diff --git a/src/pybind/mgr/cephadm/services/nvmeof.py b/src/pybind/mgr/cephadm/services/nvmeof.py
index b91427dcace0f..2ceb6208fce47 100644
--- a/src/pybind/mgr/cephadm/services/nvmeof.py
+++ b/src/pybind/mgr/cephadm/services/nvmeof.py
@@ -47,10 +47,17 @@ def prepare_create(self, daemon_spec: CephadmDaemonDeploySpec) -> CephadmDaemonD
         transport_tcp_options = json.dumps(spec.transport_tcp_options) if spec.transport_tcp_options else None
         name = '{}.{}'.format(utils.name_to_config_section('nvmeof'), nvmeof_gw_id)
         rados_id = name[len('client.'):] if name.startswith('client.') else name
+        addr = host_ip
+        discovery_addr = host_ip
+        if spec.addr and spec.addr != "0.0.0.0":
+            addr = spec.addr
+        if spec.discovery_addr and spec.discovery_addr != "0.0.0.0":
+            discovery_addr = spec.discovery_addr
         context = {
             'spec': spec,
             'name': name,
-            'addr': host_ip,
+            'addr': addr,
+            'discovery_addr': discovery_addr,
             'port': spec.port,
             'spdk_log_level': 'WARNING',
             'rpc_socket_dir': '/var/tmp/',
diff --git a/src/pybind/mgr/cephadm/templates/services/nvmeof/ceph-nvmeof.conf.j2 b/src/pybind/mgr/cephadm/templates/services/nvmeof/ceph-nvmeof.conf.j2
index 644ca586ba93f..dbe29004771ad 100644
--- a/src/pybind/mgr/cephadm/templates/services/nvmeof/ceph-nvmeof.conf.j2
+++ b/src/pybind/mgr/cephadm/templates/services/nvmeof/ceph-nvmeof.conf.j2
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ max_log_directory_backups = {{ spec.max_log_directory_backups }}
 log_directory = {{ spec.log_directory }}
 
 [discovery]
-addr = {{ addr }}
+addr = {{ discovery_addr }}
 port = {{ spec.discovery_port }}
 
 [ceph]
diff --git a/src/python-common/ceph/deployment/service_spec.py b/src/python-common/ceph/deployment/service_spec.py
index 0efd10545c6be..75b1ac75573a2 100644
--- a/src/python-common/ceph/deployment/service_spec.py
+++ b/src/python-common/ceph/deployment/service_spec.py
@@ -1315,6 +1315,7 @@ def __init__(self,
                  service_id: Optional[str] = None,
                  name: Optional[str] = None,
                  group: Optional[str] = None,
+                 addr: Optional[str] = None,
                  port: Optional[int] = None,
                  pool: Optional[str] = None,
                  enable_auth: bool = False,
@@ -1347,6 +1348,7 @@ def __init__(self,
                  transport_tcp_options: Optional[Dict[str, int]] =
                  {"in_capsule_data_size": 8192, "max_io_qpairs_per_ctrlr": 7},
                  tgt_cmd_extra_args: Optional[str] = None,
+                 discovery_addr: Optional[str] = None,
                  discovery_port: Optional[int] = None,
                  log_level: Optional[str] = 'INFO',
                  log_files_enabled: Optional[bool] = True,
@@ -1378,6 +1380,8 @@ def __init__(self,
 
         #: RADOS pool where ceph-nvmeof config data is stored.
         self.pool = pool
+        #: ``addr`` address of the nvmeof gateway
+        self.addr = addr or "0.0.0.0"
         #: ``port`` port of the nvmeof gateway
         self.port = port or 5500
         #: ``name`` name of the nvmeof gateway
@@ -1442,6 +1446,8 @@ def __init__(self,
         self.transport_tcp_options: Optional[Dict[str, int]] = transport_tcp_options
         #: ``tgt_cmd_extra_args`` extra arguments for the nvmf_tgt process
         self.tgt_cmd_extra_args = tgt_cmd_extra_args
+        #: ``discovery_addr`` address of the discovery service
+        self.discovery_addr = discovery_addr or "0.0.0.0"
         #: ``discovery_port`` port of the discovery service
         self.discovery_port = discovery_port or 8009
         #: ``log_level`` the nvmeof gateway log level