diff --git a/.changes/localhost-custom-host-binding.md b/.changes/localhost-custom-host-binding.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b5bd3b53d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/localhost-custom-host-binding.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'localhost': 'minor'
+---
+
+Add custom host binding to allow external access
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/localhost/src/lib.rs b/plugins/localhost/src/lib.rs
index a0c4c794f..1bfa3b299 100644
--- a/plugins/localhost/src/lib.rs
+++ b/plugins/localhost/src/lib.rs
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ type OnRequest = Option<Box<dyn Fn(&Request, &mut Response) + Send + Sync>>;
 
 pub struct Builder {
     port: u16,
+    host: Option<String>,
     on_request: OnRequest,
 }
 
@@ -53,10 +54,16 @@ impl Builder {
     pub fn new(port: u16) -> Self {
         Self {
             port,
+            host: None,
             on_request: None,
         }
     }
 
+    pub fn host<H: AsRef<str>>(mut self, host: H) -> Self {
+        self.host = Some(host.as_ref().to_string());
+        self
+    }
+    
     pub fn on_request<F: Fn(&Request, &mut Response) + Send + Sync + 'static>(
         mut self,
         f: F,
@@ -67,6 +74,7 @@ impl Builder {
 
     pub fn build<R: Runtime>(mut self) -> TauriPlugin<R> {
         let port = self.port;
+        let host = self.host.unwrap_or("localhost".to_string());
         let on_request = self.on_request.take();
 
         PluginBuilder::new("localhost")
@@ -74,7 +82,7 @@ impl Builder {
                 let asset_resolver = app.asset_resolver();
                 std::thread::spawn(move || {
                     let server =
-                        Server::http(format!("localhost:{port}")).expect("Unable to spawn server");
+                        Server::http(format!("{host}:{port}")).expect("Unable to spawn server");
                     for req in server.incoming_requests() {
                         let path = req
                             .url()