diff --git a/example/socket.dart b/example/socket.dart
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..79d957a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/socket.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import 'package:angel_wings/angel_wings.dart';
+
+main() async {
+  var socket = await WingsSocket.bind('127.0.0.1', 3000);
+  print([socket.port]);
+}
diff --git a/lib/angel_wings.dart b/lib/angel_wings.dart
index 718a257b..9bc403ed 100644
--- a/lib/angel_wings.dart
+++ b/lib/angel_wings.dart
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 export 'src/angel_wings.dart';
-export 'src/native_socket.dart';
 export 'src/wings_driver.dart';
 export 'src/wings_request.dart';
-export 'src/wings_response.dart';
\ No newline at end of file
+export 'src/wings_response.dart';
+export 'src/wings_socket.dart';
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/src/wings_driver.dart b/lib/src/wings_driver.dart
index 50413909..dc87e2ad 100644
--- a/lib/src/wings_driver.dart
+++ b/lib/src/wings_driver.dart
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@ import 'dart:convert';
 import 'dart:io' show Cookie;
 import 'dart:typed_data';
 import 'package:angel_framework/angel_framework.dart';
-import 'native_socket.dart';
 import 'wings_request.dart';
 import 'wings_response.dart';
+import 'wings_socket.dart';
 
 class AngelWings extends Driver<int, int, WingsSocket, WingsRequestContext,
     WingsResponseContext> {
   factory AngelWings(Angel app) {
-    return AngelWings._(app, null);
+    return AngelWings._(app, WingsSocket.bind);
   }
 
   AngelWings._(
diff --git a/lib/src/native_socket.dart b/lib/src/wings_socket.dart
similarity index 54%
rename from lib/src/native_socket.dart
rename to lib/src/wings_socket.dart
index ef1b74eb..f3365dac 100644
--- a/lib/src/native_socket.dart
+++ b/lib/src/wings_socket.dart
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ import 'dart:isolate';
 import 'dart:typed_data';
 import 'dart-ext:angel_wings';
 
-int bindWingsIPv4ServerSocket(Uint8List address, int port, SendPort sendPort)
-    native 'Dart_WingsSocket_bind';
+int bindWingsIPv4ServerSocket(Uint8List address, int port, bool shared,
+    int backlog, bool v6Only, SendPort sendPort) native 'Dart_WingsSocket_bind';
 
-int bindWingsIPv6ServerSocket(Uint8List address, int port, SendPort sendPort)
-    native 'Dart_WingsSocket_bind';
+int bindWingsIPv6ServerSocket(Uint8List address, int port, bool shared,
+    int backlog, bool v6Only, SendPort sendPort) native 'Dart_WingsSocket_bind';
 
 int getWingsServerSocketPort(int pointer) native 'Dart_WingsSocket_getPort';
 
@@ -35,17 +35,33 @@ class WingsSocket extends Stream<int> {
     };
   }
 
-  static WingsSocket bind(InternetAddress address, int port) {
+  static Future<WingsSocket> bind(address, int port,
+      {bool shared = false, int backlog = 0, bool v6Only = false}) async {
     var recv = RawReceivePort();
     int ptr;
+    InternetAddress addr;
+
+    if (address is InternetAddress) {
+      addr = address;
+    } else if (address is String) {
+      var addrs = await InternetAddress.lookup(address);
+      if (addrs.isNotEmpty) {
+        addr = addrs[0];
+      } else {
+        throw StateError('Internet address lookup failed: $address');
+      }
+    } else {
+      throw ArgumentError.value(
+          address, 'address', 'must be an InternetAddress or String');
+    }
 
     try {
-      if (address.type == InternetAddressType.IPv6) {
-        ptr = bindWingsIPv6ServerSocket(
-            Uint8List.fromList(address.rawAddress), port, recv.sendPort);
+      if (addr.type == InternetAddressType.IPv6) {
+        ptr = bindWingsIPv6ServerSocket(Uint8List.fromList(addr.rawAddress),
+            port, shared, backlog, v6Only, recv.sendPort);
       } else {
-        ptr = bindWingsIPv4ServerSocket(
-            Uint8List.fromList(address.rawAddress), port, recv.sendPort);
+        ptr = bindWingsIPv4ServerSocket(Uint8List.fromList(addr.rawAddress),
+            port, shared, backlog, v6Only, recv.sendPort);
       }
 
       return WingsSocket._(ptr, recv);
diff --git a/lib/src/wings_socket.h b/lib/src/wings_socket.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b