Index: DocXMLRPCServer.py
===================================================================
--- DocXMLRPCServer.py	(revision 52864)
+++ DocXMLRPCServer.py	(working copy)
@@ -252,8 +252,10 @@
     """
 
     def __init__(self, addr, requestHandler=DocXMLRPCRequestHandler,
-                 logRequests=1):
-        SimpleXMLRPCServer.__init__(self, addr, requestHandler, logRequests)
+                 logRequests=1, allow_none=False, encoding=None,
+                 bind_and_activate=True):
+        SimpleXMLRPCServer.__init__(self, addr, requestHandler, logRequests,
+                                    allow_none, encoding, bind_and_activate)
         XMLRPCDocGenerator.__init__(self)
 
 class DocCGIXMLRPCRequestHandler(   CGIXMLRPCRequestHandler,
Index: SocketServer.py
===================================================================
--- SocketServer.py	(revision 52864)
+++ SocketServer.py	(working copy)
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@
 
     Methods for the caller:
 
-    - __init__(server_address, RequestHandlerClass)
+    - __init__(server_address, RequestHandlerClass, bind_and_activate=True)
     - serve_forever()
     - handle_request()  # if you don't use serve_forever()
     - fileno() -> int   # for select()
@@ -322,13 +322,14 @@
 
     allow_reuse_address = False
 
-    def __init__(self, server_address, RequestHandlerClass):
+    def __init__(self, server_address, RequestHandlerClass, bind_and_activate=True):
         """Constructor.  May be extended, do not override."""
         BaseServer.__init__(self, server_address, RequestHandlerClass)
         self.socket = socket.socket(self.address_family,
                                     self.socket_type)
-        self.server_bind()
-        self.server_activate()
+        if bind_and_activate:
+          self.server_bind()
+          self.server_activate()
 
     def server_bind(self):
         """Called by constructor to bind the socket.
Index: SimpleXMLRPCServer.py
===================================================================
--- SimpleXMLRPCServer.py	(revision 52864)
+++ SimpleXMLRPCServer.py	(working copy)
@@ -518,11 +518,11 @@
     allow_reuse_address = True
 
     def __init__(self, addr, requestHandler=SimpleXMLRPCRequestHandler,
-                 logRequests=True, allow_none=False, encoding=None):
+                 logRequests=True, allow_none=False, encoding=None, bind_and_activate=True):
         self.logRequests = logRequests
 
         SimpleXMLRPCDispatcher.__init__(self, allow_none, encoding)
-        SocketServer.TCPServer.__init__(self, addr, requestHandler)
+        SocketServer.TCPServer.__init__(self, addr, requestHandler, bind_and_activate)
 
         # [Bug #1222790] If possible, set close-on-exec flag; if a
         # method spawns a subprocess, the subprocess shouldn't have