diff --git a/src/args.rs b/src/args.rs
index 5c9bb73..62fb5ff 100644
--- a/src/args.rs
+++ b/src/args.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 use std::{
     env,
+    net::SocketAddr,
     sync::{Arc, LazyLock},
 };
 
@@ -35,6 +36,12 @@ pub struct DaemonCmd {
     #[arg(long)]
     #[arg(conflicts_with = "stdin")]
     pub socket: Option<PathBuf>,
+
+    /// Use a TCP port instead of a Unix socket or stdin. e.g.: 0.0.0.0:42420
+    #[arg(long)]
+    #[arg(conflicts_with = "socket")]
+    #[arg(conflicts_with = "stdin")]
+    pub tcp: Option<SocketAddr>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, clap::Subcommand)]
diff --git a/src/daemon.rs b/src/daemon.rs
index c6c944b..656fd11 100644
--- a/src/daemon.rs
+++ b/src/daemon.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 use std::{
+    borrow::Cow,
     env, io,
+    net::SocketAddr,
     os::fd::{AsFd, BorrowedFd, IntoRawFd, OwnedFd, RawFd},
     process::{Command, Stdio},
     sync::{
@@ -11,7 +13,12 @@ use std::{
 
 use iddqd::{BiHashMap, IdOrdMap};
 
-use mio::{Events, Interest, Poll, Token, event::Event, net::UnixListener, unix::SourceFd};
+use mio::{
+    Events, Interest, Poll, Token,
+    event::Event,
+    net::{TcpListener, UnixListener},
+    unix::SourceFd,
+};
 
 use rustix::{
     buffer::spare_capacity,
@@ -56,14 +63,6 @@ pub static TMPDIR: LazyLock<&'static Path> = LazyLock::new(|| {
     Box::leak(dir)
 });
 
-pub static NIXOS_REBUILD: LazyLock<&'static Path> = LazyLock::new(|| {
-    which::which("nixos-rebuild")
-        .inspect_err(|e| error!("couldn't find `nixos-rebuild` in PATH: {e}"))
-        .map(PathBuf::into_boxed_path)
-        .map(|boxed| &*Box::leak(boxed))
-        .unwrap_or(Path::new("/run/current-system/sw/bin/nixos-rebuild"))
-});
-
 pub static NIX: LazyLock<&'static Path> = LazyLock::new(|| {
     which::which("nix")
         .inspect_err(|e| error!("couldn't find `nix` in PATH: {e}"))
@@ -243,7 +242,11 @@ impl Daemon {
             .insert_unique(FdInfo::new(fd.as_raw_fd(), kind))
             .unwrap_or_else(|e| unreachable!("{e}"));
 
-        debug!("opened daemon to {:?} file descriptor {fd:?}", name);
+        if let Some(name) = &name {
+            info!("opened daemon to {}", name.to_string_lossy());
+        } else {
+            debug!("opened daemon to {name:?} (fd {fd:?})");
+        }
 
         let path = name
             .as_ref()
@@ -260,6 +263,24 @@ impl Daemon {
         }
     }
 
+    pub fn from_tcp_socket_addr(config_path: Arc<Path>, addr: SocketAddr) -> Result<Self, IoError> {
+        let listener = TcpListener::bind(addr.clone())
+            .inspect_err(|e| error!("failed to bind to '{addr}': {e}"))?;
+
+        let listener_owned_fd = OwnedFd::from(listener);
+        // FIXME: should we KEEP_ALIVE?
+        rustix::net::sockopt::set_socket_keepalive(&listener_owned_fd, true).unwrap();
+
+        let name = OsString::from(addr.to_string()).into_boxed_os_str();
+
+        Ok(Self::new(
+            config_path,
+            listener_owned_fd,
+            FdKind::Socket,
+            Some(name),
+        ))
+    }
+
     pub fn from_unix_socket_path(config_path: Arc<Path>, path: &Path) -> Result<Self, IoError> {
         // We unconditionally unlink() `path` before binding, but completely ignore the result.
         let _ = rustix::fs::unlink(path);
diff --git a/src/daemon_tokfd.rs b/src/daemon_tokfd.rs
index 8342685..d80b4a2 100644
--- a/src/daemon_tokfd.rs
+++ b/src/daemon_tokfd.rs
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ impl<'a> Display for FdInfoDisplay<'a> {
         write!(
             f,
             "{} fd {} ({})",
-            self.inner.kind.name_str(),
+            self.inner.kind,
             self.inner.fd,
             self.inner.name().to_string_lossy(),
         )?;
@@ -136,6 +136,19 @@ impl FdKind {
     }
 }
 
+impl Display for FdKind {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter) -> FmtResult {
+        use FdKind::*;
+        let name = self.name_str();
+        match self {
+            ChildStdout(pid) | ChildStderr(pid) | Pid(pid) => write!(f, "{name} for {pid}")?,
+            _ => write!(f, "{name}")?,
+        };
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Copy)]
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash)]
 pub struct TokenFd {
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index cfa921f..fe79677 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ pub fn do_daemon(args: Arc<Args>, daemon_args: DaemonCmd) -> Result<(), BoxDynEr
 
     let mut daemon = match daemon_args {
         DaemonCmd { stdin: true, .. } => Daemon::from_stdin(config_file),
+        DaemonCmd { tcp: Some(tcp), .. } => Daemon::from_tcp_socket_addr(config_file, tcp)?,
         DaemonCmd { socket: None, .. } => Daemon::open_default_socket(config_file)?,
         DaemonCmd {
             socket: Some(socket),