1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/irc.cpp b/irc.cpp
index aad9beb76e..5adaf11658 100644
--- a/irc.cpp
+++ b/irc.cpp
@@ -257,8 +257,10 @@ void ThreadIRCSeed(void* parg)
 
 void ThreadIRCSeed2(void* parg)
 {
-    if (mapArgs.count("-connect"))
+    /* Dont advertise on IRC if we don't allow incoming connections */
+    if (mapArgs.count("-connect") || fNoListen)
         return;
+
     if (GetBoolArg("-noirc"))
         return;
     printf("ThreadIRCSeed started\n");