diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ae9f3ee..7408d9f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ dial uses the best transport (whatever works first, in the future we can have so
 - `protocol`
 - `callback`
 
+### `swarm.listen(callback)`
+
+Start listening on all added transports that are available on the current `peerInfo`.
+
 ### `swarm.handle(protocol, handler)`
 
 handle a new protocol.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3b4f634..3d40e22 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -79,4 +79,4 @@
     "Pau Ramon Revilla <masylum@gmail.com>",
     "Richard Littauer <richard.littauer@gmail.com>"
   ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 19662d8..136e055 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -217,6 +217,14 @@ function Swarm (peerInfo) {
     msS.handle(conn)
   }
 
+  function availableTransports (pi) {
+    const addrs = pi.multiaddrs
+    return Object.keys(self.transports).filter((ts) => {
+      // Only listen on transports we actually have addresses for
+      return self.transports[ts].filter(addrs).length > 0
+    })
+  }
+
   // higher level (public) API
   this.dial = (pi, protocol, callback) => {
     if (typeof protocol === 'function') {
@@ -279,7 +287,7 @@ function Swarm (peerInfo) {
     }
 
     function attemptDial (pi, cb) {
-      const tKeys = Object.keys(self.transports)
+      const tKeys = availableTransports(pi)
       nextTransport(tKeys.shift())
 
       function nextTransport (key) {
@@ -366,6 +374,14 @@ function Swarm (peerInfo) {
     }
   }
 
+  // Start listening on all available transports
+  this.listen = (callback) => {
+    parallel(availableTransports(peerInfo).map((ts) => (cb) => {
+      // Listen on the given transport
+      this.transport.listen(ts, {}, null, cb)
+    }), callback)
+  }
+
   this.handle = (protocol, handler) => {
     this.protocols[protocol] = handler
   }
diff --git a/test/09-swarm-with-muxing.node.js b/test/09-swarm-with-muxing.node.js
index 90b1a45..ce20c7b 100644
--- a/test/09-swarm-with-muxing.node.js
+++ b/test/09-swarm-with-muxing.node.js
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ describe('high level API - with everything mixed all together!', function () {
 
     parallel([
       (cb) => swarmA.transport.listen('tcp', {}, null, cb),
-      (cb) => swarmB.transport.listen('tcp', {}, null, cb),
-      (cb) => swarmC.transport.listen('tcp', {}, null, cb)
+      (cb) => swarmB.transport.listen('tcp', {}, null, cb)
+      // (cb) => swarmC.transport.listen('tcp', {}, null, cb)
     ], done)
   })
 
@@ -86,12 +86,16 @@ describe('high level API - with everything mixed all together!', function () {
 
     parallel([
       (cb) => swarmB.transport.listen('ws', {}, null, cb),
-      (cb) => swarmC.transport.listen('ws', {}, null, cb),
+      // (cb) => swarmC.transport.listen('ws', {}, null, cb),
       (cb) => swarmD.transport.listen('ws', {}, null, cb),
       (cb) => swarmE.transport.listen('ws', {}, null, cb)
     ], done)
   })
 
+  it('listen automatically', (done) => {
+    swarmC.listen(done)
+  })
+
   it('add spdy', () => {
     swarmA.connection.addStreamMuxer(spdy)
     swarmB.connection.addStreamMuxer(spdy)