diff --git a/src/engine/server/databases/connection.h b/src/engine/server/databases/connection.h
index 57f8a387b..a5db69105 100644
--- a/src/engine/server/databases/connection.h
+++ b/src/engine/server/databases/connection.h
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ std::unique_ptr<IDbConnection> CreateMysqlConnection(
 	const char *pUser,
 	const char *pPass,
 	const char *pIp,
+	const char *pBindaddr,
 	int Port,
 	bool Setup);
 
diff --git a/src/engine/server/databases/mysql.cpp b/src/engine/server/databases/mysql.cpp
index 97908d000..7f9c7801a 100644
--- a/src/engine/server/databases/mysql.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/server/databases/mysql.cpp
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ public:
 		const char *pUser,
 		const char *pPass,
 		const char *pIp,
+		const char *pBindaddr,
 		int Port,
 		bool Setup);
 	~CMysqlConnection();
@@ -138,6 +139,7 @@ private:
 	char m_aUser[64];
 	char m_aPass[64];
 	char m_aIp[64];
+	char m_aBindaddr[128];
 	int m_Port;
 	bool m_Setup;
 
@@ -155,6 +157,7 @@ CMysqlConnection::CMysqlConnection(
 	const char *pUser,
 	const char *pPass,
 	const char *pIp,
+	const char *pBindaddr,
 	int Port,
 	bool Setup) :
 	IDbConnection(pPrefix),
@@ -173,6 +176,7 @@ CMysqlConnection::CMysqlConnection(
 	str_copy(m_aUser, pUser, sizeof(m_aUser));
 	str_copy(m_aPass, pPass, sizeof(m_aPass));
 	str_copy(m_aIp, pIp, sizeof(m_aIp));
+	str_copy(m_aBindaddr, pBindaddr, sizeof(m_aBindaddr));
 }
 
 CMysqlConnection::~CMysqlConnection()
@@ -217,7 +221,7 @@ void CMysqlConnection::Print(IConsole *pConsole, const char *pMode)
 
 CMysqlConnection *CMysqlConnection::Copy()
 {
-	return new CMysqlConnection(m_aDatabase, GetPrefix(), m_aUser, m_aPass, m_aIp, m_Port, m_Setup);
+	return new CMysqlConnection(m_aDatabase, GetPrefix(), m_aUser, m_aPass, m_aIp, m_aBindaddr, m_Port, m_Setup);
 }
 
 void CMysqlConnection::ToUnixTimestamp(const char *pTimestamp, char *aBuf, unsigned int BufferSize)
@@ -273,6 +277,10 @@ bool CMysqlConnection::ConnectImpl()
 	mysql_options(&m_Mysql, MYSQL_OPT_WRITE_TIMEOUT, &OptWriteTimeout);
 	mysql_options(&m_Mysql, MYSQL_OPT_RECONNECT, &OptReconnect);
 	mysql_options(&m_Mysql, MYSQL_SET_CHARSET_NAME, "utf8mb4");
+	if(m_aBindaddr[0] != '\0')
+	{
+		mysql_options(&m_Mysql, MYSQL_OPT_BIND, m_aBindaddr);
+	}
 
 	if(!mysql_real_connect(&m_Mysql, m_aIp, m_aUser, m_aPass, nullptr, m_Port, nullptr, CLIENT_IGNORE_SIGPIPE))
 	{
@@ -711,10 +719,11 @@ std::unique_ptr<IDbConnection> CreateMysqlConnection(
 	const char *pUser,
 	const char *pPass,
 	const char *pIp,
+	const char *pBindaddr,
 	int Port,
 	bool Setup)
 {
-	return std::make_unique<CMysqlConnection>(pDatabase, pPrefix, pUser, pPass, pIp, Port, Setup);
+	return std::make_unique<CMysqlConnection>(pDatabase, pPrefix, pUser, pPass, pIp, pBindaddr, Port, Setup);
 }
 #else
 int MysqlInit()
@@ -730,6 +739,7 @@ std::unique_ptr<IDbConnection> CreateMysqlConnection(
 	const char *pUser,
 	const char *pPass,
 	const char *pIp,
+	const char *pBindaddr,
 	int Port,
 	bool Setup)
 {
diff --git a/src/engine/server/server.cpp b/src/engine/server/server.cpp
index 16c6fbde8..e46554497 100644
--- a/src/engine/server/server.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/server/server.cpp
@@ -3387,8 +3387,8 @@ void CServer::ConAddSqlServer(IConsole::IResult *pResult, void *pUserData)
 
 	auto pMysqlConn = CreateMysqlConnection(
 		pResult->GetString(1), pResult->GetString(2), pResult->GetString(3),
-		pResult->GetString(4), pResult->GetString(5), pResult->GetInteger(6),
-		SetUpDb);
+		pResult->GetString(4), pResult->GetString(5), g_Config.m_SvSqlBindaddr,
+		pResult->GetInteger(6), SetUpDb);
 
 	if(!pMysqlConn)
 	{
diff --git a/src/engine/shared/config_variables.h b/src/engine/shared/config_variables.h
index 01db68a61..bf08fc1ec 100644
--- a/src/engine/shared/config_variables.h
+++ b/src/engine/shared/config_variables.h
@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@ MACRO_CONFIG_INT(SvSwap, sv_swap, 1, 0, 1, CFGFLAG_SERVER, "Enable /swap")
 MACRO_CONFIG_INT(SvUseSQL, sv_use_sql, 0, 0, 1, CFGFLAG_SERVER, "Enables MySQL backend instead of SQLite backend (sv_sqlite_file is still used as fallback write server when no MySQL server is reachable)")
 MACRO_CONFIG_INT(SvSqlQueriesDelay, sv_sql_queries_delay, 1, 0, 20, CFGFLAG_SERVER, "Delay in seconds between SQL queries of a single player")
 MACRO_CONFIG_STR(SvSqliteFile, sv_sqlite_file, 64, "ddnet-server.sqlite", CFGFLAG_SERVER, "File to store ranks in case sv_use_sql is turned off or used as backup sql server")
+MACRO_CONFIG_STR(SvSqlBindaddr, sv_sql_bindaddr, 128, "", CFGFLAG_SERVER, "Address to bind the SQL connections to")
 
 #if defined(CONF_UPNP)
 MACRO_CONFIG_INT(SvUseUPnP, sv_use_upnp, 0, 0, 1, CFGFLAG_SERVER, "Enables UPnP support. (Requires -DCONF_UPNP=ON when compiling)")
diff --git a/src/test/score.cpp b/src/test/score.cpp
index 71e824d5f..4b862f533 100644
--- a/src/test/score.cpp
+++ b/src/test/score.cpp
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ TEST_P(RandomMap, UnfinishedDoesntExist)
 
 auto g_pSqliteConn = CreateSqliteConnection(":memory:", true);
 #if defined(CONF_TEST_MYSQL)
-auto g_pMysqlConn = CreateMysqlConnection("ddnet", "record", "ddnet", "thebestpassword", "localhost", 3306, true);
+auto g_pMysqlConn = CreateMysqlConnection("ddnet", "record", "ddnet", "thebestpassword", "localhost", "", 3306, true);
 #endif
 
 auto g_TestValues