diff -Naur asyncio.old/base_events.py asyncio/base_events.py
--- asyncio.old/base_events.py	2014-04-11 16:13:39.000000000 +0200
+++ asyncio/base_events.py	2015-03-10 20:16:53.676889591 +0100
@@ -542,14 +542,23 @@
             if reuse_address is None:
                 reuse_address = os.name == 'posix' and sys.platform != 'cygwin'
             sockets = []
-            if host == '':
-                host = None
 
-            infos = yield from self.getaddrinfo(
-                host, port, family=family,
-                type=socket.SOCK_STREAM, proto=0, flags=flags)
-            if not infos:
-                raise OSError('getaddrinfo() returned empty list')
+            if (isinstance(host, str)
+                    or not isinstance(host, collections.Iterable)):
+                host = [host]
+            if None in host or '' in host:
+                # if we bind to all addresses, do not attempt to use specific
+                # ones (this would cause an "Address already in use" error)
+                host = [None]
+
+            infos = set()
+            for h in host:
+                infos1 = yield from self.getaddrinfo(
+                    h, port, family=family,
+                    type=socket.SOCK_STREAM, proto=0, flags=flags)
+                if not infos1:
+                    raise OSError('getaddrinfo() returned empty list')
+                infos.update(infos1)
 
             completed = False
             try:
diff -Naur asyncio.old/events.py asyncio/events.py
--- asyncio.old/events.py	2014-04-11 16:13:39.000000000 +0200
+++ asyncio/events.py	2015-03-10 20:06:21.600862683 +0100
@@ -199,7 +199,8 @@
 
         If host is an empty string or None all interfaces are assumed
         and a list of multiple sockets will be returned (most likely
-        one for IPv4 and another one for IPv6).
+        one for IPv4 and another one for IPv6). host can also be an
+        iterable (e.g. list) of hosts to bind to.
 
         family can be set to either AF_INET or AF_INET6 to force the
         socket to use IPv4 or IPv6. If not set it will be determined