diff --git a/src/server.rs b/src/server.rs
index e5b1d4b8..dbc650f5 100644
--- a/src/server.rs
+++ b/src/server.rs
@@ -274,6 +274,17 @@ where
         Ok(self)
     }
 
+    /// Bind the server to an existing standard TCP listener.
+    ///
+    /// # Errors
+    /// Returns an [`io::Error`] if configuring the listener fails.
+    pub fn bind_listener(mut self, listener: StdTcpListener) -> io::Result<Self> {
+        listener.set_nonblocking(true)?;
+        let listener = TcpListener::from_std(listener)?;
+        self.listener = Some(Arc::new(listener));
+        Ok(self)
+    }
+
     /// Run the server until a shutdown signal is received.
     ///
     /// Each worker accepts connections concurrently and would
diff --git a/tests/common/mod.rs b/tests/common/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..51f04b8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/common/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+//! Shared utilities for integration tests.
+//!
+//! Provides fixtures for a basic [`WireframeApp`] factory and an unused
+//! local port. These helpers reduce duplication across test modules.
+
+use std::net::{Ipv4Addr, SocketAddr, TcpListener as StdTcpListener};
+
+/// Create a TCP listener bound to a free local port.
+pub fn unused_listener() -> StdTcpListener {
+    let addr = SocketAddr::new(Ipv4Addr::LOCALHOST.into(), 0);
+    StdTcpListener::bind(addr).expect("failed to bind port")
+}
+
+use rstest::fixture;
+use wireframe::app::WireframeApp;
+
+#[fixture]
+#[allow(
+    unused_braces,
+    reason = "rustc false positive for single line rstest fixtures"
+)]
+pub fn factory() -> impl Fn() -> WireframeApp + Send + Sync + Clone + 'static {
+    || WireframeApp::new().expect("WireframeApp::new failed")
+}
+
+#[fixture]
+#[allow(
+    unused_braces,
+    reason = "rustc false positive for single line rstest fixtures"
+)]
+pub fn unused_port() -> SocketAddr {
+    unused_listener()
+        .local_addr()
+        .expect("failed to obtain local addr")
+}
diff --git a/tests/preamble.rs b/tests/preamble.rs
index 79d5177f..6eb315d3 100644
--- a/tests/preamble.rs
+++ b/tests/preamble.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ use std::io;
 
 use bincode::error::DecodeError;
 use futures::future::BoxFuture;
-use rstest::{fixture, rstest};
+mod common;
+use common::{factory, unused_listener};
+use rstest::rstest;
 use tokio::{
     io::{AsyncReadExt, AsyncWriteExt, duplex},
     net::TcpStream,
@@ -34,11 +36,6 @@ impl HotlinePreamble {
     }
 }
 
-#[fixture]
-fn factory() -> impl Fn() -> WireframeApp + Send + Sync + Clone + 'static {
-    || WireframeApp::new().expect("WireframeApp::new failed")
-}
-
 /// Create a server configured with `HotlinePreamble` handlers.
 fn server_with_handlers<F, S, E>(
     factory: F,
@@ -68,9 +65,9 @@ where
     Fut: std::future::Future<Output = ()>,
     B: FnOnce(std::net::SocketAddr) -> Fut,
 {
-    let server = server
-        .bind("127.0.0.1:0".parse().expect("hard-coded socket addr"))
-        .expect("bind");
+    let listener = unused_listener();
+    let _addr = listener.local_addr().expect("addr");
+    let server = server.bind_listener(listener).expect("bind");
     let addr = server.local_addr().expect("addr");
     let (shutdown_tx, shutdown_rx) = oneshot::channel::<()>();
     let handle = tokio::spawn(async move {
diff --git a/tests/server.rs b/tests/server.rs
index 14559199..daa13cdc 100644
--- a/tests/server.rs
+++ b/tests/server.rs
@@ -1,31 +1,31 @@
 //! Tests for [`WireframeServer`] configuration.
 
-use wireframe::{app::WireframeApp, server::WireframeServer};
+mod common;
+use common::{factory, unused_listener};
+use wireframe::server::WireframeServer;
 
 #[test]
 fn default_worker_count_matches_cpu_count() {
-    let server = WireframeServer::new(|| WireframeApp::new().expect("WireframeApp::new failed"));
+    let server = WireframeServer::new(factory());
     let expected = std::thread::available_parallelism().map_or(1, std::num::NonZeroUsize::get);
     assert_eq!(server.worker_count(), expected);
 }
 
 #[test]
 fn default_workers_at_least_one() {
-    let server = WireframeServer::new(|| WireframeApp::new().expect("WireframeApp::new failed"));
+    let server = WireframeServer::new(factory());
     assert!(server.worker_count() >= 1);
 }
 
 #[test]
 fn workers_method_enforces_minimum() {
-    let server =
-        WireframeServer::new(|| WireframeApp::new().expect("WireframeApp::new failed")).workers(0);
+    let server = WireframeServer::new(factory()).workers(0);
     assert_eq!(server.worker_count(), 1);
 }
 
 #[test]
 fn workers_accepts_large_values() {
-    let server = WireframeServer::new(|| WireframeApp::new().expect("WireframeApp::new failed"))
-        .workers(128);
+    let server = WireframeServer::new(factory()).workers(128);
     assert_eq!(server.worker_count(), 128);
 }
 
@@ -39,15 +39,12 @@ async fn readiness_receiver_dropped() {
         time::{Duration, sleep},
     };
 
-    let factory = || WireframeApp::new().expect("WireframeApp::new failed");
-    let server = WireframeServer::new(factory)
+    let listener = unused_listener();
+    let _addr = listener.local_addr().unwrap();
+    let server = WireframeServer::new(factory())
         .workers(1)
-        .bind(
-            "127.0.0.1:0"
-                .parse()
-                .expect("hard-coded socket address must be valid"),
-        )
-        .expect("bind failed");
+        .bind_listener(listener)
+        .unwrap();
 
     let addr = server.local_addr().expect("local addr missing");
     // Create channel and immediately drop receiver to force send failure
diff --git a/tests/world.rs b/tests/world.rs
index f1a22e98..e1814277 100644
--- a/tests/world.rs
+++ b/tests/world.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ use cucumber::World;
 use tokio::{net::TcpStream, sync::oneshot};
 use wireframe::{app::WireframeApp, server::WireframeServer};
 
+#[path = "common/mod.rs"]
+mod common;
+use common::unused_listener;
+
 #[derive(Debug)]
 struct PanicServer {
     addr: SocketAddr,
@@ -24,11 +28,11 @@ impl PanicServer {
                 .on_connection_setup(|| async { panic!("boom") })
                 .expect("Failed to set connection setup callback")
         };
+        let listener = unused_listener();
         let server = WireframeServer::new(factory)
             .workers(1)
-            .bind("127.0.0.1:0".parse().expect("Failed to parse address"))
+            .bind_listener(listener)
             .expect("bind");
-
         let addr = server.local_addr().expect("Failed to get server address");
         let (tx_shutdown, rx_shutdown) = oneshot::channel();
         let (tx_ready, rx_ready) = oneshot::channel();