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()));