diff --git a/core/legion.c b/core/legion.c
index cc5facb2..c09516b1 100644
--- a/core/legion.c
+++ b/core/legion.c
@@ -775,6 +775,21 @@ err:
 	return -1;
 }
 
+void uwsgi_opt_legion_mcast(char *opt, char *value, void *foobar) {
+	uwsgi_opt_legion(opt, value, foobar);
+	char *legion = uwsgi_str(value);
+	char *space = strchr(legion, ' ');	
+	// over engineering
+	if (!space) exit(1);
+	*space = 0;
+	struct uwsgi_legion *ul = uwsgi_legion_get_by_name(legion);
+        if (!ul) {
+                uwsgi_log("unknown legion: %s\n", legion);
+                exit(1);
+        }
+	uwsgi_legion_register_node(ul, uwsgi_str(ul->addr));
+}
+
 void uwsgi_opt_legion_node(char *opt, char *value, void *foobar) {
 
 	char *legion = uwsgi_str(value);
diff --git a/core/uwsgi.c b/core/uwsgi.c
index db360e93..50045a5f 100644
--- a/core/uwsgi.c
+++ b/core/uwsgi.c
@@ -371,6 +371,7 @@ static struct uwsgi_option uwsgi_base_options[] = {
 
 #ifdef UWSGI_SSL
 	{"legion", required_argument, 0, "became a member of a legion", uwsgi_opt_legion, NULL, UWSGI_OPT_MASTER},
+	{"legion-mcast", required_argument, 0, "became a member of a legion (shortcut for multicast)", uwsgi_opt_legion_mcast, NULL, UWSGI_OPT_MASTER},
 	{"legion-node", required_argument, 0, "add a node to a legion", uwsgi_opt_legion_node, NULL, UWSGI_OPT_MASTER},
 	{"legion-freq", required_argument, 0, "set the frequency of legion packets", uwsgi_opt_set_int, &uwsgi.legion_freq, UWSGI_OPT_MASTER},
 	{"legion-tolerance", required_argument, 0, "set the tolerance of legion subsystem", uwsgi_opt_set_int, &uwsgi.legion_tolerance, UWSGI_OPT_MASTER},
diff --git a/uwsgi.h b/uwsgi.h
index c866eb29..8e09727d 100644
--- a/uwsgi.h
+++ b/uwsgi.h
@@ -3714,6 +3714,7 @@ char *uwsgi_strip(char *);
 
 #ifdef UWSGI_SSL
 void uwsgi_opt_legion(char *, char *, void *);
+void uwsgi_opt_legion_mcast(char *, char *, void *);
 struct uwsgi_legion *uwsgi_legion_register(char *, char *, char *, char *, char *);
 void uwsgi_opt_legion_node(char *, char *, void *);
 void uwsgi_legion_register_node(struct uwsgi_legion *, char *);