diff --git a/components/camel-netty/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/netty/NettyServerBootstrapConfiguration.java b/components/camel-netty/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/netty/NettyServerBootstrapConfiguration.java
index e7972fb8d5307..eb51b5fbb6c61 100644
--- a/components/camel-netty/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/netty/NettyServerBootstrapConfiguration.java
+++ b/components/camel-netty/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/netty/NettyServerBootstrapConfiguration.java
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ public class NettyServerBootstrapConfiguration implements Cloneable {
     protected String passphrase;
     protected BossPool bossPool;
     protected WorkerPool workerPool;
+    protected String networkInterface;
 
     public String getAddress() {
         return host + ":" + port;
@@ -319,6 +320,16 @@ public void setWorkerPool(WorkerPool workerPool) {
         this.workerPool = workerPool;
     }
 
+    public String getNetworkInterface()
+    {
+        return networkInterface;
+    }
+
+    public void setNetworkInterface(String networkInterface)
+    {
+        this.networkInterface = networkInterface;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Checks if the other {@link NettyServerBootstrapConfiguration} is compatible
      * with this, as a Netty listener bound on port X shares the same common
@@ -396,6 +407,8 @@ public boolean compatible(NettyServerBootstrapConfiguration other) {
             isCompatible = false;
         } else if (workerPool != other.workerPool) {
             isCompatible = false;
+        } else if (networkInterface != null && !networkInterface.equals(other.networkInterface)) {
+            isCompatible = false;
         }
 
         return isCompatible;
@@ -433,6 +446,7 @@ public String toStringBootstrapConfiguration() {
                 + ", passphrase='" + passphrase + '\''
                 + ", bossPool=" + bossPool
                 + ", workerPool=" + workerPool
+                + ", networkInterface='" + networkInterface + '\''
                 + '}';
     }
 }
diff --git a/components/camel-netty/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/netty/SingleUDPNettyServerBootstrapFactory.java b/components/camel-netty/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/netty/SingleUDPNettyServerBootstrapFactory.java
index 5c59166d19373..301da606e0c01 100644
--- a/components/camel-netty/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/netty/SingleUDPNettyServerBootstrapFactory.java
+++ b/components/camel-netty/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/netty/SingleUDPNettyServerBootstrapFactory.java
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
 package org.apache.camel.component.netty;
 
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
+import java.net.NetworkInterface;
+import java.net.SocketException;
+import java.net.UnknownHostException;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 import java.util.concurrent.ThreadFactory;
@@ -30,10 +33,12 @@
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.group.ChannelGroup;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.group.ChannelGroupFuture;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.group.DefaultChannelGroup;
+import org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.DatagramChannel;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.DatagramChannelFactory;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioDatagramChannelFactory;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioDatagramWorkerPool;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.nio.WorkerPool;
+import org.jboss.netty.handler.ipfilter.IpV4Subnet;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -43,6 +48,8 @@
 public class SingleUDPNettyServerBootstrapFactory extends ServiceSupport implements NettyServerBootstrapFactory {
 
     protected static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(SingleUDPNettyServerBootstrapFactory.class);
+    private static final String LOOPBACK_INTERFACE="lo";
+    private static final String MULTICAST_SUBNET = "224.0.0.0/4";
     private final ChannelGroup allChannels;
     private CamelContext camelContext;
     private ThreadFactory threadFactory;
@@ -50,7 +57,6 @@ public class SingleUDPNettyServerBootstrapFactory extends ServiceSupport impleme
     private ChannelPipelineFactory pipelineFactory;
     private DatagramChannelFactory datagramChannelFactory;
     private ConnectionlessBootstrap connectionlessBootstrap;
-    private Channel channel;
     private WorkerPool workerPool;
 
     public SingleUDPNettyServerBootstrapFactory() {
@@ -98,7 +104,8 @@ protected void doStop() throws Exception {
         stopServerBootstrap();
     }
 
-    protected void startServerBootstrap() {
+    protected void startServerBootstrap() throws UnknownHostException, SocketException
+    {
         // create non-shared worker pool
         int count = configuration.getWorkerCount() > 0 ? configuration.getWorkerCount() : NettyHelper.DEFAULT_IO_THREADS;
         workerPool = new NioDatagramWorkerPool(Executors.newCachedThreadPool(), count);
@@ -135,10 +142,22 @@ protected void startServerBootstrap() {
         // set the pipeline factory, which creates the pipeline for each newly created channels
         connectionlessBootstrap.setPipelineFactory(pipelineFactory);
 
-        LOG.info("ConnectionlessBootstrap binding to {}:{}", configuration.getHost(), configuration.getPort());
-        channel = connectionlessBootstrap.bind(new InetSocketAddress(configuration.getHost(), configuration.getPort()));
-        // to keep track of all channels in use
-        allChannels.add(channel);
+        InetSocketAddress hostAddress = new InetSocketAddress(configuration.getHost(), configuration.getPort());
+        IpV4Subnet multicastSubnet = new IpV4Subnet(MULTICAST_SUBNET);
+
+        if (multicastSubnet.contains(configuration.getHost()))
+        {
+            LOG.info("ConnectionlessBootstrap binding to {}:{}", configuration.getHost(), configuration.getPort());
+            DatagramChannel channel = (DatagramChannel)connectionlessBootstrap.bind(hostAddress);
+            String networkInterface = configuration.getNetworkInterface() == null ? LOOPBACK_INTERFACE : configuration.getNetworkInterface();
+            NetworkInterface multicastNetworkInterface = NetworkInterface.getByName(networkInterface);
+            channel.joinGroup(hostAddress, multicastNetworkInterface);
+            allChannels.add(channel);
+        } else {
+            LOG.info("ConnectionlessBootstrap binding to {}:{}", configuration.getHost(), configuration.getPort());
+            Channel channel = connectionlessBootstrap.bind(hostAddress);
+            allChannels.add(channel);
+        }
     }
 
     protected void stopServerBootstrap() {