_port as _get_port
+    return _get_port(min_port, max_port)
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope='session')