diff --git a/Lib/multiprocessing/connection.py b/Lib/multiprocessing/connection.py
index 1f05658..59beaa0 100644
--- a/Lib/multiprocessing/connection.py
+++ b/Lib/multiprocessing/connection.py
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@
     '''
     def __init__(self, address, family, backlog=1):
         self._socket = socket.socket(getattr(socket, family))
+        self._socket.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
         self._socket.bind(address)
         self._socket.listen(backlog)
         self._address = self._socket.getsockname()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_multiprocessing.py b/Lib/test/test_multiprocessing.py
index 8f34a1e..76bd3ed 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_multiprocessing.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_multiprocessing.py
@@ -1189,6 +1189,30 @@
         del queue
         manager.shutdown()
 
+class _TestManagerRestart(BaseTestCase):
+
+    def _putter(self, address, authkey):
+        manager = QueueManager(
+            address=address, authkey=authkey, serializer=SERIALIZER)
+        manager.connect()
+        queue = manager.get_queue()
+        queue.put('hello world')
+
+    def test_rapid_restart(self):
+        authkey = os.urandom(32)
+        manager = QueueManager(
+            address=('localhost', 9999), authkey=authkey, serializer=SERIALIZER)
+        manager.start()
+
+        p = self.Process(target=self._putter, args=(manager.address, authkey))
+        p.start()
+        queue = manager.get_queue()
+        self.assertEqual(queue.get(), 'hello world')
+        manager.shutdown()
+        manager = QueueManager(
+            address=('localhost', 9999), authkey=authkey, serializer=SERIALIZER)
+        manager.start()
+
 #
 #
 #
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index c395d06..1de2458 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -197,6 +197,10 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #5177: Multiprocessing's SocketListener class now uses 
+  socket.SO_REUSEADDR on all connections so that the user no longer needs
+  to wait 120 seconds for the socket to expire.
+
 - Adjusted _tkinter to compile without warnings when WITH_THREAD is not
   defined (part of issue #5035).