diff --git a/devstack/files/apache-freezer-api.template b/devstack/files/apache-freezer-api.template
index 647d36f5..24558eb9 100644
--- a/devstack/files/apache-freezer-api.template
+++ b/devstack/files/apache-freezer-api.template
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 Listen %SERVICE_HOST%:%FREEZER_API_PORT%
 
+# Placeholder to conditionally insert a 'Listen 127.0.0.1' directive when
+# %SERVICE_HOST% is not already 127.0.0.1
+%LOCAL_LISTEN%
+
 <VirtualHost *:%FREEZER_API_PORT%>
     WSGIDaemonProcess freezer-api processes=2 threads=2 user=%USER% display-name=%{GROUP}
     WSGIProcessGroup freezer-api
diff --git a/devstack/lib/freezer-api b/devstack/lib/freezer-api
index e9c36355..6b285f3c 100644
--- a/devstack/lib/freezer-api
+++ b/devstack/lib/freezer-api
@@ -195,6 +195,14 @@ function create_freezer_api_accounts {
 
 function configure_apache_freezer_app {
     local freezer_api_apache_conf=$(apache_site_config_for freezer-api)
+
+    # Add a %LOCAL_LISTEN% parameter to conditionally listen 127.0.0.1 when
+    # not already doing so to allow monitoring checks
+    local local_listen="Listen 127.0.0.1:$FREEZER_API_PORT"
+    if [[ "${SERVICE_HOST}" == "127.0.0.1" ]] || [[ "${SERVICE_HOST}" == "localhost" ]]; then
+        local_listen=""
+    fi
+
     sudo cp $FREEZER_API_FILES/apache-freezer-api.template $freezer_api_apache_conf
     sudo sed -e "
         s|%FREEZER_API_PORT%|$FREEZER_API_PORT|g;
@@ -202,7 +210,8 @@ function configure_apache_freezer_app {
         s|%USER%|$STACK_USER|g;
         s|%FREEZER_API_DIR%|$FREEZER_API_DIR|g;
         s|%APACHE_NAME%|$APACHE_NAME|g;
-        s|%VIRTUALENV%|$venv_path|g
+        s|%VIRTUALENV%|$venv_path|g;
+        s|%LOCAL_LISTEN%|$local_listen|g
     " -i $freezer_api_apache_conf
 }