diff --git a/src/jtag.cpp b/src/jtag.cpp
index 914b9c4..4bd6f72 100644
--- a/src/jtag.cpp
+++ b/src/jtag.cpp
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ using namespace std;
 
 Jtag::Jtag(cable_t &cable, const jtag_pins_conf_t *pin_conf, string dev,
 			const string &serial, uint32_t clkHZ, int8_t verbose,
-			const string &ip_adr,
+			const string &ip_adr, int port,
 			const bool invert_read_edge, const string &firmware_path):
 			_verbose(verbose > 1),
 			_state(RUN_TEST_IDLE),
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ Jtag::Jtag(cable_t &cable, const jtag_pins_conf_t *pin_conf, string dev,
 			_board_name("nope"), device_index(0)
 {
 	init_internal(cable, dev, serial, pin_conf, clkHZ, firmware_path,
-			invert_read_edge, ip_adr);
+			invert_read_edge, ip_adr, port);
 	detectChain(5);
 }
 
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ Jtag::~Jtag()
 
 void Jtag::init_internal(cable_t &cable, const string &dev, const string &serial,
 	const jtag_pins_conf_t *pin_conf, uint32_t clkHZ, const string &firmware_path,
-	const bool invert_read_edge, const string &ip_adr)
+	const bool invert_read_edge, const string &ip_adr, int port)
 {
 	switch (cable.type) {
 	case MODE_ANLOGICCABLE:
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ void Jtag::init_internal(cable_t &cable, const string &dev, const string &serial
 #endif
 	case MODE_XVC_CLIENT:
 #ifdef ENABLE_XVC
-		_jtag = new XVC_client(ip_adr, clkHZ, _verbose);
+		_jtag = new XVC_client(ip_adr, port, clkHZ, _verbose);
 		break;
 #else
 		std::cerr << "Jtag: support for xvc-client was not enabled at compile time" << std::endl;
diff --git a/src/jtag.hpp b/src/jtag.hpp
index 5829864..6218bfc 100644
--- a/src/jtag.hpp
+++ b/src/jtag.hpp
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class Jtag {
  public:
 	Jtag(cable_t &cable, const jtag_pins_conf_t *pin_conf, std::string dev,
 		const std::string &serial, uint32_t clkHZ, int8_t verbose,
-		const std::string &ip_adr,
+		const std::string &ip_adr, int port,
 		const bool invert_read_edge = false,
 		const std::string &firmware_path = "");
 	~Jtag();
@@ -108,7 +108,8 @@ class Jtag {
 		const std::string &serial,
 		const jtag_pins_conf_t *pin_conf, uint32_t clkHZ,
 		const std::string &firmware_path,
-		const bool invert_read_edge, const std::string &ip_adr);
+		const bool invert_read_edge,
+		const std::string &ip_adr, int port);
 	/*!
 	 * \brief search in fpga_list and misc_dev_list for a device with idcode
 	 *        if found insert idcode and irlength in _devices_list and
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 03fc9c2..05785d3 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -405,8 +405,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	Jtag *jtag;
 	try {
 		jtag = new Jtag(cable, &pins_config, args.device, args.ftdi_serial,
-				args.freq, args.verbose, args.ip_adr, args.invert_read_edge,
-				args.probe_firmware);
+				args.freq, args.verbose, args.ip_adr, args.port,
+				args.invert_read_edge, args.probe_firmware);
 	} catch (std::exception &e) {
 		printError("JTAG init failed with: " + string(e.what()));
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
diff --git a/src/xvc_client.cpp b/src/xvc_client.cpp
index 077024b..5572f23 100644
--- a/src/xvc_client.cpp
+++ b/src/xvc_client.cpp
@@ -27,10 +27,11 @@
 
 using namespace std;
 
-XVC_client::XVC_client(const std::string &ip_addr, uint32_t clkHz,
-		int8_t verbose):
+XVC_client::XVC_client(const std::string &ip_addr, int port,
+		uint32_t clkHz, int8_t verbose):
 	_verbose(verbose > 0), _xfer_buf(NULL), _tms(NULL), _tditdo(NULL),
-	_num_bits(0), _last_tms(0), _last_tdi(0), _buffer_size(0), _sock(0)
+	_num_bits(0), _last_tms(0), _last_tdi(0), _buffer_size(0), _sock(0),
+	_port(port)
 {
 	if (!open_connection(ip_addr))
 		throw std::runtime_error("connection failure");
@@ -221,7 +222,7 @@ bool XVC_client::open_connection(const string &ip_addr)
 {
 	struct sockaddr_in addr;
 	addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
-	addr.sin_port = htons(2542);
+	addr.sin_port = htons(_port);
 	addr.sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr(ip_addr.c_str());
 
 	_sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP);
diff --git a/src/xvc_client.hpp b/src/xvc_client.hpp
index a1a1e67..9a64ac8 100644
--- a/src/xvc_client.hpp
+++ b/src/xvc_client.hpp
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ class XVC_client: public JtagInterface {
 		 * \param[in] verbose: verbose level -1 quiet, 0 normal,
 		 * 								1 verbose, 2 debug
 		 */
-		XVC_client(const std::string &ip_addr, uint32_t clkHz, int8_t verbose);
+		XVC_client(const std::string &ip_addr, int port, uint32_t clkHz,
+				int8_t verbose);
 
 		~XVC_client();
 
@@ -120,5 +121,6 @@ class XVC_client: public JtagInterface {
 		std::string _server_name;
 		std::string _server_vers;
 		int _sock;
+		int _port;                /*!< target port */
 };
 #endif  // SRC_XVC_CLIENT_HPP_