1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/chef/config.rb b/lib/chef/config.rb
index b897f9fdbd..25557b077f 100644
--- a/lib/chef/config.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/config.rb
@@ -305,6 +305,14 @@ class Chef
 
     default :pid_file, nil
 
+    # Whether Chef Zero local mode should bind to a port. All internal requests
+    # will go through the socketless code path regardless, so the socket is
+    # only needed if other processes will connect to the local mode server.
+    #
+    # For compatibility this is set to true but it will be changed to false in
+    # the future.
+    default :listen, true
+
     config_context :chef_zero do
       config_strict_mode true
       default(:enabled) { Chef::Config.local_mode }