diff --git a/include/event2/listener.h b/include/event2/listener.h
index fa4e9499..dbc0366f 100644
--- a/include/event2/listener.h
+++ b/include/event2/listener.h
@@ -112,6 +112,11 @@ struct event_base *evconnlistener_get_base(struct evconnlistener *lev);
 /** Return the socket that an evconnlistner is listening on. */
 evutil_socket_t evconnlistener_get_fd(struct evconnlistener *lev);
 
+/** Set ss to the address that an evconnlistner is listening on; returns 0
+ * on success, -1 on failure. */
+int evconnlistener_get_address(struct evconnlistener *lev,
+    struct sockaddr *sa, ev_socklen_t *socklen);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/listener.c b/listener.c
index edfdaefc..dbd9c83c 100644
--- a/listener.c
+++ b/listener.c
@@ -261,6 +261,16 @@ event_listener_getfd(struct evconnlistener *lev)
 	return event_get_fd(&lev_e->listener);
 }
 
+int
+evconnlistener_get_address(struct evconnlistener *lev,
+    struct sockaddr *sa, ev_socklen_t *socklen)
+{
+	evutil_socket_t s = evconnlistener_get_fd(lev);
+	if (s <= 0)
+		return -1;
+	return getsockname(s, sa, socklen);
+}
+
 struct event_base *
 evconnlistener_get_base(struct evconnlistener *lev)
 {