diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/server/ws.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/server/ws.ts
index 498148933740ef..c8da5e4ab6e82f 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/server/ws.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/server/ws.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ export function createWebSocketServer(
   } else {
     const websocketServerOptions: ServerOptions = {}
     const port = (hmr && hmr.port) || 24678
+    const host = (hmr && hmr.host) || undefined
     if (httpsOptions) {
       // if we're serving the middlewares over https, the ws library doesn't support automatically creating an https server, so we need to do it ourselves
       // create an inline https server and mount the websocket server to it
@@ -60,11 +61,14 @@ export function createWebSocketServer(
         res.end(body)
       })
 
-      httpsServer.listen(port)
+      httpsServer.listen(port, host)
       websocketServerOptions.server = httpsServer
     } else {
       // we don't need to serve over https, just let ws handle its own server
       websocketServerOptions.port = port
+      if (host) {
+        websocketServerOptions.host = host
+      }
     }
 
     // vite dev server in middleware mode