diff --git a/include/types/server.h b/include/types/server.h
index f5aebb1..c6c581c 100644
--- a/include/types/server.h
+++ b/include/types/server.h
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@
 	SRV_IADDR_NONE     = 1,           /* the server won't have any address at start up */
 	SRV_IADDR_LIBC     = 2,           /* address set using the libc DNS resolver */
 	SRV_IADDR_LAST     = 3,           /* we set the IP address found in state-file for this server */
+	SRV_IADDR_IP       = 4,           /* we set an arbitrary IP address to the server */
 };
 
 /* server-state-file version */
@@ -245,6 +246,7 @@
 	char *lastaddr;				/* the address string provided by the server-state file */
 	struct dns_resolution *resolution;	/* server name resolution */
 	struct dns_options dns_opts;
+	struct sockaddr_storage init_addr;	/* plain IP address specified on the init-addr line */
 	unsigned int init_addr_methods;		/* initial address setting, 3-bit per method, ends at 0, enough to store 10 entries */
 
 #ifdef USE_OPENSSL