diff --git a/Meta/debug-kernel.sh b/Meta/debug-kernel.sh
index b700ccf9401..897a6feec0e 100755
--- a/Meta/debug-kernel.sh
+++ b/Meta/debug-kernel.sh
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ fi
 if command -v wslpath >/dev/null; then
     gdb_host=$(powershell.exe "(Test-Connection -ComputerName (hostname) -Count 1).IPV4Address.IPAddressToString" | tr -d '\r\n')
 else
-    gdb_host=localhost
+    gdb_host=${SERENITY_HOST_IP:-127.0.0.1}
 fi
 
 
diff --git a/Meta/run.sh b/Meta/run.sh
index 622bf9f3fdb..dac9d9d63bf 100755
--- a/Meta/run.sh
+++ b/Meta/run.sh
@@ -219,8 +219,12 @@ else
     fi
 fi
 
+if [ -z "$SERENITY_HOST_IP" ]; then
+    SERENITY_HOST_IP="127.0.0.1"
+fi
+
 if [ -z "$SERENITY_DISABLE_GDB_SOCKET" ]; then
-  SERENITY_EXTRA_QEMU_ARGS="$SERENITY_EXTRA_QEMU_ARGS -s"
+    SERENITY_EXTRA_QEMU_ARGS="$SERENITY_EXTRA_QEMU_ARGS -gdb tcp:${SERENITY_HOST_IP}:1234"
 fi
 
 if [ -z "$SERENITY_ETHERNET_DEVICE_TYPE" ]; then
@@ -231,7 +235,7 @@ if [ "$SERENITY_ARCH" = "aarch64" ]; then
     SERENITY_NETFLAGS=
     SERENITY_NETFLAGS_WITH_DEFAULT_DEVICE=
 else
-    SERENITY_NETFLAGS="-netdev user,id=breh,hostfwd=tcp:127.0.0.1:8888-10.0.2.15:8888,hostfwd=tcp:127.0.0.1:8823-10.0.2.15:23,hostfwd=tcp:127.0.0.1:8000-10.0.2.15:8000,hostfwd=tcp:127.0.0.1:2222-10.0.2.15:22"
+    SERENITY_NETFLAGS="-netdev user,id=breh,hostfwd=tcp:${SERENITY_HOST_IP}:8888-10.0.2.15:8888,hostfwd=tcp:${SERENITY_HOST_IP}:8823-10.0.2.15:23,hostfwd=tcp:${SERENITY_HOST_IP}:8000-10.0.2.15:8000,hostfwd=tcp:${SERENITY_HOST_IP}:2222-10.0.2.15:22"
     SERENITY_NETFLAGS_WITH_DEFAULT_DEVICE="
     $SERENITY_NETFLAGS
     -device $SERENITY_ETHERNET_DEVICE_TYPE,netdev=breh