diff --git a/overlay.c b/overlay.c
index e11dd574..6f5c7a6a 100644
--- a/overlay.c
+++ b/overlay.c
@@ -149,7 +149,12 @@ schedule(&_sched_##X); }
 
   /* Get rhizome server started BEFORE populating fd list so that
      the server's listen socket is in the list for poll() */
-  if (rhizome_enabled()) rhizome_http_server_start();
+  if (rhizome_enabled()) 
+    /* Rhizome http server needs to know which callback to attach
+       to client sockets, so provide it here, along with the name to
+       appear in time accounting statistics. */
+    rhizome_http_server_start(rhizome_client_poll,"rhizome_client_poll",
+			      RHIZOME_HTTP_PORT,RHIZOME_HTTP_PORT_MAX);
   
   /* Pick next rhizome files to grab every few seconds
      from the priority list continuously being built from observed
diff --git a/rhizome.h b/rhizome.h
index a172cea9..975a0548 100644
--- a/rhizome.h
+++ b/rhizome.h
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
 
 #define RHIZOME_HTTP_PORT 4110
 #define RHIZOME_HTTP_PORT_MAX 4150
+#define RHIZOME_DIRECT_PORT 4100
+#define RHIZOME_DIRECT_PORT_MAX 4109
 
 extern time_ms_t rhizome_voice_timeout;
 
diff --git a/rhizome_direct.c b/rhizome_direct.c
index 478c5270..18151938 100644
--- a/rhizome_direct.c
+++ b/rhizome_direct.c
@@ -106,11 +106,30 @@ Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
 */
 
 #include "serval.h"
+#include "rhizome.h"
+
+void rhizome_direct_client_poll(struct sched_ent *alarm)
+{
+
+}
 
 int app_rhizome_direct_server(int argc, const char *const *argv, 
 			      struct command_line_option *o)
 {
-  /* Start Rhizome Direct server on configured port. */
+  /* Start Rhizome Direct server on configured port.
+     We re-use the Rhizome HTTP server code as much as possible here,
+     just replacing the server and client poll functions with our own.
+  */  
+
+  int port_low=confValueGetInt64Range("rhizome.direct.port",RHIZOME_DIRECT_PORT,
+					 0,65535);
+  int port_high=confValueGetInt64Range("rhizome.direct.port_max",RHIZOME_DIRECT_PORT_MAX,
+					 port_low,65535);
+
+  int r=rhizome_http_server_start(rhizome_direct_client_poll,
+				  "rhizome_direct_client_poll",
+				  port_low,port_high);
+
   return -1;
 }
 
diff --git a/rhizome_http.c b/rhizome_http.c
index 4537611e..7ee5dbe8 100644
--- a/rhizome_http.c
+++ b/rhizome_http.c
@@ -87,13 +87,18 @@ struct profile_total server_stats;
 struct profile_total connection_stats;
 
 /*
-  HTTP server and client code for rhizome transfers.
+  HTTP server and client code for rhizome transfers and rhizome direct.
+  Selection of either use is made when starting the HTTP server and
+  specifying the call-back function to use on client connections. 
  */
 
 unsigned short rhizome_http_server_port = 0;
 static int rhizome_server_socket = -1;
 static time_ms_t rhizome_server_last_start_attempt = -1;
 
+void (*rhizome_http_client_poll_func)(struct sched_ent *)=NULL;
+const char *rhizome_http_client_poll_func_description="(null)";
+
 // Format icon data using:
 //   od -vt u1 ~/Downloads/favicon.ico | cut -c9- | sed 's/  */,/g'
 unsigned char favicon_bytes[]={
@@ -132,7 +137,9 @@ int rhizome_http_server_running()
    Return 1 if the server is already started successfully.
    Return 2 if the server was not started because it is too soon since last failed attempt.
  */
-int rhizome_http_server_start()
+int rhizome_http_server_start(void (*client_poll_func)(struct sched_ent *),
+			      const char *client_poll_func_desc,
+			      int port_low,int port_high)
 {
   if (rhizome_server_socket != -1)
     return 1;
@@ -146,7 +153,7 @@ int rhizome_http_server_start()
     DEBUGF("Starting rhizome HTTP server");
 
   unsigned short port;
-  for (port = RHIZOME_HTTP_PORT; port <= RHIZOME_HTTP_PORT_MAX; ++port) {
+  for (port = port_low; port <= port_high; ++port) {
     /* Create a new socket, reusable and non-blocking. */
     if (rhizome_server_socket == -1) {
       rhizome_server_socket = socket(AF_INET,SOCK_STREAM,0);
@@ -200,6 +207,11 @@ error:
 
 success:
   INFOF("RHIZOME HTTP SERVER, START port=%d fd=%d", port, rhizome_server_socket);
+
+  /* Remember which function to call when handling client connections */
+  rhizome_http_client_poll_func=client_poll_func;
+  rhizome_http_client_poll_func_description=client_poll_func_desc;
+
   rhizome_http_server_port = port;
   /* Add Rhizome HTTPd server to list of file descriptors to watch */
   server_alarm.function = rhizome_server_poll;
diff --git a/serval.h b/serval.h
index 7327a471..4b74f0ac 100644
--- a/serval.h
+++ b/serval.h
@@ -1124,7 +1124,9 @@ extern int sigIoFlag;
 void sigPipeHandler(int signal);
 void sigIoHandler(int signal);
 
-int rhizome_http_server_start();
+int rhizome_http_server_start(void (*server_poll_func)(struct sched_ent *),
+			      const char *server_poll_func_description,
+			      int port_low,int port_high);
 int overlay_mdp_setup_sockets();
 
 int schedule(struct sched_ent *alarm);