diff --git a/doc/api/hooks_server-side.md b/doc/api/hooks_server-side.md
index 518e12130..0bcd85a3b 100644
--- a/doc/api/hooks_server-side.md
+++ b/doc/api/hooks_server-side.md
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ Called from: src/node/server.js
 
 Things in context:
 
-1. app - the main application object (helpful for adding new paths and such)
+1. app - the main express application object (helpful for adding new paths and such)
+1. server - the http server object
 
 This hook gets called after the application object has been created, but before it starts listening. This is similar to the expressConfigure hook, but it's not guaranteed that the application object will have all relevant configuration variables.
 
diff --git a/src/node/hooks/express.js b/src/node/hooks/express.js
index e4ff40d96..eb3f6188a 100644
--- a/src/node/hooks/express.js
+++ b/src/node/hooks/express.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 var hooks = require("ep_etherpad-lite/static/js/pluginfw/hooks");
+var http = require('http');
 var express = require('express');
 var settings = require('../utils/Settings');
 var fs = require('fs');
@@ -48,17 +49,18 @@ exports.restartServer = function () {
     server.close();
   }
 
-  server = express(); // New syntax for express v3
+  var app = express(); // New syntax for express v3
+  server = http.createServer(app);
 
-  server.use(function (req, res, next) {
+  app.use(function (req, res, next) {
     res.header("Server", serverName);
     next();
   });
 
-  server.configure(function() {
-    hooks.callAll("expressConfigure", {"app": server});
+  app.configure(function() {
+    hooks.callAll("expressConfigure", {"app": app});
   });
-  hooks.callAll("expressCreateServer", {"app": server});
+  hooks.callAll("expressCreateServer", {"app": app, "server": server});
 
   server.listen(settings.port, settings.ip);
 }
diff --git a/src/node/hooks/express/socketio.js b/src/node/hooks/express/socketio.js
index 4f780cb0b..9e1a010fc 100644
--- a/src/node/hooks/express/socketio.js
+++ b/src/node/hooks/express/socketio.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ var connect = require('connect');
  
 exports.expressCreateServer = function (hook_name, args, cb) {
   //init socket.io and redirect all requests to the MessageHandler
-  var io = socketio.listen(args.app);
+  var io = socketio.listen(args.server);
 
   /* Require an express session cookie to be present, and load the
    * session. See http://www.danielbaulig.de/socket-ioexpress for more
@@ -62,5 +62,5 @@ exports.expressCreateServer = function (hook_name, args, cb) {
   socketIORouter.setSocketIO(io);
   socketIORouter.addComponent("pad", padMessageHandler);
 
-  hooks.callAll("socketio", {"app": args.app, "io": io});
+  hooks.callAll("socketio", {"app": args.app, "io": io, "server": args.server});
 }