diff --git a/ro_core/config/config.go b/ro_core/config/config.go
index be78228..28cde01 100644
--- a/ro_core/config/config.go
+++ b/ro_core/config/config.go
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 	default_ROCoreCert            = "pki/voltha.crt"
 	default_ROCoreCA              = "pki/voltha-CA.pem"
 	default_Affinity_Router_Topic = "affinityRouter"
+	default_ProbeHost             = ""
 	default_ProbePort             = 8080
 )
 
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@
 	ROCoreCert          string
 	ROCoreCA            string
 	AffinityRouterTopic string
+	ProbeHost           string
 	ProbePort           int
 }
 
@@ -93,6 +95,7 @@
 		ROCoreCert:          default_ROCoreCert,
 		ROCoreCA:            default_ROCoreCA,
 		AffinityRouterTopic: default_Affinity_Router_Topic,
+		ProbeHost:           default_ProbeHost,
 		ProbePort:           default_ProbePort,
 	}
 	return &roCoreFlag
@@ -142,6 +145,9 @@
 	help = fmt.Sprintf("Show version information and exit")
 	flag.BoolVar(&cf.DisplayVersionOnly, "version", default_DisplayVersionOnly, help)
 
+	help = fmt.Sprintf("The address on which to listen to answer liveness and readiness probe queries over HTTP.")
+	flag.StringVar(&(cf.ProbeHost), "probe_host", default_ProbeHost, help)
+
 	help = fmt.Sprintf("The port on which to listen to answer liveness and readiness probe queries over HTTP.")
 	flag.IntVar(&(cf.ProbePort), "probe_port", default_ProbePort, help)
 
diff --git a/ro_core/main.go b/ro_core/main.go
index 27ada02..a8508b8 100644
--- a/ro_core/main.go
+++ b/ro_core/main.go
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@
 	 * objects there can be a single probe end point for the process.
 	 */
 	p := &probe.Probe{}
-	go p.ListenAndServe(ro.config.ProbePort)
+	go p.ListenAndServe(fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", ro.config.ProbeHost, ro.config.ProbePort))
 
 	// Add the probe to the context to pass to all the services started
 	probeCtx := context.WithValue(ctx, probe.ProbeContextKey, p)