--- requests-2.12.4/tests/testserver/server.py 2016-12-21 11:31:56.000000000 -0800 +++ requests-2.12.4/tests/testserver/server.py.new 2016-12-30 10:40:06.085995065 -0800 @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ """Dummy server using for unit testing""" WAIT_EVENT_TIMEOUT = 5 - def __init__(self, handler=None, host='localhost', port=0, requests_to_handle=1, wait_to_close_event=None): + def __init__(self, handler=None, host='127.0.0.1', port=0, requests_to_handle=1, wait_to_close_event=None): super(Server, self).__init__() self.handler = handler or consume_socket_content