diff --git a/Lib/SimpleXMLRPCServer.py b/Lib/SimpleXMLRPCServer.py
index 53ad9c5..8c85f80 100644
--- a/Lib/SimpleXMLRPCServer.py
+++ b/Lib/SimpleXMLRPCServer.py
@@ -518,11 +518,11 @@
     allow_reuse_address = True
 
     def __init__(self, addr, requestHandler=SimpleXMLRPCRequestHandler,
-                 logRequests=True, allow_none=False, encoding=None):
+                 logRequests=True, allow_none=False, encoding=None, bind_and_activate=True):
         self.logRequests = logRequests
 
         SimpleXMLRPCDispatcher.__init__(self, allow_none, encoding)
-        SocketServer.TCPServer.__init__(self, addr, requestHandler)
+        SocketServer.TCPServer.__init__(self, addr, requestHandler, bind_and_activate)
 
         # [Bug #1222790] If possible, set close-on-exec flag; if a
         # method spawns a subprocess, the subprocess shouldn't have