diff --git a/hub/herald/service.py b/hub/herald/service.py
index 9aa53e8..844c60a 100644
--- a/hub/herald/service.py
+++ b/hub/herald/service.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import errno
 import time
 import typing
 import asyncio
@@ -170,10 +171,20 @@ class HubServerService(BlockchainReaderService):
 
     async def start_status_server(self):
         if self.env.udp_port and int(self.env.udp_port):
-            await self.status_server.start(
-                0, bytes.fromhex(self.env.coin.GENESIS_HASH)[::-1], self.env.country,
-                self.env.host, self.env.udp_port, self.env.allow_lan_udp
-            )
+            hosts = self.env.cs_host()
+            started = False
+            while not started:
+                try:
+                    await self.status_server.start(
+                        0, bytes.fromhex(self.env.coin.GENESIS_HASH)[::-1], self.env.country,
+                        hosts, self.env.udp_port, self.env.allow_lan_udp
+                    )
+                    started = True
+                except OSError as e:
+                    if e.errno is errno.EADDRINUSE:
+                        await asyncio.sleep(3)
+                        continue
+                    raise
 
     def _iter_start_tasks(self):
         yield self.start_status_server()
diff --git a/hub/herald/udp.py b/hub/herald/udp.py
index 5b380f7..6fd388c 100644
--- a/hub/herald/udp.py
+++ b/hub/herald/udp.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from typing import Optional, Tuple, NamedTuple, List, Union
 from hub.schema.attrs import country_str_to_int, country_int_to_str
 from hub.common import (
     LRUCache,
+    resolve_host,
     is_valid_public_ip,
     is_valid_public_ipv4,
     is_valid_public_ipv6,
@@ -220,29 +221,56 @@ class StatusServer:
     def __init__(self):
         self._protocols: List[SPVServerStatusProtocol] = []
 
-    async def start(self, height: int, tip: bytes, country: str, interface: str, port: int, allow_lan: bool = False):
-        if self.is_running:
-            return
-        loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
-        addr = interface if interface.lower() != 'localhost' else '127.0.0.1'
-        proto = SPVServerStatusProtocol(
-            height, tip, country, allow_localhost=addr == '127.0.0.1', allow_lan=allow_lan,
-            is_valid_ip=is_valid_public_ipv4,
-        )
-        await loop.create_datagram_endpoint(lambda: proto, (addr, port), family=socket.AF_INET)
-        log.warning("started udp4 status server on %s", proto.transport.get_extra_info('sockname')[:2])
-        self._protocols.append(proto)
-        if not socket.has_ipv6:
-            return
-        addr = interface if interface.lower() != 'localhost' else '::1'
-        proto = SPVServerStatusProtocol(
-            height, tip, country, allow_localhost=addr == '::1', allow_lan=allow_lan,
-            is_valid_ip=is_valid_public_ipv6,
-        )
-        await loop.create_datagram_endpoint(lambda: proto, (addr, port), family=socket.AF_INET6)
-        log.warning("started udp6 status server on %s", proto.transport.get_extra_info('sockname')[:2])
+    async def _start(self, height: int, tip: bytes, country: str, addr: str, port: int, allow_lan: bool = False):
+        ipaddr = ipaddress.ip_address(addr)
+        if ipaddr.version == 4:
+            proto = SPVServerStatusProtocol(
+                height, tip, country,
+                allow_localhost=ipaddr.is_loopback or ipaddr.is_unspecified,
+                allow_lan=allow_lan,
+                is_valid_ip=is_valid_public_ipv4,
+            )
+            loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
+            await loop.create_datagram_endpoint(lambda: proto, (ipaddr.compressed, port), family=socket.AF_INET)
+        elif ipaddr.version == 6:
+            proto = SPVServerStatusProtocol(
+                height, tip, country,
+                allow_localhost=ipaddr.is_loopback or ipaddr.is_unspecified,
+                allow_lan=allow_lan,
+                is_valid_ip=is_valid_public_ipv6,
+            )
+            # Because dualstack / IPv4 mapped address behavior on an IPv6 socket
+            # differs based on system config, create the socket with IPV6_V6ONLY.
+            # This disables the IPv4 mapped feature, so we don't need to consider
+            # when an IPv6 socket may interfere with IPv4 binding / traffic.
+            sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET6, socket.SOCK_DGRAM, socket.IPPROTO_UDP)
+            sock.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_IPV6, socket.IPV6_V6ONLY, 1)
+            sock.bind((ipaddr.compressed, port))
+            loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
+            await loop.create_datagram_endpoint(lambda: proto, sock=sock)
+        else:
+            raise ValueError(f'unexpected IP address version {ipaddr.version}')
+        log.info("started udp%i status server on %s", ipaddr.version, proto.transport.get_extra_info('sockname')[:2])
         self._protocols.append(proto)
 
+    async def start(self, height: int, tip: bytes, country: str, hosts: List[str], port: int, allow_lan: bool = False):
+        if not isinstance(hosts, list):
+            hosts = [hosts]
+        try:
+            for host in hosts:
+                addr = None
+                if not host:
+                    resolved = ['::', '0.0.0.0'] # unspecified address
+                else:
+                    resolved = await resolve_host(host, port, 'udp', family=socket.AF_UNSPEC, all_results=True)
+                for addr in resolved:
+                    await self._start(height, tip, country, addr, port, allow_lan)
+        except Exception as e:
+            if not isinstance(e, asyncio.CancelledError):
+                log.error("UDP status server failed to listen on (%s:%i) : %s", addr or host, port, e)
+            await self.stop()
+            raise
+
     async def stop(self):
         for proto in self._protocols:
             await proto.close()