diff --git a/vlib/net/socket.v b/vlib/net/socket.v
index 1660248cbb..e0b1190b6d 100644
--- a/vlib/net/socket.v
+++ b/vlib/net/socket.v
@@ -18,8 +18,13 @@ struct Listener {
 
 import const ( 
 	AF_UNSPEC 
+	AF_INET 
 	SOCK_STREAM 
 	AI_PASSIVE 
+	PF_INET 
+	SOL_SOCKET 
+	SO_REUSEADDR 
+	INADDR_ANY 
 ) 
 
 struct C.addrinfo {
@@ -33,6 +38,24 @@ mut:
 	ai_addr voidptr 
 } 
 
+struct C.in_addr {
+mut: 
+	s_addr int 
+ 
+} 
+
+struct C.sockaddr_in {
+mut: 
+	sin_family int 
+	sin_port int 
+	sin_addr C.in_addr 
+ 
+} 
+
+struct C.sockaddr_storage {
+ 
+} 
+
 fn dial(addr string, port int) Conn {
 	println('net.dial("$addr":$port)')
 	mut hints := C.addrinfo{} 
@@ -76,3 +99,52 @@ fn dial(addr string, port int) Conn {
 	return conn
 }
 
+fn listen(addr string, port int) Listener {
+	mut hints := C.addrinfo{} 
+	res := &C.addrinfo{!} 
+        new_fd := 0
+        BACKLOG := 10
+        strport := port.str() 
+        option := 1
+        listener := C.socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0) 
+        C.setsockopt(listener, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, &option, sizeof(int)) 
+        bad_listener := Listener{their_addr: 0}
+        if listener < 0 {
+                println('couldnt create listen scoket')
+                return bad_listener
+        }
+        // socket address used for the server
+	mut server_address := C.sockaddr_in{} 
+	server_address.sin_family = AF_INET 
+        // htons: host to network short: transforms a value in host byte
+        // ordering format to a short value in network byte ordering format
+	server_address.sin_port = C.htons(port) 
+        // htonl: host to network long: same as htons but to long
+        server_address.sin_addr.s_addr = C.htonl(INADDR_ANY) 
+	// size := sizeof(C.sockaddr_in) // 16 
+        if C.bind(listener, &server_address, 16) < 0 { 
+                println('cant bind')
+                return bad_listener
+        }
+        if C.listen(listener, BACKLOG) < 0 { 
+                println('cant listen')
+                return bad_listener
+        }
+        l := Listener {
+                listener: listener,
+                their_addr: 0
+        }
+        return l
+}
+
+// accept an incoming connection
+fn (l Listener) accept() Conn {
+	their_addr := C.sockaddr_storage{} 
+	addr_size := 128  // sizeof (l.their_addr) 
+	return Conn {
+		sockfd: C.accept(l.listener, &their_addr, &addr_size) 
+	} 
+}
+
+ 
+
diff --git a/vlib/net/socket_test.v b/vlib/net/socket_test.v
index b8c9625f94..5216d65873 100644
--- a/vlib/net/socket_test.v
+++ b/vlib/net/socket_test.v
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import net 
 
 fn test_dial() {
-//conn := net.dial('irc.freenode.org', 6667) 
-//println(conn.sockfd) 
+conn := net.dial('irc.freenode.org', 6667) 
+println(conn.sockfd) 
 }