diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index eca02bb56..df837cea8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -777,6 +777,16 @@
           ],
           "markdownDescription": "PDF viewer used for [View on PDF] link on \\ref."
         },
+        "latex-workshop.viewer.pdf.internal.url": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "default": "127.0.0.1",
+          "markdownDescription": "Define the url to listen to for communicating with the internal viewer."
+        },
+        "latex-workshop.viewer.pdf.internal.port": {
+          "type": "number",
+          "default": "0",
+          "markdownDescription": "Define the port to listen on for communicating with the internal viewer. The default value \"0\" means the port is chosen randomly by the application."
+        },
         "latex-workshop.view.pdf.external.command": {
           "type": "object",
           "default": {
diff --git a/src/components/server.ts b/src/components/server.ts
index 3935c633d..95844d16e 100644
--- a/src/components/server.ts
+++ b/src/components/server.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import * as http from 'http'
 import * as ws from 'ws'
 import * as fs from 'fs'
 import * as path from 'path'
+import * as vscode from 'vscode'
 
 import {Extension} from '../main'
 import {AddressInfo} from 'net'
@@ -15,7 +16,10 @@ export class Server {
     constructor(extension: Extension) {
         this.extension = extension
         this.httpServer = http.createServer((request, response) => this.handler(request, response))
-        this.httpServer.listen(0, '127.0.0.1', undefined, (err: Error) => {
+        const configuration = vscode.workspace.getConfiguration('latex-workshop')
+        const viewerUrl = configuration.get('viewer.pdf.internal.url') as string
+        const viewerPort = configuration.get('viewer.pdf.internal.port') as number
+        this.httpServer.listen(viewerPort, viewerUrl, undefined, (err: Error) => {
             if (err) {
                 this.extension.logger.addLogMessage(`Error creating LaTeX Workshop http server: ${err}.`)
             } else {