diff --git a/shadowsocks/shell.py b/shadowsocks/shell.py
index d53e461..69853d0 100644
--- a/shadowsocks/shell.py
+++ b/shadowsocks/shell.py
@@ -261,6 +261,12 @@ def get_config(is_local):
         except Exception as e:
             logging.error(e)
             sys.exit(2)
+        try:
+            config['ignore_bind'] = \
+                IPNetwork(config.get('ignore_bind', '127.0.0.0/8,::1/128'))
+        except Exception as e:
+            logging.error(e)
+            sys.exit(2)
     config['server_port'] = config.get('server_port', 8388)
 
     logging.getLogger('').handlers = []
diff --git a/shadowsocks/tcprelay.py b/shadowsocks/tcprelay.py
index 7fa4f35..1a080bb 100644
--- a/shadowsocks/tcprelay.py
+++ b/shadowsocks/tcprelay.py
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ class TCPRelayHandler(object):
         self._redir_list = config.get('redirect', ["0.0.0.0:0"])
         self._bind = config.get('out_bind', '')
         self._bindv6 = config.get('out_bindv6', '')
+        self._ignore_bind_list = config.get('ignore_bind', [])
 
         self._fastopen_connected = False
         self._data_to_write_to_local = []
@@ -528,10 +529,13 @@ class TCPRelayHandler(object):
                     bind_addr = self._local_sock.getsockname()[0]
 
                 bind_addr = bind_addr.replace("::ffff:", "")
-                local_addrs = socket.getaddrinfo(bind_addr, port, 0, socket.SOCK_STREAM, socket.SOL_TCP)
-                if local_addrs[0][0] == af:
-                    logging.debug("bind %s" % (bind_addr,))
-                    remote_sock.bind((bind_addr, 0))
+                if bind_addr in self._ignore_bind_list:
+                    bind_addr = None
+                if bind_addr:
+                    local_addrs = socket.getaddrinfo(bind_addr, port, 0, socket.SOCK_STREAM, socket.SOL_TCP)
+                    if local_addrs[0][0] == af:
+                        logging.debug("bind %s" % (bind_addr,))
+                        remote_sock.bind((bind_addr, 0))
         return remote_sock
 
     def _handle_dns_resolved(self, result, error):