diff --git a/lib/py/src/transport/TSocket.py b/lib/py/src/transport/TSocket.py
index e8b43be..ec48a6e 100644
--- a/lib/py/src/transport/TSocket.py
+++ b/lib/py/src/transport/TSocket.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
   def open(self):
     try:
-      res0 = socket.getaddrinfo(self.host, self.port, socket.AF_UNSPEC, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+      res0 = socket.getaddrinfo(self.host, self.port, socket.AF_UNSPEC, socket.SOCK_STREAM, 0, socket.AI_PASSIVE)
       for res in res0:
         self.handle = socket.socket(res[0], res[1])
         try: