diff --git a/etc/man/man1/parsee-config.1 b/etc/man/man1/parsee-config.1
index a297075..5dc258b 100644
--- a/etc/man/man1/parsee-config.1
+++ b/etc/man/man1/parsee-config.1
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ." The last field is the codename, by the way.
 ." ALL MANPAGES FOR PARSEE ARE UNDER PUBLIC DOMAIN 
-.TH parsee-config 1 "Parsee Utility" "star-of-hope"
+.TH parsee-config 1 "Parsee Utility" "lunar-rainbow"
 
 .SH NAME
 parsee-config - generate a basic configuration file
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ parsee-config
 .B [-s SHARED_SECRET]
 .B [-m MEDIA_URL]
 .B [-J JABBER_HOST]
+.B [-j JABBER_ADDR]
 .B [-p JABBER_PORT]
 .B [-d DATABASE]
 .B [-M MAX_STANZA]
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ $ parsee-config \\
     -H 'blow.hole' \\
     -s 'The Dark Shared Secret' \\
     -J 'xmpp.blow.hole' \\
+    -j 'localhost' \\
     -S 128
 .fi
 .if n \{\
@@ -68,6 +70,12 @@ media. It must be publicly accessible (behind a reverse proxy to HTTP:7642)
 .I JABBER_HOST
 is used as the component host for Parsee.
 .TP
+.BR -j JABBER_ADDR
+.I JABBER_ADDR
+can optionally be used to change the hostname Parsee will try to contact 
+for XMPP. Users should ideally use localhost (or a hostname pointing to 
+the server itself), as XMPP component streams are not encrypted.
+.TP
 .BR -p JABBER_PORT
 .I JABBER_PORT
 is used as the component post for Parsee. Parsee uses it alongside 
diff --git a/tools/config.c b/tools/config.c
index b949c14..d8e0aea 100644
--- a/tools/config.c
+++ b/tools/config.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Main(Array *args, HashMap *env)
     Uri *api_base;
     char *homeserver = NULL, *jcp = NULL, *jabber = NULL;
     char *data = NULL, *media = NULL, *listen = NULL;
+    char *component_as = NULL;
     int flag, code = EXIT_FAILURE;
     int port = 5347;
     size_t lmdb_size = 0;
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ Main(Array *args, HashMap *env)
     listen = "localhost";
 
     ArgParseStateInit(&state);
-    while ((flag = ArgParse(&state, args, "H:J:s:d:p:m:l:S:M:")) != -1)
+    while ((flag = ArgParse(&state, args, "H:J:j:s:d:p:m:l:S:M:")) != -1)
     {
         switch (flag)
         {
@@ -45,6 +46,9 @@ Main(Array *args, HashMap *env)
             case 'J':
                 jabber = state.optArg;
                 break;
+            case 'j':
+                component_as = state.optArg;
+                break;
             case 'd':
                 data = state.optArg;
                 break;
@@ -123,6 +127,7 @@ Main(Array *args, HashMap *env)
 
         JsonSet(json, JsonValueString(media), 1, "media_base");
         JsonSet(json, JsonValueString(listen), 1, "listen_as");
+        JsonSet(json, JsonValueString(component_as), 1, "component_addr");
 
         JsonEncode(json, file, JSON_PRETTY);
         StreamFlush(file);