diff --git a/tomcat-multiple-instances/defaults/main.yml b/tomcat-multiple-instances/defaults/main.yml
index 6855f68d..b92ee1b2 100644
--- a/tomcat-multiple-instances/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/tomcat-multiple-instances/defaults/main.yml
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ tomcat_m_jmx_port: 8186
 # The following works with jdk >= 7.0.25 only
 tomcat_m_jmx_disable_additional_ports: True
 tomcat_m_jmx_localhost_only: False
+tomcat_m_jmx_ip_address: '{{ ansible_default_ipv4.address }}'
 
 #tomcat_m_jmx_auth_dir: '{{ tomcat_m_instances_base_path }}'
 # tomcat_m_jmx_monitorpass: define_in_a_vault_file
diff --git a/tomcat-multiple-instances/templates/tomcat-default.j2 b/tomcat-multiple-instances/templates/tomcat-default.j2
index 628b4326..0501c1f4 100644
--- a/tomcat-multiple-instances/templates/tomcat-default.j2
+++ b/tomcat-multiple-instances/templates/tomcat-default.j2
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ JAVA_OPTS="${JAVA_OPTS} -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=true"
 JAVA_OPTS="${JAVA_OPTS} -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false"
 {% endif %}
 {% if item.jmx_localhost_only is defined and item.jmx_localhost_only %}
-JAVA_OPTS="${JAVA_OPTS} -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.local.only=true"
+JAVA_OPTS="${JAVA_OPTS} -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.local.only=true -Djava.rmi.server.hostname=127.0.0.1"
+{% else %}
+JAVA_OPTS="${JAVA_OPTS} -Djava.rmi.server.hostname={{ tomcat_m_jmx_ip_address }}"
 {% endif %}
 {% if item.jmx_auth_enabled is defined and item.jmx_auth_enabled %}
 JAVA_OPTS="${JAVA_OPTS} -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.password.file={{ item.jmx_auth_dir }}/jmxremote.password -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.access.file={{ item.jmx_auth_dir }}/jmxremote.access"