diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a994b28..b8ac7b8 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1948,6 +1948,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "icu_properties",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "if-addrs"
+version = "0.11.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "624c5448ba529e74f594c65b7024f31b2de7b64a9b228b8df26796bbb6e32c36"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "if-addrs"
 version = "0.14.0"
@@ -2206,6 +2216,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "eyre",
  "gethostname",
+ "if-addrs 0.11.1",
  "lanspread-compat",
  "lanspread-db",
  "lanspread-mdns",
@@ -2425,7 +2436,7 @@ checksum = "3426fcc57a3b93e136cbc83861d30ccbc6e6eb8788bd09b6eb92565d29841029"
 dependencies = [
  "fastrand",
  "flume",
- "if-addrs",
+ "if-addrs 0.14.0",
  "log",
  "mio",
  "socket-pktinfo",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 36d3e00..37f899e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
 uuid = { version = "1", features = ["v7"] }
 walkdir = "2"
+if-addrs = "0.11"
 windows = { version = "0.62", features = [
     "Win32",
     "Win32_UI",
diff --git a/crates/lanspread-peer/Cargo.toml b/crates/lanspread-peer/Cargo.toml
index df60321..ad7bda5 100644
--- a/crates/lanspread-peer/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/lanspread-peer/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,3 +29,4 @@ tokio = { workspace = true }
 tracing = { workspace = true }
 uuid = { workspace = true }
 walkdir = { workspace = true }
+if-addrs = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/lanspread-peer/src/lib.rs b/crates/lanspread-peer/src/lib.rs
index d0f43b8..ffaa9e7 100644
--- a/crates/lanspread-peer/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/lanspread-peer/src/lib.rs
@@ -5,13 +5,14 @@ mod peer;
 
 use std::{
     collections::{HashMap, VecDeque},
-    net::SocketAddr,
+    net::{IpAddr, SocketAddr},
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
     sync::Arc,
     time::{Duration, Instant},
 };
 
 use bytes::BytesMut;
+use if_addrs::{IfAddr, Interface, get_if_addrs};
 use lanspread_db::db::{Game, GameDB, GameFileDescription};
 use lanspread_mdns::{LANSPREAD_SERVICE_TYPE, MdnsAdvertiser, discover_service};
 use lanspread_proto::{Message, Request, Response};
@@ -1269,6 +1270,10 @@ async fn run_server_component(
     let server_addr = server.local_addr()?;
     log::info!("Peer server listening on {server_addr}");
 
+    let advertise_ip = select_advertise_ip()?;
+    let advertise_addr = SocketAddr::new(advertise_ip, server_addr.port());
+    log::info!("Advertising peer via mDNS from {advertise_addr}");
+
     // Start mDNS advertising for peer discovery
     let peer_id = Uuid::now_v7().simple().to_string();
     let hostname = gethostname::gethostname();
@@ -1289,7 +1294,7 @@ async fn run_server_component(
     };
 
     let mdns = tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || {
-        MdnsAdvertiser::new(LANSPREAD_SERVICE_TYPE, &combined_str, server_addr)
+        MdnsAdvertiser::new(LANSPREAD_SERVICE_TYPE, &combined_str, advertise_addr)
     })
     .await??;
 
@@ -1935,6 +1940,84 @@ async fn ping_peer(peer_addr: SocketAddr) -> eyre::Result<bool> {
     Ok(is_alive)
 }
 
+fn select_advertise_ip() -> eyre::Result<IpAddr> {
+    let mut best_candidate: Option<(u8, IpAddr)> = None;
+    let mut loopback_fallback = None;
+
+    for interface in get_if_addrs()? {
+        if interface.is_loopback() {
+            loopback_fallback.get_or_insert(interface.ip());
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        if let Some(candidate) = classify_interface(&interface)
+            && best_candidate
+                .as_ref()
+                .is_none_or(|(rank, _)| candidate.0 < *rank)
+        {
+            best_candidate = Some(candidate);
+        }
+    }
+
+    if let Some((_, ip)) = best_candidate {
+        return Ok(ip);
+    }
+
+    if let Some(ip) = loopback_fallback {
+        log::warn!(
+            "No non-loopback interface suitable for mDNS advertisement; falling back to {ip}"
+        );
+        return Ok(ip);
+    }
+
+    eyre::bail!("No usable network interface found for mDNS advertisement");
+}
+
+fn classify_interface(interface: &Interface) -> Option<(u8, IpAddr)> {
+    match interface.addr {
+        IfAddr::V4(ref v4) => {
+            let ip = v4.ip;
+
+            if ip.is_unspecified() || ip.is_link_local() {
+                return None;
+            }
+
+            let mut rank = if ip.is_private() { 0 } else { 2 };
+
+            if is_virtual_interface(&interface.name) {
+                rank += 2;
+            }
+
+            Some((rank, IpAddr::V4(ip)))
+        }
+        IfAddr::V6(_) => None,
+    }
+}
+
+fn is_virtual_interface(name: &str) -> bool {
+    const VIRTUAL_HINTS: &[&str] = &[
+        "awdl",
+        "br-",
+        "bridge",
+        "docker",
+        "ham",
+        "llw",
+        "tap",
+        "tailscale",
+        "tun",
+        "utun",
+        "vbox",
+        "veth",
+        "virbr",
+        "vmnet",
+        "wg",
+        "zt",
+    ];
+
+    let lower = name.to_ascii_lowercase();
+    VIRTUAL_HINTS.iter().any(|hint| lower.contains(hint))
+}
+
 async fn get_game_file_descriptions(
     game_id: &str,
     game_dir: &str,