diff --git a/packages/compiler/ambient/scriptc-node-fallback.d.ts b/packages/compiler/ambient/scriptc-node-fallback.d.ts
index 2dd867bb7..70b6233a1 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/ambient/scriptc-node-fallback.d.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/ambient/scriptc-node-fallback.d.ts
@@ -2036,8 +2036,9 @@ declare module "net" {
      * spelling). */
     listen(port: number, host: string, callback?: () => void): Server;
     /* The explicit-interface bind: host is an IP literal (absent = the
-     * host-less dual-stack any); ipv6Only sets IPV6_V6ONLY. */
-    listen(options: { port: number; host?: string; ipv6Only?: boolean }, callback?: () => void): Server;
+     * host-less dual-stack any); ipv6Only sets IPV6_V6ONLY and reusePort
+     * requests kernel connection distribution where Node supports it. */
+    listen(options: { port: number; host?: string; ipv6Only?: boolean; reusePort?: boolean }, callback?: () => void): Server;
     close(callback?: () => void): void;
     /* The bound AddressInfo (Node answers null before listen — this
      * surface answers the record with port 0 there, the serverPort
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/backend/c/exprs.ts b/packages/compiler/src/backend/c/exprs.ts
index b8dc5510d..9bcd9bc0a 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/backend/c/exprs.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/backend/c/exprs.ts
@@ -5335,6 +5335,10 @@ function emitNetworkLibCall(state: LibCallState): Temp {
             emitter.usesTimers = true;
             emitter.line(`scr_net_listen_opts(${arg(0)}, ${arg(1)}, ${arg(2)}, ${arg(3)}, NULL);${emitter.srcComment(e.loc)}`);
             return { name: "", type: e.type };
+          case "net.listenOptsReusePort":
+            emitter.usesTimers = true;
+            emitter.line(`scr_net_listen_opts_reuse_port(${arg(0)}, ${arg(1)}, ${arg(2)}, ${arg(3)}, ${arg(4)}, NULL);${emitter.srcComment(e.loc)}`);
+            return { name: "", type: e.type };
           case "net.listenOptsCb": {
             emitter.usesTimers = true;
             // The callback slot may be the `(() => void) | undefined`
@@ -5362,6 +5366,32 @@ function emitNetworkLibCall(state: LibCallState): Temp {
             emitter.line(`scr_net_listen_opts(${arg(0)}, ${arg(1)}, ${arg(2)}, ${arg(3)}, ${cbExpr});${emitter.srcComment(e.loc)}`);
             return { name: "", type: e.type };
           }
+          case "net.listenOptsReusePortCb": {
+            emitter.usesTimers = true;
+            // The callback slot follows reusePort in the additive ABI and
+            // may be the `(() => void) | undefined` optional-binding union.
+            const cbT = e.args[5]!.type;
+            let cbExpr: string;
+            if (cbT.kind === "func") {
+              const cb = args[5]!;
+              emitter.moveTemp(cb);
+              cbExpr = cb.name;
+            } else {
+              if (cbT.kind !== "union") throw new InternalCompilerError("emitter bug: net.listenOptsReusePortCb callback shape");
+              const def = emitter.unionsById.get(cbT.unionId);
+              const funcTag = def ? def.arms.findIndex((a) => a.kind === "func") : -1;
+              if (funcTag < 0) throw new InternalCompilerError("emitter bug: net.listenOptsReusePortCb union lacks its func arm");
+              const u = args[5]!;
+              const t = emitter.newTemp(
+                def!.arms[funcTag]!,
+                `${u.name}->tag == ${funcTag} ? scr_closure_retain((ScrClosure *)scr_union_peek(${u.name})) : NULL`,
+              );
+              emitter.moveTemp(t);
+              cbExpr = t.name;
+            }
+            emitter.line(`scr_net_listen_opts_reuse_port(${arg(0)}, ${arg(1)}, ${arg(2)}, ${arg(3)}, ${arg(4)}, ${cbExpr});${emitter.srcComment(e.loc)}`);
+            return { name: "", type: e.type };
+          }
           case "net.serverPort":
             return finish(`scr_net_server_port(${arg(0)})`);
           case "net.serverAddress": {
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/backend/llvm/lib-network.ts b/packages/compiler/src/backend/llvm/lib-network.ts
index e2cbd37a9..b50843641 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/backend/llvm/lib-network.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/backend/llvm/lib-network.ts
@@ -40,28 +40,34 @@ export function emitNetworkHttpLibCall(host: LlvmEmitterContext, e: LibCallExpr)
       B.line(`call void @scr_net_listen(ptr ${args[0]!.name}, double ${args[1]!.name}, ptr ${cb})`);
       return { name: "", type: e.type };
     }
-    if (e.fn === "net.listenOpts" || e.fn === "net.listenOptsCb") {
+    if (e.fn === "net.listenOpts" || e.fn === "net.listenOptsCb" ||
+        e.fn === "net.listenOptsReusePort" || e.fn === "net.listenOptsReusePortCb") {
       // The callback slot may be the `(() => void) | undefined` optional-
       // binding union: unwrap to a nullable closure.
       const args = e.args.map((a) => host.emitExpr(a));
       let cb = "null";
-      if (e.fn === "net.listenOptsCb") {
-        const cbT = e.args[4]!.type;
+      const reusePort = e.fn === "net.listenOptsReusePort" || e.fn === "net.listenOptsReusePortCb";
+      const withCallback = e.fn === "net.listenOptsCb" || e.fn === "net.listenOptsReusePortCb";
+      const cbIndex = reusePort ? 5 : 4;
+      if (withCallback) {
+        const cbT = e.args[cbIndex]!.type;
         if (cbT.kind === "func") {
-          host.moveTemp(args[4]!);
-          cb = args[4]!.name;
+          host.moveTemp(args[cbIndex]!);
+          cb = args[cbIndex]!.name;
         } else {
-          if (cbT.kind !== "union") throw new InternalCompilerError("llvm emitter bug: net.listenOptsCb callback shape");
+          if (cbT.kind !== "union") throw new InternalCompilerError(`llvm emitter bug: ${e.fn} callback shape`);
           const def = host.unionsById.get(cbT.unionId);
           const funcTag = def ? def.arms.findIndex((a) => a.kind === "func") : -1;
-          if (funcTag < 0) throw new InternalCompilerError("llvm emitter bug: net.listenOptsCb union lacks its func arm");
-          cb = host.unwrapNullableClosure(args[4]!.name, funcTag);
+          if (funcTag < 0) throw new InternalCompilerError(`llvm emitter bug: ${e.fn} union lacks its func arm`);
+          cb = host.unwrapNullableClosure(args[cbIndex]!.name, funcTag);
         }
       }
-      const decls = e.args.slice(0, 4).map((a) => (host.llType(a.type) === "i1" ? "i1 zeroext" : host.llType(a.type)));
-      host.declare(`declare void @scr_net_listen_opts(${decls.join(", ")}, ptr)`);
+      const valueCount = reusePort ? 5 : 4;
+      const decls = e.args.slice(0, valueCount).map((a) => (host.llType(a.type) === "i1" ? "i1 zeroext" : host.llType(a.type)));
+      const runtimeFn = reusePort ? "scr_net_listen_opts_reuse_port" : "scr_net_listen_opts";
+      host.declare(`declare void @${runtimeFn}(${decls.join(", ")}, ptr)`);
       B.line(
-        `call void @scr_net_listen_opts(${args.slice(0, 4).map((a) => `${host.llType(a.type)} ${a.name}`).join(", ")}, ptr ${cb})`,
+        `call void @${runtimeFn}(${args.slice(0, valueCount).map((a) => `${host.llType(a.type)} ${a.name}`).join(", ")}, ptr ${cb})`,
       );
       return { name: "", type: e.type };
     }
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/backend/llvm/lib-shared.ts b/packages/compiler/src/backend/llvm/lib-shared.ts
index ead60b602..a654f9e69 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/backend/llvm/lib-shared.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/backend/llvm/lib-shared.ts
@@ -677,6 +677,7 @@ export const USES_TIMERS_LIB_FNS = new Set<string>([
   "sp.finished", "sp.pipeline",
   "sc.text", "sc.json", "sc.buffer",
   "net.listen", "net.listenCb", "net.listenOpts", "net.listenOptsCb",
+  "net.listenOptsReusePort", "net.listenOptsReusePortCb",
   "net.connect", "net.connectCb", "net.connectLookup", "net.connectAttempt",
   "fs.existsChk",
   "http.createServer", "http.createServerEmpty",
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/frontend/lowering/lower-server.ts b/packages/compiler/src/frontend/lowering/lower-server.ts
index 7373ad8f2..27fdacf2a 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/frontend/lowering/lower-server.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/frontend/lowering/lower-server.ts
@@ -954,16 +954,19 @@ function lowerNetServerMethodCall(lowerer: Lowerer, call: ts.CallExpression,
       return receiverReturningCall(lowerer, fn, callArgs, NETSERVER_T, loc);
     };
     const receiver = coerceToHandle(lowerer, access.expression, NETSERVER_T);
-    // The options-object form — listen({ port, host?, ipv6Only? }[, cb]),
+    // The options-object form — listen({ port, host?, ipv6Only?, reusePort? }[, cb]),
     // the portless listenOnProxyInterface shape: host binds that ONE
     // address (an IP literal — the runtime has no resolver here; absent
     // = Node's host-less dual-stack any), ipv6Only sets IPV6_V6ONLY
     // (truthiness, like Node's option handling — `boolean | undefined`
-    // flows). Every other key fences by name.
+    // flows). reusePort follows the same truthiness path, but its presence
+    // selects the additive reuse-port ABI even when the value is false.
+    // Every other key fences by name.
     if (ts.isObjectLiteralExpression(args[0]!)) {
       let port: IrExpr | null = null;
       let host: IrExpr | null = null;
       let v6only: IrExpr | null = null;
+      let reusePort: IrExpr | null = null;
       for (const prop of (args[0] as ts.ObjectLiteralExpression).properties) {
         let initializer: ts.Expression | null;
         if (ts.isPropertyAssignment(prop) &&
@@ -1007,6 +1010,20 @@ function lowerNetServerMethodCall(lowerer: Lowerer, call: ts.CallExpression,
             }
             v6only = v;
           }
+        } else if (key === "reusePort") {
+          if (initializer !== null) {
+            reusePort = lowerer.lowerCondition(initializer); /* truthiness: `boolean | undefined` flows */
+          } else {
+            const v = lowerer.lowerShorthandValue(prop as ts.ShorthandPropertyAssignment);
+            if (v.type.kind !== "bool") {
+              lowerer.noLowering(
+                `a listen 'reusePort' option of '${lowerer.fmt(v.type)}' values`,
+                prop,
+                "spell the option out (reusePort: value) so non-boolean values can narrow",
+              );
+            }
+            reusePort = v;
+          }
         } else if (key === "signal" && ts.isPropertyAssignment(prop) &&
                    isJsSourceFile(call.getSourceFile())) {
           // A provably-non-AbortSignal signal (the invalid-input probes:
@@ -1032,13 +1049,13 @@ function lowerNetServerMethodCall(lowerer: Lowerer, call: ts.CallExpression,
           lowerer.noLowering(
             `listen option 'signal'`,
             prop,
-            "abort-driven close has no lowering yet — port, host, and ipv6Only are the supported listen options",
+            "abort-driven close has no lowering yet — port, host, ipv6Only, and reusePort are the supported listen options",
           );
         } else {
           lowerer.noLowering(
             `listen option '${key}'`,
             prop,
-            "port, host, and ipv6Only are the supported listen options",
+            "port, host, ipv6Only, and reusePort are the supported listen options",
           );
         }
       }
@@ -1046,13 +1063,17 @@ function lowerNetServerMethodCall(lowerer: Lowerer, call: ts.CallExpression,
         lowerer.noLowering(
           "listen options without a port",
           args[0]!,
-          "the supported options object is { port, host?, ipv6Only? } — port 0 binds an ephemeral port",
+          "the supported options object is { port, host?, ipv6Only?, reusePort? } — port 0 binds an ephemeral port",
         );
       }
       host ??= { kind: "strLit", value: "", type: STRING, loc }; /* "" = the dual-stack any default */
       v6only ??= boolLit(false, loc);
+      const listenOptsFn: IrLibFn = reusePort === null ? "net.listenOpts" : "net.listenOptsReusePort";
+      const listenOptsCbFn: IrLibFn = reusePort === null ? "net.listenOptsCb" : "net.listenOptsReusePortCb";
       if (args.length === 1) {
-        return listenResult("net.listenOpts", [receiver, port, host, v6only]);
+        return listenResult(listenOptsFn, reusePort === null
+          ? [receiver, port, host, v6only]
+          : [receiver, port, host, v6only, reusePort]);
       }
       // The callback may be an OPTIONAL binding — `(() => void) |
       // undefined`, portless's listenOnProxyInterface pass-through: the
@@ -1085,7 +1106,9 @@ function lowerNetServerMethodCall(lowerer: Lowerer, call: ts.CallExpression,
           `listen callbacks of type '${lowerer.fmt(cbV.type)}' (use () — an optional \`(() => void) | undefined\` binding also flows)`,
         );
       }
-      return listenResult("net.listenOptsCb", [receiver, port, host, v6only, cbV]);
+      return listenResult(listenOptsCbFn, reusePort === null
+        ? [receiver, port, host, v6only, cbV]
+        : [receiver, port, host, v6only, reusePort, cbV]);
     }
     const port = lowerer.lowerExprExpecting(args[0]!, F64);
     // The optional middle host — listen(port, '127.0.0.1'[, cb]): a
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/ir/ir.ts b/packages/compiler/src/ir/ir.ts
index aed30d105..0d89fa2a0 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/ir/ir.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/ir/ir.ts
@@ -2384,10 +2384,18 @@ export type IrLibFn =
    * (portless's listenOnProxyInterface): args [server, port, host,
    * ipv6Only]. host is an IP literal string ("" = the host-less
    * dual-stack any default); ipv6Only sets IPV6_V6ONLY before the bind.
-   * Failures are the async 'error', message in Node's listen shape with
-   * the requested host. Never throws. */
+   * These are the old-shaped calls, retained for omitted reusePort so
+   * serialized IR remains compatible. Failures are the async 'error',
+   * message in Node's listen shape with the requested host. Never throws. */
   | "net.listenOpts"
   | "net.listenOptsCb"
+  /** Additive ABI for listen({ ..., reusePort }) — args
+   * [server, port, host, ipv6Only, reusePort], with the callback following
+   * those values in the callback form. The final BOOL is the requested
+   * kernel connection-distribution option; old spellings remain
+   * four/five-argument calls so serialized IR stays compatible. */
+  | "net.listenOptsReusePort"
+  | "net.listenOptsReusePortCb"
   | "net.serverPort"
   /** server.address() as the full AddressInfo record (the dgram.address
    * materialization pattern: the emitter builds the record from the three
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/ir/validate.ts b/packages/compiler/src/ir/validate.ts
index 86553251e..561565a79 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/ir/validate.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/ir/validate.ts
@@ -348,6 +348,10 @@ export const LIB_FN_SIGS: Record<IrLibFn, { argTypes: (IrType | null)[]; result:
   // The callback slot is a zero-param void closure OR its
   // `(() => void) | undefined` optional-binding union (checked specially).
   "net.listenOptsCb": { argTypes: [NETSERVER_T, F64, STRING, BOOL, null], result: VOID },
+  "net.listenOptsReusePort": { argTypes: [NETSERVER_T, F64, STRING, BOOL, BOOL], result: VOID },
+  // The callback is a zero-param void closure OR its optional-binding union;
+  // the callback follows the reusePort BOOL in this additive ABI.
+  "net.listenOptsReusePortCb": { argTypes: [NETSERVER_T, F64, STRING, BOOL, BOOL, null], result: VOID },
   "net.serverPort": { argTypes: [NETSERVER_T], result: F64 },
   // net.serverAddress's record result is shape-checked in the libCall case
   // (the dgram.address sentinel pattern).
@@ -3957,8 +3961,9 @@ function validateFunction(
           }
           break;
         }
-        if (e.fn === "net.listenOptsCb") {
-          const t = e.args[4]?.type;
+        if (e.fn === "net.listenOptsCb" || e.fn === "net.listenOptsReusePortCb") {
+          const cbIndex = e.fn === "net.listenOptsReusePortCb" ? 5 : 4;
+          const t = e.args[cbIndex]?.type;
           const funcOk = (x: IrType | undefined): boolean =>
             x?.kind === "func" && x.params.length === 0 && x.ret.kind === "void";
           let ok = funcOk(t);
@@ -3968,7 +3973,7 @@ function validateFunction(
               def.arms.some((a) => a.kind === "undefinedT");
           }
           if (!ok) {
-            err(`libCall net.listenOptsCb callback shape (frontend must fence)`, e.loc);
+            err(`libCall ${e.fn} callback shape (frontend must fence)`, e.loc);
           }
           break;
         }
diff --git a/packages/runtime/src/scr_net.c b/packages/runtime/src/scr_net.c
index 9f95d86d2..0701f0c23 100644
--- a/packages/runtime/src/scr_net.c
+++ b/packages/runtime/src/scr_net.c
@@ -107,6 +107,20 @@
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 #include <netinet/tcp.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
+#if defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__DragonFly__) || defined(_AIX) || defined(__sun)
+#include <sys/param.h>
+#endif
+#endif
+
+/* MinGW's errno headers do not expose ENOTSUP on every supported toolchain.
+ * Keep a stable internal value for the Node/libuv unsupported reuse-port
+ * result, while preserving the platform's EOPNOTSUPP spelling when present. */
+#ifndef ENOTSUP
+#ifdef EOPNOTSUPP
+#define ENOTSUP EOPNOTSUPP
+#else
+#define ENOTSUP 4095
+#endif
 #endif
 
 static void scr_net_oom(void) {
@@ -275,6 +289,10 @@ static const char *scr_net_errname(int err) {
   case EHOSTDOWN: return "EHOSTDOWN"; /* absent from the win32 CRT */
 #endif
   case EINVAL: return "EINVAL";
+  case ENOTSUP: return "ENOTSUP";
+#if defined(EOPNOTSUPP) && (!defined(ENOTSUP) || EOPNOTSUPP != ENOTSUP)
+  case EOPNOTSUPP: return "EOPNOTSUPP";
+#endif
   default: return "EUNKNOWN";
   }
 }
@@ -710,6 +728,62 @@ static void scr_net_listen_reuseaddr(int fd) {
 #endif
 }
 
+/* Node/libuv's TCP reuse-port matrix. SO_REUSEPORT is deliberately NOT
+ * selected merely because a platform header happens to expose it: macOS's
+ * meaning is not the required TCP load-balancing contract, and Windows'
+ * SO_REUSEADDR is port hijacking rather than reuse-port support. FreeBSD's
+ * ordinary SO_REUSEPORT does not distribute connections, so FreeBSD 12+
+ * uses the load-balancing spelling instead. A setsockopt failure is returned
+ * to the caller so an unsupported kernel cannot silently become a singleton. */
+static int scr_net_listen_reuseport(int fd) {
+  int rc;
+#if defined(__FreeBSD__) && defined(__FreeBSD_version) && __FreeBSD_version >= 1200000 && defined(SO_REUSEPORT_LB)
+  int one = 1;
+  rc = setsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEPORT_LB, &one, sizeof one);
+#elif (defined(__linux__) || defined(_AIX73) || \
+       (defined(__DragonFly__) && defined(__DragonFly_version) && __DragonFly_version >= 300600) || \
+       (defined(__sun) && !defined(__illumos__) && defined(SO_FLOW_NAME))) && \
+      defined(SO_REUSEPORT)
+  int one = 1;
+  rc = setsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEPORT, &one, sizeof one);
+#else
+  (void)fd;
+  errno = ENOTSUP;
+  return -1;
+#endif
+#if defined(__linux__) && defined(ENOPROTOOPT)
+  /* Linux kernels predating 3.9 expose no reuse-port TCP support. Keep
+   * Node's stable unsupported result instead of leaking ENOPROTOOPT. */
+  if (rc != 0 && errno == ENOPROTOOPT) errno = ENOTSUP;
+#endif
+  return rc;
+}
+
+/* Shared bind setup for both host-less and explicit-interface listeners.
+ * SO_REUSEADDR remains first, reuse-port is requested next, and both are
+ * complete before bind/listen. The returned errno is the native failure. */
+static int scr_net_bind_listen(int fd, const struct sockaddr *sa, socklen_t salen,
+                               bool reuse_port) {
+  scr_net_listen_reuseaddr(fd);
+  if (reuse_port && scr_net_listen_reuseport(fd) != 0) return -1;
+  scr_net_nonblock(fd);
+  int rc = bind(fd, sa, salen);
+  if (rc == 0) rc = listen(fd, 511); /* Node's default backlog */
+  return rc;
+}
+
+static const char *scr_net_listen_reason(int err, bool explicit_host) {
+  if (err == EADDRINUSE) return "address already in use";
+#ifdef EADDRNOTAVAIL
+  if (explicit_host && err == EADDRNOTAVAIL) return "address not available";
+#endif
+  if (err == ENOTSUP) return "operation not supported";
+#if defined(EOPNOTSUPP) && (!defined(ENOTSUP) || EOPNOTSUPP != ENOTSUP)
+  if (err == EOPNOTSUPP) return "operation not supported";
+#endif
+  return "permission denied";
+}
+
 /* write(2) to a socket with SIGPIPE suppressed. macOS sets SO_NOSIGPIPE
  * per fd above (send() path unchanged: write, exactly the historical
  * call); Linux has no SO_NOSIGPIPE — MSG_NOSIGNAL on each send is the
@@ -1280,7 +1354,8 @@ ScrNetServer *scr_net_create_server(ScrClosure *handler /*moves, nullable*/, Scr
  * 'error'); success defers the listen callback ('listening') to the next
  * dispatch pass, Node's next-tick emit. Binds like Node's host-less
  * listen: IPv6 any with dual-stack when the kernel allows, IPv4 fallback. */
-void scr_net_listen(ScrNetServer *s, double port, ScrClosure *cb /*moves, nullable*/) {
+static void scr_net_listen_any(ScrNetServer *s, double port, bool reuse_port,
+                               ScrClosure *cb /*moves, nullable*/) {
   if (cb) scr_net_ls_add(&s->listening_cbs, cb, NULL, true);
   if (s->listening || s->close_emitted) return;
   if (!scr_net_poller_init()) {
@@ -1300,8 +1375,6 @@ void scr_net_listen(ScrNetServer *s, double port, ScrClosure *cb /*moves, nullab
     fputs("scriptc: socket() failed\n", stderr);
     abort();
   }
-  scr_net_listen_reuseaddr(fd);
-  scr_net_nonblock(fd);
   int rc;
   if (v6) {
     struct sockaddr_in6 addr;
@@ -1309,23 +1382,22 @@ void scr_net_listen(ScrNetServer *s, double port, ScrClosure *cb /*moves, nullab
     addr.sin6_family = AF_INET6;
     addr.sin6_addr = in6addr_any;
     addr.sin6_port = htons((uint16_t)p);
-    rc = bind(fd, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, sizeof addr);
+    rc = scr_net_bind_listen(fd, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, sizeof addr, reuse_port);
   } else {
     struct sockaddr_in addr;
     memset(&addr, 0, sizeof addr);
     addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
     addr.sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY;
     addr.sin_port = htons((uint16_t)p);
-    rc = bind(fd, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, sizeof addr);
+    rc = scr_net_bind_listen(fd, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, sizeof addr, reuse_port);
   }
-  if (rc == 0) rc = listen(fd, 511); /* Node's default backlog */
   if (rc != 0) {
     int err = errno;
     close(fd);
     char msg[128];
     /* Node: "listen EADDRINUSE: address already in use :::4000" */
     snprintf(msg, sizeof msg, "listen %s: %s %s:%d", scr_net_errname(err),
-             err == EADDRINUSE ? "address already in use" : "permission denied",
+             scr_net_listen_reason(err, false),
              v6 ? "::" : "0.0.0.0", p);
     if (!s->pending_err) s->pending_err = scr_str_new(msg, strlen(msg));
     scr_net_server_register(s); /* the sweep delivers the failure */
@@ -1347,7 +1419,11 @@ void scr_net_listen(ScrNetServer *s, double port, ScrClosure *cb /*moves, nullab
   scr_net_server_register(s);
 }
 
-/* listen({ port, host, ipv6Only }) — the explicit-interface bind
+void scr_net_listen(ScrNetServer *s, double port, ScrClosure *cb /*moves, nullable*/) {
+  scr_net_listen_any(s, port, false, cb);
+}
+
+/* listen({ port, host, ipv6Only, reusePort }) — the explicit-interface bind
  * (portless's listenOnProxyInterface): host is an IP literal ("" = the
  * host-less dual-stack default above; "localhost" pins to 127.0.0.1, the
  * connect-side divergence); ipv6Only sets IPV6_V6ONLY before the bind
@@ -1355,10 +1431,11 @@ void scr_net_listen(ScrNetServer *s, double port, ScrClosure *cb /*moves, nullab
  * listener, exactly the portless pair). Failures are the async 'error'
  * with Node's listen message naming the requested host; a non-IP host is
  * the async getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND (no resolver in this slice). */
-void scr_net_listen_opts(ScrNetServer *s, double port, ScrStr *host /*borrowed*/,
-                          bool ipv6_only, ScrClosure *cb /*moves, nullable*/) {
+static void scr_net_listen_opts_impl(ScrNetServer *s, double port, ScrStr *host /*borrowed*/,
+                                     bool ipv6_only, bool reuse_port,
+                                     ScrClosure *cb /*moves, nullable*/) {
   if (host == NULL || host->len == 0) {
-    scr_net_listen(s, port, cb);
+    scr_net_listen_any(s, port, reuse_port, cb);
     return;
   }
   if (cb) scr_net_ls_add(&s->listening_cbs, cb, NULL, true);
@@ -1406,18 +1483,13 @@ void scr_net_listen_opts(ScrNetServer *s, double port, ScrStr *host /*borrowed*/
     int only = ipv6_only ? 1 : 0;
     setsockopt(fd, IPPROTO_IPV6, IPV6_V6ONLY, &only, sizeof only);
   }
-  scr_net_listen_reuseaddr(fd);
-  scr_net_nonblock(fd);
-  int rc = bind(fd, sa, salen);
-  if (rc == 0) rc = listen(fd, 511); /* Node's default backlog */
+  int rc = scr_net_bind_listen(fd, sa, salen, reuse_port);
   if (rc != 0) {
     int err = errno;
     close(fd);
     char msg[160];
     snprintf(msg, sizeof msg, "listen %s: %s %s:%d", scr_net_errname(err),
-             err == EADDRINUSE      ? "address already in use"
-             : err == EADDRNOTAVAIL ? "address not available"
-                                    : "permission denied",
+             scr_net_listen_reason(err, true),
              h, p);
     if (!s->pending_err) s->pending_err = scr_str_new(msg, strlen(msg));
     scr_net_server_register(s);
@@ -1440,6 +1512,17 @@ void scr_net_listen_opts(ScrNetServer *s, double port, ScrStr *host /*borrowed*/
   scr_net_server_register(s);
 }
 
+void scr_net_listen_opts(ScrNetServer *s, double port, ScrStr *host /*borrowed*/,
+                          bool ipv6_only, ScrClosure *cb /*moves, nullable*/) {
+  scr_net_listen_opts_impl(s, port, host, ipv6_only, false, cb);
+}
+
+void scr_net_listen_opts_reuse_port(ScrNetServer *s, double port, ScrStr *host /*borrowed*/,
+                                    bool ipv6_only, bool reuse_port,
+                                    ScrClosure *cb /*moves, nullable*/) {
+  scr_net_listen_opts_impl(s, port, host, ipv6_only, reuse_port, cb);
+}
+
 double scr_net_server_port(ScrNetServer *s) { return (double)s->port; }
 
 double scr_net_server_timeout_get(ScrNetServer *s, double field) {
diff --git a/packages/runtime/src/scr_runtime.h b/packages/runtime/src/scr_runtime.h
index 740942cce..7885adbb0 100644
--- a/packages/runtime/src/scr_runtime.h
+++ b/packages/runtime/src/scr_runtime.h
@@ -5317,10 +5317,18 @@ void scr_net_sock_release_v(void *p);
 
 ScrNetServer *scr_net_create_server(ScrClosure *handler /*moves, nullable*/, ScrNetConnFn fn); /* +1 */
 void scr_net_listen(ScrNetServer *s, double port, ScrClosure *cb /*moves, nullable*/);
-/* listen({ port, host, ipv6Only }): host is an IP literal ("" = the
- * dual-stack any default); ipv6Only sets IPV6_V6ONLY before the bind. */
+/* listen({ port, host, ipv6Only, reusePort }): host is an IP literal ("" =
+ * the dual-stack any default); ipv6Only sets IPV6_V6ONLY before the bind.
+ * The old entry point ignores reusePort and is retained for old IR. */
 void scr_net_listen_opts(ScrNetServer *s, double port, ScrStr *host /*borrowed*/,
                           bool ipv6_only, ScrClosure *cb /*moves, nullable*/);
+/* Additive ABI for listen({ port, host, ipv6Only, reusePort }): reuse_port
+ * requests the platform matrix documented in scr_net.c. Unsupported
+ * platforms and kernels fail asynchronously; they never fall back to an
+ * ordinary single listener. */
+void scr_net_listen_opts_reuse_port(ScrNetServer *s, double port, ScrStr *host /*borrowed*/,
+                                    bool ipv6_only, bool reuse_port,
+                                    ScrClosure *cb /*moves, nullable*/);
 double scr_net_server_port(ScrNetServer *s); /* address().port */
 /* Writable http.Server timeout property storage. `field` is the compiler
  * ABI selector: timeout, keepAliveTimeout, headersTimeout, requestTimeout,
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/server/cases/http-reuse-port/main.ts b/tests/fixtures/server/cases/http-reuse-port/main.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..412ee3857
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/server/cases/http-reuse-port/main.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+/* http.Server inherits net.Server.listen({ reusePort: true }) through the
+ * shared server handle. Fresh requests must reach both HTTP listeners on
+ * supported platforms; unsupported platforms report the same stable error
+ * code shape as Node. */
+import { createServer } from "node:http";
+import { get } from "node:http";
+
+const host = "127.0.0.1";
+const wanted = 64;
+let receivedA = 0;
+let receivedB = 0;
+let completed = 0;
+let finished = false;
+
+const first = createServer((_req, res) => {
+  receivedA++;
+  res.end("a");
+});
+const second = createServer((_req, res) => {
+  receivedB++;
+  res.end("b");
+});
+
+function isUnsupported(error: Error): boolean {
+  const code = (error as NodeJS.ErrnoException).code;
+  return code === "ENOTSUP" || code === "EOPNOTSUPP";
+}
+
+function closeBoth(done: () => void): void {
+  first.close(() => second.close(done));
+}
+
+function finish(): void {
+  if (finished) return;
+  finished = true;
+  closeBoth(() => console.log(receivedA > 0 && receivedB > 0 ? "distributed" : "not distributed"));
+}
+
+function requestOne(port: number): void {
+  const request = get({ hostname: host, port, path: "/" }, (response) => {
+    response.on("data", () => {});
+    response.on("end", () => {
+      completed++;
+      if (completed === wanted) finish();
+    });
+  });
+  request.on("error", () => {});
+}
+
+function requestMany(port: number): void {
+  for (let i = 0; i < wanted; i++) requestOne(port);
+}
+
+first.on("error", (error) => {
+  if (finished) return;
+  finished = true;
+  if (isUnsupported(error)) console.log("unsupported true");
+  else console.log("unexpected true error");
+});
+
+second.on("error", (error) => {
+  if (finished) return;
+  finished = true;
+  first.close(() => console.log(isUnsupported(error) ? "unsupported true" : "unexpected true error"));
+});
+
+first.listen({ port: 0, host, reusePort: true }, () => {
+  const address = first.address();
+  if (address === null || typeof address === "string") {
+    console.log("unexpected address");
+    return;
+  }
+  second.listen({ port: address.port, host, reusePort: true }, () => {
+    requestMany(address.port);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/server/cases/net-listen-opts/main.ts b/tests/fixtures/server/cases/net-listen-opts/main.ts
index f1156a248..2d56111da 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/server/cases/net-listen-opts/main.ts
+++ b/tests/fixtures/server/cases/net-listen-opts/main.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* The portless listenOnProxyInterface shape: listen({ port, host,
- * ipv6Only }[, cb]) — the explicit v4/v6 listener PAIR on one port
+ * ipv6Only, reusePort }[, cb]) — the explicit v4/v6 listener PAIR on one port
  * (getProxyBindTargets' loopback targets), each family answered by its
  * own server, plus the EADDRINUSE arm (same host, same port) and the
  * host that exists on no interface. Ephemeral ports never print; the
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ import * as net from "node:net";
 const v4 = net.createServer((socket) => socket.end("v4\n"));
 const v6 = net.createServer((socket) => socket.end("v6\n"));
 
-type ProxyBindTarget = { host: string; ipv6Only?: boolean };
+type ProxyBindTarget = { host: string; ipv6Only?: boolean; reusePort?: boolean };
 
 /* portless's listenOnProxyInterface, verbatim shapes: the target record
- * (ipv6Only optional — `boolean | undefined` flows into the option) and
+ * (ipv6Only and reusePort optional — `boolean | undefined` flows into the option) and
  * the OPTIONAL listener binding (`(() => void) | undefined`). */
 function listenOnProxyInterface(
   server: net.Server,
@@ -20,7 +20,12 @@ function listenOnProxyInterface(
   target: ProxyBindTarget,
   listener?: () => void
 ): void {
-  server.listen({ port, host: target.host, ipv6Only: target.ipv6Only }, listener);
+  server.listen({
+    port,
+    host: target.host,
+    ipv6Only: target.ipv6Only,
+    reusePort: target.reusePort,
+  }, listener);
 }
 
 function readFrom(host: string, port: number): Promise<string> {
@@ -52,7 +57,7 @@ async function main(port: number): Promise<void> {
   });
   // The OMITTED-listener call — the undefined arm of the optional
   // callback flows through listenOnProxyInterface's pass-through.
-  listenOnProxyInterface(clash, port, { host: "127.0.0.1" });
+  listenOnProxyInterface(clash, port, { host: "127.0.0.1", reusePort: false });
 }
 
 listenOnProxyInterface(v4, 0, { host: "127.0.0.1" }, () => {
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/server/cases/net-port-check/main.ts b/tests/fixtures/server/cases/net-port-check/main.ts
index 88228c3e0..3ad550f40 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/server/cases/net-port-check/main.ts
+++ b/tests/fixtures/server/cases/net-port-check/main.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ first.listen(0, () => {
     }
     first.close(() => console.log("released"));
   });
-  second.listen(port, () => {
+  // Explicit false follows the new options ABI but must retain the ordinary
+  // single-listener EADDRINUSE behavior.
+  second.listen({ port, host: "127.0.0.1", reusePort: false }, () => {
     console.log("bound twice?!");
     second.close();
   });
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/server/cases/net-reuse-port/main.ts b/tests/fixtures/server/cases/net-reuse-port/main.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..13432598b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/server/cases/net-reuse-port/main.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+/* Node's net.Server.listen({ reusePort: true }) contract. Linux and the
+ * other supported Unix targets bind two listeners to one IPv4 endpoint and
+ * distribute fresh connections between them. Unsupported targets report the
+ * stable Node error-code shape instead; no platform silently degrades to a
+ * single listener. */
+import { connect, createServer } from "node:net";
+
+const host = "127.0.0.1";
+const wanted = 128;
+let receivedA = 0;
+let receivedB = 0;
+let completed = 0;
+let finished = false;
+
+const first = createServer((socket) => {
+  receivedA++;
+  socket.end();
+});
+const second = createServer((socket) => {
+  receivedB++;
+  socket.end();
+});
+
+function isUnsupported(error: Error): boolean {
+  const code = (error as NodeJS.ErrnoException).code;
+  return code === "ENOTSUP" || code === "EOPNOTSUPP";
+}
+
+function closeBoth(done: () => void): void {
+  first.close(() => second.close(done));
+}
+
+function finish(): void {
+  if (finished) return;
+  finished = true;
+  closeBoth(() => console.log(receivedA > 0 && receivedB > 0 ? "distributed" : "not distributed"));
+}
+
+function openOne(port: number): void {
+  const socket = connect(port, host);
+  // Consume the server's FIN so the native socket arms its read side just
+  // as Node does for a socket with no application payload.
+  socket.on("data", () => {});
+  socket.on("error", () => {
+  });
+  socket.on("close", () => {
+    completed++;
+    if (completed === wanted) finish();
+  });
+}
+
+function openMany(port: number): void {
+  for (let i = 0; i < wanted; i++) openOne(port);
+}
+
+first.on("error", (error) => {
+  if (finished) return;
+  if (isUnsupported(error)) {
+    finished = true;
+    console.log("unsupported true");
+  } else {
+    console.log("unexpected true error");
+    finished = true;
+  }
+});
+
+second.on("error", (error) => {
+  if (finished) return;
+  if (isUnsupported(error)) {
+    finished = true;
+    first.close(() => console.log("unsupported true"));
+  } else {
+    finished = true;
+    first.close(() => console.log("unexpected true error"));
+  }
+});
+
+first.listen({ port: 0, host, reusePort: true }, () => {
+  const address = first.address();
+  if (address === null || typeof address === "string") {
+    console.log("unexpected address");
+    return;
+  }
+  second.listen({ port: address.port, host, reusePort: true }, () => {
+    openMany(address.port);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/tests/harness/server.test.ts b/tests/harness/server.test.ts
index 41a1b23a7..076d27413 100644
--- a/tests/harness/server.test.ts
+++ b/tests/harness/server.test.ts
@@ -143,4 +143,29 @@ describe(`server differential (${cases.length} programs${sanitize ? ", sanitized
     expect(nativeRes.exitCode).toBe(nodeRes.exitCode);
     expect(nativeRes.driverStdout).toBe(nodeRes.driverStdout);
   }, 120_000);
+
+  test("net-reuse-port emits the additive LLVM ABI", async () => {
+    const entry = join(fixturesRoot, "cases/net-reuse-port/main.ts");
+    const outDir = join(cacheDir, `server-llvm-reuse-port${sanitize ? "-san" : ""}`);
+    mkdirSync(outDir, { recursive: true });
+    const result = await compile(entry, {
+      outPath: join(outDir, "program"),
+      outDir,
+      sanitize,
+      backend: "llvm",
+    });
+    if (!result.ok) {
+      throw new Error(
+        "net-reuse-port LLVM fixture failed to compile:\n" +
+          result.diagnostics.map((d) => `${d.code}: ${d.message}`).join("\n"),
+      );
+    }
+    const llvm = readFileSync(result.cPath, "utf8");
+    expect(llvm).toContain(
+      "declare void @scr_net_listen_opts_reuse_port(ptr, double, ptr, i1 zeroext, i1 zeroext, ptr)",
+    );
+    expect(llvm).toMatch(
+      /call void @scr_net_listen_opts_reuse_port\(ptr [^,]+, double [^,]+, ptr [^,]+, i1 [^,]+, i1 [^,]+, ptr [^)]+\)/,
+    );
+  });
 });