diff --git a/daemon/face/multicast-udp-face.cpp b/daemon/face/multicast-udp-face.cpp
index d12ba5b0..c3d7e95a 100644
--- a/daemon/face/multicast-udp-face.cpp
+++ b/daemon/face/multicast-udp-face.cpp
@@ -31,12 +31,15 @@ NFD_LOG_INCLASS_2TEMPLATE_SPECIALIZATION_DEFINE(DatagramFace,
                                                 MulticastUdpFace::protocol, Multicast,
                                                 "MulticastUdpFace");
 
-MulticastUdpFace::MulticastUdpFace(const shared_ptr<MulticastUdpFace::protocol::socket>& socket,
-                                   const MulticastUdpFace::protocol::endpoint& localEndpoint)
-  : DatagramFace<protocol, Multicast>(FaceUri(socket->local_endpoint()),
+MulticastUdpFace::MulticastUdpFace(const shared_ptr<MulticastUdpFace::protocol::socket>& recvSocket,
+                                   const shared_ptr<MulticastUdpFace::protocol::socket>& sendSocket,
+                                   const MulticastUdpFace::protocol::endpoint& localEndpoint,
+                                   const MulticastUdpFace::protocol::endpoint& multicastEndpoint)
+  : DatagramFace<protocol, Multicast>(FaceUri(multicastEndpoint),
                                       FaceUri(localEndpoint),
-                                      socket, false)
-  , m_multicastGroup(socket->local_endpoint())
+                                      recvSocket, false)
+  , m_multicastGroup(multicastEndpoint)
+  , m_sendSocket(sendSocket)
 {
   NFD_LOG_INFO("Creating multicast UDP face for group " << m_multicastGroup);
 }
@@ -50,10 +53,10 @@ MulticastUdpFace::getMulticastGroup() const
 void
 MulticastUdpFace::sendBlock(const Block& block)
 {
-  m_socket->async_send_to(boost::asio::buffer(block.wire(), block.size()),
-                          m_multicastGroup,
-                          bind(&DatagramFace<protocol, Multicast>::handleSend,
-                               this, _1, block));
+  m_sendSocket->async_send_to(boost::asio::buffer(block.wire(), block.size()),
+                              m_multicastGroup,
+                              bind(&DatagramFace<protocol, Multicast>::handleSend,
+                                   this, _1, block));
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/daemon/face/multicast-udp-face.hpp b/daemon/face/multicast-udp-face.hpp
index 743cf564..0ac857e8 100644
--- a/daemon/face/multicast-udp-face.hpp
+++ b/daemon/face/multicast-udp-face.hpp
@@ -40,8 +40,10 @@ public:
   /**
    * \brief Creates a UDP-based face for multicast communication
    */
-  MulticastUdpFace(const shared_ptr<protocol::socket>& socket,
-                   const protocol::endpoint& localEndpoint);
+  MulticastUdpFace(const shared_ptr<protocol::socket>& recvSocket,
+                   const shared_ptr<protocol::socket>& sendSocket,
+                   const protocol::endpoint& localEndpoint,
+                   const protocol::endpoint& multicastEndpoint);
 
   const protocol::endpoint&
   getMulticastGroup() const;
@@ -62,6 +64,7 @@ private:
 
 private:
   protocol::endpoint m_multicastGroup;
+  shared_ptr<protocol::socket> m_sendSocket;
 };
 
 } // namespace nfd
diff --git a/daemon/face/udp-factory.cpp b/daemon/face/udp-factory.cpp
index fc156ea7..1a4ca010 100644
--- a/daemon/face/udp-factory.cpp
+++ b/daemon/face/udp-factory.cpp
@@ -207,21 +207,31 @@ UdpFactory::createMulticastFace(const udp::Endpoint& localEndpoint,
                 "the multicast group given as input is not a multicast address");
   }
 
-  shared_ptr<ip::udp::socket> clientSocket =
+  shared_ptr<ip::udp::socket> receiveSocket =
     make_shared<ip::udp::socket>(ref(getGlobalIoService()));
 
-  clientSocket->open(multicastEndpoint.protocol());
+  shared_ptr<ip::udp::socket> sendSocket =
+    make_shared<ip::udp::socket>(ref(getGlobalIoService()));
 
-  clientSocket->set_option(ip::udp::socket::reuse_address(true));
+  receiveSocket->open(multicastEndpoint.protocol());
+  receiveSocket->set_option(ip::udp::socket::reuse_address(true));
+
+  sendSocket->open(multicastEndpoint.protocol());
+  sendSocket->set_option(ip::udp::socket::reuse_address(true));
+  sendSocket->set_option(ip::multicast::enable_loopback(false));
 
   try {
-    clientSocket->bind(multicastEndpoint);
+    sendSocket->bind(udp::Endpoint(ip::address_v4::any(), multicastEndpoint.port()));
+    receiveSocket->bind(multicastEndpoint);
 
     if (localEndpoint.address() != ip::address::from_string("0.0.0.0")) {
-      clientSocket->set_option(ip::multicast::outbound_interface(localEndpoint.address().to_v4()));
+      sendSocket->set_option(ip::multicast::outbound_interface(localEndpoint.address().to_v4()));
     }
-    clientSocket->set_option(ip::multicast::join_group(multicastEndpoint.address().to_v4(),
-                                                       localEndpoint.address().to_v4()));
+    sendSocket->set_option(ip::multicast::join_group(multicastEndpoint.address().to_v4(),
+                                                     localEndpoint.address().to_v4()));
+
+    receiveSocket->set_option(ip::multicast::join_group(multicastEndpoint.address().to_v4(),
+                                                        localEndpoint.address().to_v4()));
   }
   catch (boost::system::system_error& e) {
     std::stringstream msg;
@@ -238,7 +248,7 @@ UdpFactory::createMulticastFace(const udp::Endpoint& localEndpoint,
   //This applies only on linux, for OS X the ip::multicast::join_group is enough to get
   //the desired behaviour
   if (!networkInterfaceName.empty()) {
-    if (::setsockopt(clientSocket->native_handle(), SOL_SOCKET, SO_BINDTODEVICE,
+    if (::setsockopt(receiveSocket->native_handle(), SOL_SOCKET, SO_BINDTODEVICE,
                      networkInterfaceName.c_str(), networkInterfaceName.size()+1) == -1){
       throw Error("Cannot bind multicast face to " + networkInterfaceName
                   + " make sure you have CAP_NET_RAW capability" );
@@ -247,9 +257,8 @@ UdpFactory::createMulticastFace(const udp::Endpoint& localEndpoint,
 
 #endif
 
-  clientSocket->set_option(ip::multicast::enable_loopback(false));
-
-  multicastFace = make_shared<MulticastUdpFace>(clientSocket, localEndpoint);
+  multicastFace = make_shared<MulticastUdpFace>(receiveSocket, sendSocket,
+                                                localEndpoint, multicastEndpoint);
   multicastFace->onFail += bind(&UdpFactory::afterFaceFailed, this, localEndpoint);
 
   m_multicastFaces[localEndpoint] = multicastFace;