diff --git a/lib/http.js b/lib/http.js
index 7cea1d71a6..90feb8a282 100644
--- a/lib/http.js
+++ b/lib/http.js
@@ -521,7 +521,11 @@ function flushMessageQueue (socket, queue) {
 
 function Server (requestListener) {
   net.Server.call(this);
-  this.addListener("request", requestListener);
+  
+  if(requestListener){
+    this.addListener("request", requestListener);
+  }
+  
   this.addListener("connection", connectionListener);
 }
 sys.inherits(Server, net.Server);