diff --git a/mongoose.c b/mongoose.c
index 53f58c69..66831830 100644
--- a/mongoose.c
+++ b/mongoose.c
@@ -2458,6 +2458,9 @@ struct mg_connection *mg_sntp_connect(struct mg_mgr *mgr, const char *url,
 
 #if MG_ENABLE_SOCKET
 #if defined(_WIN32)
+#ifndef SO_EXCLUSIVEADDRUSE
+#define SO_EXCLUSIVEADDRUSE ((int) (~SO_REUSEADDR))
+#endif
 #define MG_SOCK_ERRNO WSAGetLastError()
 #define FD(C_) ((SOCKET)(C_)->fd)
 #elif MG_ARCH == MG_ARCH_FREERTOS
@@ -2654,6 +2657,7 @@ SOCKET mg_open_listener(const char *url) {
         // "Using SO_REUSEADDR and SO_EXCLUSIVEADDRUSE"
         !setsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_EXCLUSIVEADDRUSE, (char *) &on,
                     sizeof(on)) &&
+        !setsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_BROADCAST, (char *) &on, sizeof(on)) &&
 #endif
         bind(fd, &usa.sa, slen) == 0 &&
         // NOTE(lsm): FreeRTOS uses backlog value as a connection limit
diff --git a/mongoose.h b/mongoose.h
index 18e541e7..8da88991 100644
--- a/mongoose.h
+++ b/mongoose.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 // license, as set out in <https://www.cesanta.com/license>.
 
 #pragma once
-#define MG_VERSION "7.0"
+#define MG_VERSION "7.1"
 
 
 #define MG_ARCH_CUSTOM 0
diff --git a/src/sock.c b/src/sock.c
index 446c5b8c..c866ef0b 100644
--- a/src/sock.c
+++ b/src/sock.c
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 
 #if MG_ENABLE_SOCKET
 #if defined(_WIN32)
+#ifndef SO_EXCLUSIVEADDRUSE
+#define SO_EXCLUSIVEADDRUSE ((int) (~SO_REUSEADDR))
+#endif
 #define MG_SOCK_ERRNO WSAGetLastError()
 #define FD(C_) ((SOCKET)(C_)->fd)
 #elif MG_ARCH == MG_ARCH_FREERTOS
@@ -207,6 +210,7 @@ SOCKET mg_open_listener(const char *url) {
         // "Using SO_REUSEADDR and SO_EXCLUSIVEADDRUSE"
         !setsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_EXCLUSIVEADDRUSE, (char *) &on,
                     sizeof(on)) &&
+        !setsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_BROADCAST, (char *) &on, sizeof(on)) &&
 #endif
         bind(fd, &usa.sa, slen) == 0 &&
         // NOTE(lsm): FreeRTOS uses backlog value as a connection limit