diff --git a/QuickFIXn/ThreadedSocketAcceptor.cs b/QuickFIXn/ThreadedSocketAcceptor.cs
index fc9d9fd83..912ef065b 100755
--- a/QuickFIXn/ThreadedSocketAcceptor.cs
+++ b/QuickFIXn/ThreadedSocketAcceptor.cs
@@ -89,11 +89,19 @@ private AcceptorSocketDescriptor GetAcceptorSocketDescriptor(Dictionary dict)
             IPEndPoint socketEndPoint;
             if (dict.Has(SessionSettings.SOCKET_ACCEPT_HOST))
             {
-                string host = dict.GetString(SessionSettings.SOCKET_ACCEPT_HOST);                
-                IPAddress[] addrs = Dns.GetHostAddresses(host);
-                socketEndPoint = new IPEndPoint(addrs[0], port);
-                // Set hostname (if it is not already configured)
-                socketSettings.ServerCommonName = socketSettings.ServerCommonName ?? host;
+                string host = dict.GetString(SessionSettings.SOCKET_ACCEPT_HOST);
+
+                if (IsAnyIpAddress(host))
+                {
+                    socketEndPoint = new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Any, port);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    IPAddress[] addrs = Dns.GetHostAddresses(host);
+                    socketEndPoint = new IPEndPoint(addrs[0], port);
+                    // Set hostname (if it is not already configured)
+                    socketSettings.ServerCommonName ??= host;
+                }
             }
             else
             {
@@ -102,7 +110,6 @@ private AcceptorSocketDescriptor GetAcceptorSocketDescriptor(Dictionary dict)
 
             socketSettings.Configure(dict);
 
-
             if (!_socketDescriptorForAddress.TryGetValue(socketEndPoint, out var descriptor))
             {
                 descriptor = new AcceptorSocketDescriptor(socketEndPoint, socketSettings, dict);
@@ -112,6 +119,18 @@ private AcceptorSocketDescriptor GetAcceptorSocketDescriptor(Dictionary dict)
             return descriptor;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Checks if the host address is the "any" address in either IPv4 (0.0.0.0) or IPv6 (::)
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="host"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        private static bool IsAnyIpAddress(string host)
+        {
+            return IPAddress.TryParse(host, out IPAddress? address) &&
+                   (address.Equals(IPAddress.Any) ||
+                    address.Equals(IPAddress.IPv6Any));
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Create session, either at start-up or as an ad-hoc operation
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index 07f24693e..2ae7cc0c1 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -43,8 +43,9 @@ What's New
 * #815 - update broken/neglected example apps & docs (gbirchmeier)
 * #764 - fix positive UTC offset parsing in DateTimeConverter (Rob-Hague)
 * #766 - use ordinal string operations (Rob-Hague)
-* #767 - Avoid string conversions in FieldMap.Get{FieldType} where possible (Rob-Hague)
+* #767 - avoid string conversions in FieldMap.Get{FieldType} where possible (Rob-Hague)
 * #785 - use correct SocketError "Shutdown" code when socket is deliberately shutdown (oclancy)
+* #711 - fix explicit 0.0.0.0 address binding (bohdanstefaniuk)
 
 ### v1.11.2:
 * same as v1.11.1, but I fixed the readme in the pushed nuget packages