diff --git a/configs/development.ini b/configs/development.ini
--- a/configs/development.ini
+++ b/configs/development.ini
@@ -551,6 +551,10 @@ vcs.scm_app_implementation = http
 ## `http` - use http-rpc backend (default)
 vcs.hooks.protocol = http
 
+## Host on which this instance is listening for hooks. If vcsserver is in other location
+## this should be adjusted.
+vcs.hooks.host = 127.0.0.1
+
 vcs.server.log_level = debug
 ## Start VCSServer with this instance as a subprocess, usefull for development
 vcs.start_server = false
diff --git a/configs/production.ini b/configs/production.ini
--- a/configs/production.ini
+++ b/configs/production.ini
@@ -520,6 +520,9 @@ vcs.scm_app_implementation = http
 ## Push/Pull operations hooks protocol, available options are:
 ## `http` - use http-rpc backend (default)
 vcs.hooks.protocol = http
+## Host on which this instance is listening for hooks. If vcsserver is in other location
+## this should be adjusted.
+vcs.hooks.host = 127.0.0.1
 
 vcs.server.log_level = info
 ## Start VCSServer with this instance as a subprocess, usefull for development
diff --git a/rhodecode/apps/ssh_support/lib/backends/base.py b/rhodecode/apps/ssh_support/lib/backends/base.py
--- a/rhodecode/apps/ssh_support/lib/backends/base.py
+++ b/rhodecode/apps/ssh_support/lib/backends/base.py
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ class VcsServer(object):
 
         callback_daemon, extras = prepare_callback_daemon(
             extras, protocol=vcs_settings.HOOKS_PROTOCOL,
+            host=vcs_settings.HOOKS_HOST,
             use_direct_calls=False)
 
         with callback_daemon:
diff --git a/rhodecode/config/middleware.py b/rhodecode/config/middleware.py
--- a/rhodecode/config/middleware.py
+++ b/rhodecode/config/middleware.py
@@ -401,6 +401,7 @@ def _sanitize_vcs_settings(settings):
     _string_setting(settings, 'vcs.svn.compatible_version', '')
     _string_setting(settings, 'git_rev_filter', '--all')
     _string_setting(settings, 'vcs.hooks.protocol', 'http')
+    _string_setting(settings, 'vcs.hooks.host', '127.0.0.1')
     _string_setting(settings, 'vcs.scm_app_implementation', 'http')
     _string_setting(settings, 'vcs.server', '')
     _string_setting(settings, 'vcs.server.log_level', 'debug')
diff --git a/rhodecode/config/utils.py b/rhodecode/config/utils.py
--- a/rhodecode/config/utils.py
+++ b/rhodecode/config/utils.py
@@ -25,12 +25,13 @@ import platform
 from rhodecode.model import init_model
 
 
-
 def configure_vcs(config):
     """
     Patch VCS config with some RhodeCode specific stuff
     """
     from rhodecode.lib.vcs import conf
+    import rhodecode.lib.vcs.conf.settings
+
     conf.settings.BACKENDS = {
         'hg': 'rhodecode.lib.vcs.backends.hg.MercurialRepository',
         'git': 'rhodecode.lib.vcs.backends.git.GitRepository',
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ def configure_vcs(config):
     }
 
     conf.settings.HOOKS_PROTOCOL = config['vcs.hooks.protocol']
+    conf.settings.HOOKS_HOST = config['vcs.hooks.host']
     conf.settings.HOOKS_DIRECT_CALLS = config['vcs.hooks.direct_calls']
     conf.settings.GIT_REV_FILTER = shlex.split(config['git_rev_filter'])
     conf.settings.DEFAULT_ENCODINGS = config['default_encoding']
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
@@ -119,8 +119,8 @@ class ThreadedHookCallbackDaemon(object)
     _daemon = None
     _done = False
 
-    def __init__(self, txn_id=None, port=None):
-        self._prepare(txn_id=txn_id, port=port)
+    def __init__(self, txn_id=None, host=None, port=None):
+        self._prepare(txn_id=txn_id, host=None, port=port)
 
     def __enter__(self):
         self._run()
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ class ThreadedHookCallbackDaemon(object)
         log.debug('Callback daemon exiting now...')
         self._stop()
 
-    def _prepare(self, txn_id=None, port=None):
+    def _prepare(self, txn_id=None, host=None, port=None):
         raise NotImplementedError()
 
     def _run(self):
@@ -147,17 +147,16 @@ class HttpHooksCallbackDaemon(ThreadedHo
 
     hooks_uri = None
 
-    IP_ADDRESS = '127.0.0.1'
-
     # From Python docs: Polling reduces our responsiveness to a shutdown
     # request and wastes cpu at all other times.
     POLL_INTERVAL = 0.01
 
-    def _prepare(self, txn_id=None, port=None):
+    def _prepare(self, txn_id=None, host=None, port=None):
+        host = host or '127.0.0.1'
         self._done = False
-        self._daemon = TCPServer((self.IP_ADDRESS, port or 0), HooksHttpHandler)
+        self._daemon = TCPServer((host, port or 0), HooksHttpHandler)
         _, port = self._daemon.server_address
-        self.hooks_uri = '{}:{}'.format(self.IP_ADDRESS, port)
+        self.hooks_uri = '{}:{}'.format(host, port)
         self.txn_id = txn_id
         # inject transaction_id for later verification
         self._daemon.txn_id = self.txn_id
@@ -220,7 +219,7 @@ def get_txn_id_from_store(txn_id):
         return {}
 
 
-def prepare_callback_daemon(extras, protocol, use_direct_calls, txn_id=None):
+def prepare_callback_daemon(extras, protocol, host, use_direct_calls, txn_id=None):
     txn_details = get_txn_id_from_store(txn_id)
     port = txn_details.get('port', 0)
     if use_direct_calls:
@@ -228,7 +227,8 @@ def prepare_callback_daemon(extras, prot
         extras['hooks_module'] = callback_daemon.hooks_module
     else:
         if protocol == 'http':
-            callback_daemon = HttpHooksCallbackDaemon(txn_id=txn_id, port=port)
+            callback_daemon = HttpHooksCallbackDaemon(
+                txn_id=txn_id, host=host, port=port)
         else:
             log.error('Unsupported callback daemon protocol "%s"', protocol)
             raise Exception('Unsupported callback daemon protocol.')
diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/middleware/simplevcs.py b/rhodecode/lib/middleware/simplevcs.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/middleware/simplevcs.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/middleware/simplevcs.py
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ class SimpleVCS(object):
 
         return prepare_callback_daemon(
             extras, protocol=vcs_settings.HOOKS_PROTOCOL,
-            use_direct_calls=direct_calls, txn_id=txn_id)
+            host=vcs_settings.HOOKS_HOST, use_direct_calls=direct_calls, txn_id=txn_id)
 
 
 def _should_check_locking(query_string):
diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/vcs/conf/settings.py b/rhodecode/lib/vcs/conf/settings.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/vcs/conf/settings.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/vcs/conf/settings.py
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ ARCHIVE_SPECS = {
 
 HOOKS_PROTOCOL = None
 HOOKS_DIRECT_CALLS = False
+HOOKS_HOST = '127.0.0.1'
 
 
 def available_aliases():
diff --git a/rhodecode/model/pull_request.py b/rhodecode/model/pull_request.py
--- a/rhodecode/model/pull_request.py
+++ b/rhodecode/model/pull_request.py
@@ -622,6 +622,7 @@ class PullRequestModel(BaseModel):
 
         callback_daemon, extras = prepare_callback_daemon(
             extras, protocol=vcs_settings.HOOKS_PROTOCOL,
+            host=vcs_settings.HOOKS_HOST,
             use_direct_calls=vcs_settings.HOOKS_DIRECT_CALLS)
 
         with callback_daemon:
diff --git a/rhodecode/tests/config/test_sanitize_settings.py b/rhodecode/tests/config/test_sanitize_settings.py
--- a/rhodecode/tests/config/test_sanitize_settings.py
+++ b/rhodecode/tests/config/test_sanitize_settings.py
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ class TestSanitizeVcsSettings(object):
         ('vcs.svn.compatible_version', ''),
         ('git_rev_filter', '--all'),
         ('vcs.hooks.protocol', 'http'),
+        ('vcs.hooks.host', '127.0.0.1'),
         ('vcs.scm_app_implementation', 'http'),
         ('vcs.server', ''),
         ('vcs.server.log_level', 'debug'),
diff --git a/rhodecode/tests/lib/middleware/test_simplevcs.py b/rhodecode/tests/lib/middleware/test_simplevcs.py
--- a/rhodecode/tests/lib/middleware/test_simplevcs.py
+++ b/rhodecode/tests/lib/middleware/test_simplevcs.py
@@ -465,6 +465,7 @@ class TestPrepareHooksDaemon(object):
         prepare_mock.assert_called_once_with(
             expected_extras,
             protocol=app_settings['vcs.hooks.protocol'],
+            host=app_settings['vcs.hooks.host'],
             txn_id=None,
             use_direct_calls=app_settings['vcs.hooks.direct_calls'])
 
diff --git a/rhodecode/tests/lib/test_hooks_daemon.py b/rhodecode/tests/lib/test_hooks_daemon.py
--- a/rhodecode/tests/lib/test_hooks_daemon.py
+++ b/rhodecode/tests/lib/test_hooks_daemon.py
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ class TestHttpHooksCallbackDaemon(object
         assert daemon._daemon == tcp_server
 
         _, port = tcp_server.server_address
-        expected_uri = '{}:{}'.format(daemon.IP_ADDRESS, port)
+        expected_uri = '{}:{}'.format('127.0.0.1', port)
         msg = 'Preparing HTTP callback daemon at `{}` and ' \
               'registering hook object'.format(expected_uri)
         assert_message_in_log(
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ class TestHttpHooksCallbackDaemon(object
             daemon = hooks_daemon.HttpHooksCallbackDaemon()
 
         _, port = tcp_server.server_address
-        expected_uri = '{}:{}'.format(daemon.IP_ADDRESS, port)
+        expected_uri = '{}:{}'.format('127.0.0.1', port)
         assert daemon.hooks_uri == expected_uri
 
         msg = 'Preparing HTTP callback daemon at `{}` and ' \
@@ -264,7 +264,8 @@ class TestPrepareHooksDaemon(object):
             self, protocol):
         expected_extras = {'extra1': 'value1'}
         callback, extras = hooks_daemon.prepare_callback_daemon(
-            expected_extras.copy(), protocol=protocol, use_direct_calls=True)
+            expected_extras.copy(), protocol=protocol,
+            host='127.0.0.1', use_direct_calls=True)
         assert isinstance(callback, hooks_daemon.DummyHooksCallbackDaemon)
         expected_extras['hooks_module'] = 'rhodecode.lib.hooks_daemon'
         expected_extras['time'] = extras['time']
@@ -281,7 +282,8 @@ class TestPrepareHooksDaemon(object):
             'hooks_protocol': protocol.lower()
         }
         callback, extras = hooks_daemon.prepare_callback_daemon(
-            expected_extras.copy(), protocol=protocol, use_direct_calls=False,
+            expected_extras.copy(), protocol=protocol, host='127.0.0.1',
+            use_direct_calls=False,
             txn_id='txnid2')
         assert isinstance(callback, expected_class)
         extras.pop('hooks_uri')
@@ -301,7 +303,7 @@ class TestPrepareHooksDaemon(object):
         with pytest.raises(Exception):
             callback, extras = hooks_daemon.prepare_callback_daemon(
                 expected_extras.copy(),
-                protocol=protocol,
+                protocol=protocol, host='127.0.0.1',
                 use_direct_calls=False)
 
 
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
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ def ini_config(request, tmpdir_factory, 
             'vcs.server.protocol': 'http',
             'vcs.scm_app_implementation': 'http',
             'vcs.hooks.protocol': 'http',
+            'vcs.hooks.host': '127.0.0.1',
         }},
 
         {'handler_console': {
diff --git a/rhodecode/tests/rhodecode.ini b/rhodecode/tests/rhodecode.ini
--- a/rhodecode/tests/rhodecode.ini
+++ b/rhodecode/tests/rhodecode.ini
@@ -521,6 +521,7 @@ vcs.scm_app_implementation = http
 ## Push/Pull operations hooks protocol, available options are:
 ## `http` - use http-rpc backend (default)
 vcs.hooks.protocol = http
+vcs.hooks.host = 127.0.0.1
 
 vcs.server.log_level = debug
 ## Start VCSServer with this instance as a subprocess, usefull for development