diff --git a/communication/src/networking.rs b/communication/src/networking.rs
index f06efe68e..5782291e7 100644
--- a/communication/src/networking.rs
+++ b/communication/src/networking.rs
@@ -148,22 +148,38 @@ pub fn start_connections(addresses: Arc<Vec<String>>, my_index: usize, noisy: bo
 /// Result contains connections `[my_index + 1, addresses.len() - 1]`.
 pub fn await_connections(addresses: Arc<Vec<String>>, my_index: usize, noisy: bool) -> Result<Vec<Option<TcpStream>>> {
     let mut results: Vec<_> = (0..(addresses.len() - my_index - 1)).map(|_| None).collect();
-    let listener = TcpListener::bind(&addresses[my_index][..])?;
-
-    for _ in (my_index + 1) .. addresses.len() {
-        let mut stream = listener.accept()?.0;
-        stream.set_nodelay(true).expect("set_nodelay call failed");
-        let mut buffer = [0u8;16];
-        stream.read_exact(&mut buffer)?;
-        let mut cursor = io::Cursor::new(buffer);
-        let magic = cursor.read_u64::<ByteOrder>().expect("failed to decode magic");
-        if magic != HANDSHAKE_MAGIC {
-            return Err(io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::InvalidData,
-                "received incorrect timely handshake"));
+
+    // We may have multiple addresses to bind to, and will listen on each of them until all received.
+    let listeners = addresses[my_index].split_whitespace().map(|addr| TcpListener::bind(addr)).collect::<Result<Vec<_>>>()?;
+    for listener in listeners.iter() { listener.set_nonblocking(true).expect("Couldn't set nonblocking"); }
+
+    // Until we have all intended connections, poll each listener, sleeping briefly if none have accepted a new stream.
+    while results.iter().any(Option::is_none) {
+        let mut received = false;
+        for listener in listeners.iter() {
+            match listener.accept() {
+                Ok((mut stream, _)) => {
+                    stream.set_nodelay(true).expect("set_nodelay call failed");
+                    let mut buffer = [0u8;16];
+                    stream.read_exact(&mut buffer)?;
+                    let mut cursor = io::Cursor::new(buffer);
+                    let magic = cursor.read_u64::<ByteOrder>().expect("failed to decode magic");
+                    if magic != HANDSHAKE_MAGIC {
+                        return Err(io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::InvalidData,
+                            "received incorrect timely handshake"));
+                    }
+                    let identifier = cursor.read_u64::<ByteOrder>().expect("failed to decode worker index") as usize;
+                    results[identifier - my_index - 1] = Some(stream);
+                    if noisy { println!("worker {}:\tconnection from worker {}", my_index, identifier); }
+                    received = true;
+                }
+                Err(e) => { if e.kind() != io::ErrorKind::WouldBlock { return Err(e); } }
+            }
+        }
+        if !received {
+            println!("awaiting connections (at {:?}/{:?})", results.iter().filter(|x| x.is_some()).count(), results.len());
+            sleep(Duration::from_secs(1));
         }
-        let identifier = cursor.read_u64::<ByteOrder>().expect("failed to decode worker index") as usize;
-        results[identifier - my_index - 1] = Some(stream);
-        if noisy { println!("worker {}:\tconnection from worker {}", my_index, identifier); }
     }
 
     Ok(results)