diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a6783a6db..73ab0f5ae 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ fxhash = "0.2.1"
 log = "0.4"
 mime = "0.3"
 net2 = "0.2.33"
+socket2 = "0.3.11"
 pin-project = "0.4.6"
 regex = "1.3"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features=["derive"] }
diff --git a/src/server.rs b/src/server.rs
index 11cfbb6bc..6d72fb4c6 100644
--- a/src/server.rs
+++ b/src/server.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use actix_http::{body::MessageBody, Error, HttpService, KeepAlive, Request, Resp
 use actix_server::{Server, ServerBuilder};
 use actix_service::{map_config, IntoServiceFactory, Service, ServiceFactory};
 
-use net2::TcpBuilder;
+use socket2;
 
 #[cfg(unix)]
 use actix_http::Protocol;
@@ -566,13 +566,14 @@ fn create_tcp_listener(
     addr: net::SocketAddr,
     backlog: i32,
 ) -> io::Result<net::TcpListener> {
-    let builder = match addr {
-        net::SocketAddr::V4(_) => TcpBuilder::new_v4()?,
-        net::SocketAddr::V6(_) => TcpBuilder::new_v6()?,
+    let socket_domain = match addr {
+        net::SocketAddr::V4(_) => socket2::Domain::ipv4(),
+        net::SocketAddr::V6(_) => socket2::Domain::ipv6(),
     };
-    builder.reuse_address(true)?;
-    builder.bind(addr)?;
-    Ok(builder.listen(backlog)?)
+    let socket = socket2::Socket::new(socket_domain, socket2::Type::stream(), None)?;
+    socket.bind(&socket2::SockAddr::from(addr))?;
+    socket.listen(backlog)?;
+    Ok(socket.into_tcp_listener())
 }
 
 #[cfg(feature = "openssl")]