diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 29f1a277e..3cd638e3e 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -1649,6 +1649,7 @@ bool AppInit2(boost::thread_group& threadGroup, CScheduler& scheduler)
     if (!GetBoolArg("-clearnet", DEFAULT_CLEARNET)) {
         SoftSetBoolArg("-disableipv4", true);
         SoftSetBoolArg("-disableipv6", true);
+        SoftSetBoolArg("-listen", true);
         SoftSetArg("-bind", "127.0.0.1");
         SoftSetArg("-onlynet", "onion");
         SoftSetArg("-onlynet", "i2p");