diff --git a/src/Tiny_httpd.ml b/src/Tiny_httpd.ml
index eec0ccda..408f4c8c 100644
--- a/src/Tiny_httpd.ml
+++ b/src/Tiny_httpd.ml
@@ -809,6 +809,8 @@ type t = {
 
   port: int;
 
+  sock: Unix.file_descr option;
+
   sem_max_connections: Sem_.t;
   (* semaphore to restrict the number of active concurrent connections *)
 
@@ -947,10 +949,10 @@ let create
     ?(masksigpipe=true)
     ?(max_connections=32)
     ?(new_thread=(fun f -> ignore (Thread.create f () : Thread.t)))
-    ?(addr="127.0.0.1") ?(port=8080) () : t =
+    ?(addr="127.0.0.1") ?(port=8080) ?sock () : t =
   let handler _req = Response.fail ~code:404 "no top handler" in
   let max_connections = max 4 max_connections in
-  { new_thread; addr; port; masksigpipe; handler;
+  { new_thread; addr; port; sock; masksigpipe; handler;
     running= true; sem_max_connections=Sem_.create max_connections;
     path_handlers=[];
     cb_encode_resp=[]; cb_decode_req=[];
@@ -1065,16 +1067,24 @@ let run (self:t) : (unit,_) result =
     if self.masksigpipe then (
       ignore (Unix.sigprocmask Unix.SIG_BLOCK [Sys.sigpipe] : _ list);
     );
-    let sock =
-      Unix.socket (if is_ipv6 self then Unix.PF_INET6 else Unix.PF_INET)
-        Unix.SOCK_STREAM 0
+    let sock, should_bind = match self.sock with
+      | Some s ->
+        s, false (* Because we're getting a socket from systemd *)
+      | None ->
+        Unix.socket
+          (if is_ipv6 self then Unix.PF_INET6 else Unix.PF_INET)
+          Unix.SOCK_STREAM
+          0,
+        true (* Because we're creating the socket ourselves *)
     in
     Unix.clear_nonblock sock;
     Unix.setsockopt sock Unix.SO_REUSEADDR true;
     Unix.setsockopt_optint sock Unix.SO_LINGER None;
     let inet_addr = Unix.inet_addr_of_string self.addr in
-    Unix.bind sock (Unix.ADDR_INET (inet_addr, self.port));
-    Unix.listen sock (2 * self.sem_max_connections.Sem_.n);
+    begin if should_bind then
+      Unix.bind sock (Unix.ADDR_INET (inet_addr, self.port));
+      Unix.listen sock (2 * self.sem_max_connections.Sem_.n)
+    end;
     while self.running do
       (* limit concurrency *)
       Sem_.acquire 1 self.sem_max_connections;
diff --git a/src/Tiny_httpd.mli b/src/Tiny_httpd.mli
index 462b1121..e193e144 100644
--- a/src/Tiny_httpd.mli
+++ b/src/Tiny_httpd.mli
@@ -437,6 +437,7 @@ val create :
   ?new_thread:((unit -> unit) -> unit) ->
   ?addr:string ->
   ?port:int ->
+  ?sock:Unix.file_descr ->
   unit ->
   t
 (** Create a new webserver.
@@ -455,7 +456,10 @@ val create :
     @param max_connections maximum number of simultaneous connections.
     @param addr address (IPv4 or IPv6) to listen on. Default ["127.0.0.1"].
     @param port to listen on. Default [8080].
-    *)
+    @param sock an existing socket given to the server to listen on, e.g. by
+      systemd on Linux (or launchd on macOS). If passed in, this socket will be
+      used instead of the [addr] and [port]. If not passed in, those will be
+      used. *)
 
 val addr : t -> string
 (** Address on which the server listens. *)