diff --git a/cmd/cmd.go b/cmd/cmd.go
index d47db65b..5818f2ab 100644
--- a/cmd/cmd.go
+++ b/cmd/cmd.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/containerd/console"
+	"github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22/activation"
 	"github.com/mattn/go-runewidth"
 	"github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -1091,7 +1092,8 @@ func RunServer(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	ln, err := net.Listen("tcp", envconfig.Host().Host)
+	ln, err := obtainListener()
+
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -1150,6 +1152,20 @@ func initializeKeypair() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func obtainListener() (net.Listener, error) {
+	listeners, err := activation.Listeners()
+
+	if err == nil && len(listeners) == 1 {
+		return listeners[0], nil
+	}
+
+	if err == nil && len(listeners) > 1 {
+		fmt.Printf("Activation via systemd sockets returned %d listeners. Cannot handle more than one listener and fall back to standard behavior of binding to the port myself.", len(listeners))
+	}
+
+	return net.Listen("tcp", envconfig.Host().Host)
+}
+
 func checkServerHeartbeat(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 	client, err := api.ClientFromEnvironment()
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 2e0c6614..3def935e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.23.0
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20231110203233-9a3e6036ecaa
 	golang.org/x/net v0.25.0 // indirect
+	github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.5.0
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.20.0
 	golang.org/x/term v0.20.0
 	golang.org/x/text v0.15.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 926ed26d..40efdc9d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ github.com/cncf/udpa/go v0.0.0-20201120205902-5459f2c99403/go.mod h1:WmhPx2Nbnht
 github.com/cncf/xds/go v0.0.0-20210312221358-fbca930ec8ed/go.mod h1:eXthEFrGJvWHgFFCl3hGmgk+/aYT6PnTQLykKQRLhEs=
 github.com/containerd/console v1.0.3 h1:lIr7SlA5PxZyMV30bDW0MGbiOPXwc63yRuCP0ARubLw=
 github.com/containerd/console v1.0.3/go.mod h1:7LqA/THxQ86k76b8c/EMSiaJ3h1eZkMkXar0TQ1gf3U=
+github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.5.0 h1:RrqgGjYQKalulkV8NGVIfkXQf6YYmOyiJKk8iXXhfZs=
+github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.5.0/go.mod h1:Y58oyj3AT4RCenI/lSvhwexgC+NSVTIJ3seZv2GcEnc=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.2/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
 github.com/creack/pty v1.1.9/go.mod h1:oKZEueFk5CKHvIhNR5MUki03XCEU+Q6VDXinZuGJ33E=
 github.com/d4l3k/go-bfloat16 v0.0.0-20211005043715-690c3bdd05f1 h1:cBzrdJPAFBsgCrDPnZxlp1dF2+k4r1kVpD7+1S1PVjY=
@@ -78,6 +80,7 @@ github.com/go-playground/validator/v10 v10.20.0 h1:K9ISHbSaI0lyB2eWMPJo+kOS/FBEx
 github.com/go-playground/validator/v10 v10.20.0/go.mod h1:dbuPbCMFw/DrkbEynArYaCwl3amGuJotoKCe95atGMM=
 github.com/goccy/go-json v0.10.2 h1:CrxCmQqYDkv1z7lO7Wbh2HN93uovUHgrECaO5ZrCXAU=
 github.com/goccy/go-json v0.10.2/go.mod h1:6MelG93GURQebXPDq3khkgXZkazVtN9CRI+MGFi0w8I=
+github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.0.4/go.mod h1:xhWf0FNVPg57R7Z0UbKHbJfkEywrmjJnf7w5xrFpKfA=
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 h1:Ov1cvc58UF3b5XjBnZv7+opcTcQFZebYjWzi34vdm4Q=
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2/go.mod h1:P1XiOD3dCwIKUDQYPy72D8LYyHL2YPYrpS2s69NZV8Q=
 github.com/golang/freetype v0.0.0-20170609003504-e2365dfdc4a0/go.mod h1:E/TSTwGwJL78qG/PmXZO1EjYhfJinVAhrmmHX6Z8B9k=