diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/web/embedded/jetty/JettyReactiveWebServerFactory.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/web/embedded/jetty/JettyReactiveWebServerFactory.java
index 578312dd6ce..a78bc404d4a 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/web/embedded/jetty/JettyReactiveWebServerFactory.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/web/embedded/jetty/JettyReactiveWebServerFactory.java
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ public class JettyReactiveWebServerFactory extends AbstractReactiveWebServerFact
 	private AbstractConnector createConnector(InetSocketAddress address, Server server) {
 		ServerConnector connector = new ServerConnector(server, this.acceptors,
 				this.selectors);
-		connector.setHost(address.getHostName());
+		connector.setHost(address.getHostString());
 		connector.setPort(address.getPort());
 		for (ConnectionFactory connectionFactory : connector.getConnectionFactories()) {
 			if (connectionFactory instanceof HttpConfiguration.ConnectionFactory) {
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/web/embedded/jetty/JettyServletWebServerFactory.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/web/embedded/jetty/JettyServletWebServerFactory.java
index 2f7d44fe367..430598eeccf 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/web/embedded/jetty/JettyServletWebServerFactory.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/web/embedded/jetty/JettyServletWebServerFactory.java
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ public class JettyServletWebServerFactory extends AbstractServletWebServerFactor
 	private AbstractConnector createConnector(InetSocketAddress address, Server server) {
 		ServerConnector connector = new ServerConnector(server, this.acceptors,
 				this.selectors);
-		connector.setHost(address.getHostName());
+		connector.setHost(address.getHostString());
 		connector.setPort(address.getPort());
 		for (ConnectionFactory connectionFactory : connector.getConnectionFactories()) {
 			if (connectionFactory instanceof HttpConfiguration.ConnectionFactory) {
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/web/embedded/jetty/JettyReactiveWebServerFactoryTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/web/embedded/jetty/JettyReactiveWebServerFactoryTests.java
index e2eb9caf4d6..067ea60d450 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/web/embedded/jetty/JettyReactiveWebServerFactoryTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/web/embedded/jetty/JettyReactiveWebServerFactoryTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2017 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2018 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -16,15 +16,19 @@
 
 package org.springframework.boot.web.embedded.jetty;
 
+import java.net.InetAddress;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 
+import org.eclipse.jetty.server.Connector;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.server.ServerConnector;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.mockito.InOrder;
 
 import org.springframework.boot.web.reactive.server.AbstractReactiveWebServerFactoryTests;
 import org.springframework.http.server.reactive.HttpHandler;
 
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.inOrder;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
@@ -76,4 +80,17 @@ public class JettyReactiveWebServerFactoryTests
 		}
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void specificIPAddressNotReverseResolved() throws Exception {
+		JettyReactiveWebServerFactory factory = getFactory();
+		InetAddress localhost = InetAddress.getLocalHost();
+		factory.setAddress(InetAddress.getByAddress(localhost.getAddress()));
+		this.webServer = factory.getWebServer(mock(HttpHandler.class));
+		this.webServer.start();
+		Connector connector = ((JettyWebServer) this.webServer).getServer()
+				.getConnectors()[0];
+		assertThat(((ServerConnector) connector).getHost())
+				.isEqualTo(localhost.getHostAddress());
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/web/embedded/jetty/JettyServletWebServerFactoryTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/web/embedded/jetty/JettyServletWebServerFactoryTests.java
index f64003a5bcd..1b23bdcf3a3 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/web/embedded/jetty/JettyServletWebServerFactoryTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/web/embedded/jetty/JettyServletWebServerFactoryTests.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package org.springframework.boot.web.embedded.jetty;
 
+import java.net.InetAddress;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.Arrays;
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.server.Connector;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.server.Handler;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.server.ServerConnector;
@@ -273,6 +275,19 @@ public class JettyServletWebServerFactoryTests
 		factory.getWebServer().start();
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void specificIPAddressNotReverseResolved() throws Exception {
+		JettyServletWebServerFactory factory = getFactory();
+		InetAddress localhost = InetAddress.getLocalHost();
+		factory.setAddress(InetAddress.getByAddress(localhost.getAddress()));
+		this.webServer = factory.getWebServer();
+		this.webServer.start();
+		Connector connector = ((JettyWebServer) this.webServer).getServer()
+				.getConnectors()[0];
+		assertThat(((ServerConnector) connector).getHost())
+				.isEqualTo(localhost.getHostAddress());
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	protected JspServlet getJspServlet() throws Exception {
 		WebAppContext context = (WebAppContext) ((JettyWebServer) this.webServer)