diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 8bbc8c33..2fad5525 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ swift_tempauth_users:
   - "user_admin_admin = admin .admin .reseller_admin"
 
 ## Swift default ports
+swift_proxy_bind_address: "{{ openstack_service_bind_address | default('0.0.0.0') }}"
 swift_proxy_port: "8080"
 # You can change the object, container, account ports.
 # This will update the ring, on the next playbook run,
diff --git a/templates/proxy-server.conf.j2 b/templates/proxy-server.conf.j2
index 48e2ca11..1db3f4c8 100644
--- a/templates/proxy-server.conf.j2
+++ b/templates/proxy-server.conf.j2
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 [DEFAULT]
 # Disable stderr logging
 use_stderr = False
-bind_ip = 0.0.0.0
+bind_ip = {{ swift_proxy_bind_address }}
 bind_port = {{ swift_proxy_port }}
 workers = {{ swift_proxy_server_workers }}