diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-core/src/ApolloServer.test.ts b/packages/apollo-server-core/src/ApolloServer.test.ts
index 62d51d65d4e..791ca821266 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-server-core/src/ApolloServer.test.ts
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-core/src/ApolloServer.test.ts
@@ -396,9 +396,11 @@ describe('ApolloServerBase', () => {
             level: 'ERROR',
           },
         },
-        port: 4000,
+        http: {
+          port: 4242,
+        },
       });
-      expect(enginePort).to.equal(4000);
+      expect(enginePort).to.equal(4242);
 
       //Check engine responding
       const engineApolloFetch = createApolloFetch({ uri: engineUri });
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-core/src/ApolloServer.ts b/packages/apollo-server-core/src/ApolloServer.ts
index e5a4f9730a1..282497070a1 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-server-core/src/ApolloServer.ts
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-core/src/ApolloServer.ts
@@ -127,8 +127,11 @@ export class ApolloServerBase<Request = RequestInit> {
     this.http = this.getHttp();
 
     const options = {
-      port: process.env.PORT || 4000,
       ...opts,
+      http: {
+        port: process.env.PORT || 4000,
+        ...opts.http,
+      },
     };
 
     if (opts.subscriptions !== false) {
@@ -160,7 +163,7 @@ export class ApolloServerBase<Request = RequestInit> {
         this.engineProxy.listen(
           {
             graphqlPaths: [this.graphqlPath],
-            port: options.port,
+            port: options.http.port,
             httpServer: this.http,
             launcherOptions: options.engineLauncherOptions,
           },
@@ -180,39 +183,40 @@ export class ApolloServerBase<Request = RequestInit> {
       // https://nodejs.org/api/net.html#net_server_listen_options_callback
       // https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-server/pull/979/files/33ea0c92a1e4e76c8915ff08806f15dae391e1f0#discussion_r184470435
       // https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-server/pull/979#discussion_r184471445
-      this.http.listen(
-        {
-          port: options.port,
-          host: options.host,
-          path: options.path,
-          backlog: options.backlog,
-          exclusive: options.exclusive,
-        },
-        () => {
-          const listeningAddress: any = this.http.address();
-          // Convert IPs which mean "any address" (IPv4 or IPv6) into localhost
-          // corresponding loopback ip. Note that the url field we're setting is
-          // primarily for consumption by our test suite. If this heuristic is
-          // wrong for your use case, explicitly specify a frontend host (in the
-          // `frontends.host` field in your engine config, or in the `host`
-          // option to ApolloServer.listen).
-          let hostForUrl = listeningAddress.address;
-          if (
-            listeningAddress.address === '' ||
-            listeningAddress.address === '::'
-          )
-            hostForUrl = 'localhost';
-
-          listeningAddress.url = require('url').format({
-            protocol: 'http',
-            hostname: hostForUrl,
-            port: listeningAddress.port,
-            pathname: this.graphqlPath,
-          });
+      function listenCallback() {
+        const listeningAddress: any = this.http.address();
+        // Convert IPs which mean "any address" (IPv4 or IPv6) into localhost
+        // corresponding loopback ip. Note that the url field we're setting is
+        // primarily for consumption by our test suite. If this heuristic is
+        // wrong for your use case, explicitly specify a frontend host (in the
+        // `frontends.host` field in your engine config, or in the `host`
+        // option to ApolloServer.listen).
+        let hostForUrl = listeningAddress.address;
+        if (
+          listeningAddress.address === '' ||
+          listeningAddress.address === '::'
+        )
+          hostForUrl = 'localhost';
+
+        listeningAddress.url = require('url').format({
+          protocol: 'http',
+          hostname: hostForUrl,
+          port: listeningAddress.port,
+          pathname: this.graphqlPath,
+        });
 
-          resolve(listeningAddress);
-        },
-      );
+        resolve(listeningAddress);
+      }
+
+      if (options.http.handle) {
+        this.http.listen(
+          options.http.handle,
+          options.http.backlog,
+          listenCallback.bind(this),
+        );
+      } else {
+        this.http.listen(options.http, listenCallback.bind(this));
+      }
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-core/src/types.ts b/packages/apollo-server-core/src/types.ts
index d19491b33e0..d18616aa447 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-server-core/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-core/src/types.ts
@@ -59,11 +59,7 @@ export interface ListenOptions {
   // node http listen options
   // https://nodejs.org/api/net.html#net_server_listen_options_callback
   // https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-server/pull/979#discussion_r184483094
-  port?: string | number;
-  host?: string;
-  path?: string;
-  backlog?: number;
-  exclusive?: boolean;
+  http?: HttpListenOptions | any | { handle: any; backlog?: number };
   // XXX clean this up
   engineInRequestPath?: boolean;
   engineProxy?: boolean | Record<string, any>;