diff --git a/scripts/runqemu b/scripts/runqemu
index a6ea578564..7bd9465593 100755
--- a/scripts/runqemu
+++ b/scripts/runqemu
@@ -1071,7 +1071,7 @@ class BaseConfig(object):
         logger.info("Network configuration:%s", netconf)
         self.kernel_cmdline_script += netconf
         # Port mapping
-        hostfwd = ",hostfwd=tcp::2222-:22,hostfwd=tcp::2323-:23"
+        hostfwd = ",hostfwd=tcp:127.0.0.1:2222-:22,hostfwd=tcp:127.0.0.1:2323-:23"
         qb_slirp_opt_default = "-netdev user,id=net0%s,tftp=%s" % (hostfwd, self.get('DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE'))
         qb_slirp_opt = self.get('QB_SLIRP_OPT') or qb_slirp_opt_default
         # Figure out the port