diff --git a/src/comm/QGCFlightGearLink.cc b/src/comm/QGCFlightGearLink.cc
index e6e234056602b168fff7311ed75e30ba326cd80e..5373d36664ba942a2e22d2b77f24f1216bf2b66f 100644
--- a/src/comm/QGCFlightGearLink.cc
+++ b/src/comm/QGCFlightGearLink.cc
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ void QGCFlightGearLink::run()
     _udpCommSocket = new QUdpSocket(this);
     Q_CHECK_PTR(_udpCommSocket);
     _udpCommSocket->moveToThread(this);
-    _udpCommSocket->bind(host, port);
+    _udpCommSocket->bind(host, port, QAbstractSocket::ReuseAddressHint);
     QObject::connect(_udpCommSocket, SIGNAL(readyRead()), this, SLOT(readBytes()));
     
     
diff --git a/src/comm/QGCJSBSimLink.cc b/src/comm/QGCJSBSimLink.cc
index 9d2c60b196b8806f87d398a7de40fc6f122f0d62..ddca7f62e969934d6598d3c8f8b16842074b2c19 100644
--- a/src/comm/QGCJSBSimLink.cc
+++ b/src/comm/QGCJSBSimLink.cc
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 QGroundControl Open Source Ground Control Station
 
-(c) 2009 - 2011 QGROUNDCONTROL PROJECT <http://www.qgroundcontrol.org>
+(c) 2009 - 2015 QGROUNDCONTROL PROJECT <http://www.qgroundcontrol.org>
 
 This file is part of the QGROUNDCONTROL project
 
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ This file is part of the QGROUNDCONTROL project
 /**
  * @file
  *   @brief Definition of UDP connection (server) for unmanned vehicles
- *   @see Flightgear Manual http://mapserver.flightgear.org/getstart.pdf
- *   @author Lorenz Meier <mavteam@student.ethz.ch>
+ *   @author Lorenz Meier <lorenz@px4.io>
  *
  */
 
@@ -78,7 +77,7 @@ void QGCJSBSimLink::run()
     if (!mav) return;
     socket = new QUdpSocket(this);
     socket->moveToThread(this);
-    connectState = socket->bind(host, port);
+    connectState = socket->bind(host, port, QAbstractSocket::ReuseAddressHint);
 
     QObject::connect(socket, SIGNAL(readyRead()), this, SLOT(readBytes()));
 
diff --git a/src/comm/QGCXPlaneLink.cc b/src/comm/QGCXPlaneLink.cc
index fa991fc308314d97ee03f0275a6eacca30b94046..1004617744a6bd432ae47d59080a77dbe60834eb 100644
--- a/src/comm/QGCXPlaneLink.cc
+++ b/src/comm/QGCXPlaneLink.cc
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ void QGCXPlaneLink::run()
 
     socket = new QUdpSocket(this);
     socket->moveToThread(this);
-    connectState = socket->bind(localHost, localPort);
+    connectState = socket->bind(localHost, localPort, QAbstractSocket::ReuseAddressHint);
     if (!connectState) {
 
         emit statusMessage("Binding socket failed!");