diff --git a/docs/api-commands.md b/docs/api-commands.md
index 09bd87a5952b..42ae1ed8fb17 100644
--- a/docs/api-commands.md
+++ b/docs/api-commands.md
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ This command will build the static website, apply translations if necessary, and
 | Options           | Default | Description                                                                                                                          |
 | ----------------- | ------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
 | `--port <number>` | `3000`  | The website will be served from port 3000 by default, but if the port is taken up, Docusaurus will attempt to find an available one. |
+|`--host <host>`|`localhost`|Specify a host to use. E.g., if you want your server to be accessible externally, you can use --host 0.0.0.0.|
 | `--watch` | -  | Whether to watch the files and live reload the page when files are changed. Defaults to true. Disable this by using `--no-watch`. |
 
 You can specify the browser application to be opened by setting the `BROWSER` environment variable before the command, e.g.:
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/server/liveReloadServer.js b/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/server/liveReloadServer.js
index 9f17e9208cb7..4f64462345d7 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/server/liveReloadServer.js
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/server/liveReloadServer.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 const gaze = require('gaze');
 const tinylr = require('tiny-lr');
+const program = require('commander');
 const readMetadata = require('./readMetadata.js');
 
 function start(port) {
@@ -26,10 +27,11 @@ function start(port) {
     },
   );
 }
-
 const getReloadScriptUrl = () => {
   const port = process.env.LIVERELOAD_PORT;
-  return `http://localhost:${port}/livereload.js`;
+  const host = program.host || 'localhost';
+
+  return `http://${host}:${port}/livereload.js`;
 };
 
 module.exports = {
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/server/server.js b/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/server/server.js
index 4273e988f370..d6288e595dcb 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/server/server.js
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/server/server.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 /* eslint-disable no-cond-assign */
 
-function execute(port) {
+function execute(port, host) {
   const extractTranslations = require('../write-translations');
   const metadataUtils = require('./metadataUtils');
   const blog = require('./blog');
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ function execute(port) {
   // for example, request to "blog" returns "blog/index.html" or "blog.html"
   app.get(routing.noExtension(), (req, res, next) => {
     const slash = req.path.toString().endsWith('/') ? '' : '/';
-    const requestUrl = `http://localhost:${port}${req.path}`;
+    const requestUrl = `http://${host}:${port}${req.path}`;
     requestFile(`${requestUrl + slash}index.html`, res, () => {
       requestFile(
         slash === '/'
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ function execute(port) {
       next();
       return;
     }
-    requestFile(`http://localhost:${port}${req.path}.html`, res, next);
+    requestFile(`http://${host}:${port}${req.path}.html`, res, next);
   });
 
   app.listen(port);
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/server/start.js b/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/server/start.js
index 626b03e4a11d..08ba69d5044c 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/server/start.js
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/server/start.js
@@ -23,12 +23,13 @@ function startLiveReloadServer() {
 function startServer() {
   const initialServerPort =
     parseInt(program.port, 10) || process.env.PORT || 3000;
+  const host = program.host || 'localhost';
   const promise = portFinder
     .getPortPromise({port: initialServerPort})
     .then(port => {
-      server(port);
+      server(port, host);
       const {baseUrl} = require(`${CWD}/siteConfig.js`);
-      const serverAddress = `http://localhost:${port}${baseUrl}`;
+      const serverAddress = `http://${host}:${port}${baseUrl}`;
       console.log('Docusaurus server started on port %d', port);
       openBrowser(serverAddress);
     });
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/start-server.js b/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/start-server.js
index 578d310abe4b..d33e4922e6a7 100755
--- a/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/start-server.js
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/start-server.js
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ if (env.versioning.enabled && env.versioning.missingVersionsPage) {
 program
   .option('--port <number>', 'Specify port number')
   .option('--no-watch', 'Toggle live reload file watching')
+  .option('--host <host>', 'use specified host (default: localhost)')
   .parse(process.argv);
 
 startDocusaurus().catch(ex => {
diff --git a/website/docs/cli.md b/website/docs/cli.md
index c91a33bed1ec..3559d5eaefa7 100644
--- a/website/docs/cli.md
+++ b/website/docs/cli.md
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Builds and serves the static site with [Webpack Dev Server](https://webpack.js.o
 |Options|Default|Description|
 |-|-|-|
 |`--port`|`3000`|Specifies the port of the dev server|
-|`--host`|`localhost`|Specifie a host to use. E.g., if you want your server to be accessible externally, you can use `--host 0.0.0.0`|
+|`--host`|`localhost`|Specify a host to use. E.g., if you want your server to be accessible externally, you can use `--host 0.0.0.0`|
 |`--hot-only`|`false`|Enables Hot Module Replacement without page refresh as fallback in case of build failures. More information [here](https://webpack.js.org/configuration/dev-server/#devserverhotonly).|
 
 ### `docusaurus build`