diff --git a/loader.js b/loader.js
index 0a9d6e0a05..7fce34006b 100644
--- a/loader.js
+++ b/loader.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 "use strict";
 
 var	nconf = require('nconf'),
+	net = require('net'),
 	fs = require('fs'),
 	path = require('path'),
 	cluster = require('cluster'),
@@ -13,6 +14,8 @@ var	nconf = require('nconf'),
 	output = logrotate({ file: __dirname + '/logs/output.log', size: '1m', keep: 3, compress: true }),
 	silent = process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'development' ? true : false,
 	numProcs,
+	handles = [],
+	handleIndex = 0,
 
 	Loader = {
 		timesStarted: 0,
@@ -138,6 +141,15 @@ Loader.addClusterEvents = function(callback) {
 					case 'config:update':
 						Loader.notifyWorkers(message);
 					break;
+					case 'sticky-session:accept':
+						var _handle = handles[message.handleIndex];
+
+						if (_handle) {
+							_handle.close();
+
+							delete handles[message.handleIndex];
+						}
+					break;
 				}
 			}
 		});
@@ -186,6 +198,21 @@ Loader.start = function(callback) {
 		forkWorker(x === 0);
 	}
 
+	var	port = nconf.get('PORT') || nconf.get('port');
+
+	var server = net.createServer(function(connection) {
+		// remove this once node 0.12.x ships, see https://github.com/elad/node-cluster-socket.io/issues/4
+		connection._handle.readStop();
+
+		handles[handleIndex] = connection._handle;
+		var workers = clusterWorkers();
+
+		var worker = workers[workerIndex(connection.remoteAddress, numProcs)];
+		worker.send({action: 'sticky-session:connection', handleIndex: handleIndex}, connection);
+		handleIndex ++;
+
+	}).listen(port);
+
 	if (callback) {
 		callback();
 	}
@@ -204,6 +231,26 @@ function forkWorker(isPrimary) {
 	}
 }
 
+function workerIndex(ip, numProcs) {
+	var s = '';
+	for (var i = 0, _len = ip.length; i < _len; i++) {
+		if (ip[i] !== '.') {
+			s += ip[i];
+		}
+	}
+	return Number(s) % numProcs;
+}
+
+function clusterWorkers() {
+	var workers = [];
+
+	for(var i in cluster.workers) {
+		workers.push(cluster.workers[i]);
+	}
+
+	return workers;
+}
+
 Loader.restart = function(callback) {
 	// Slate existing workers for termination -- welcome to death row.
 	Loader.shutdown_queue = Loader.shutdown_queue.concat(Object.keys(cluster.workers));
diff --git a/src/webserver.js b/src/webserver.js
index bf8394cc54..ddcd75ae1e 100644
--- a/src/webserver.js
+++ b/src/webserver.js
@@ -124,7 +124,9 @@ if(nconf.get('ssl')) {
 
 	module.exports.listen = function(callback) {
 		var	bind_address = ((nconf.get('bind_address') === "0.0.0.0" || !nconf.get('bind_address')) ? '0.0.0.0' : nconf.get('bind_address')) + ':' + port;
-		
+		if (cluster.isWorker) {
+			port = 0;
+		}
 		server.listen(port, nconf.get('bind_address'), function(err) {
 			if (err) {
 				winston.info('NodeBB was unable to listen on: ' + bind_address);
@@ -144,4 +146,13 @@ if(nconf.get('ssl')) {
 		});
 	};
 
+	process.on('message', function(message, connection) {
+		if (!message || message.action !== 'sticky-session:connection') {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		server.emit('connection', connection);
+		process.send({action: 'sticky-session:accept', handleIndex: message.handleIndex});
+	});
+
 }(WebServer));