diff --git a/src/net.cpp b/src/net.cpp
index 0bf0f58828b..363ae062d86 100644
--- a/src/net.cpp
+++ b/src/net.cpp
@@ -2408,7 +2408,7 @@ bool CConnman::BindListenPort(const CService& addrBind, bilingual_str& strError,
     LogPrintf("Bound to %s\n", addrBind.ToString());
 
     // Listen for incoming connections
-    if (listen(sock->Get(), SOMAXCONN) == SOCKET_ERROR)
+    if (sock->Listen(SOMAXCONN) == SOCKET_ERROR)
     {
         strError = strprintf(_("Error: Listening for incoming connections failed (listen returned error %s)"), NetworkErrorString(WSAGetLastError()));
         LogPrintf("%s\n", strError.original);
diff --git a/src/test/fuzz/util.cpp b/src/test/fuzz/util.cpp
index c5694b0b06d..7dbdf61d173 100644
--- a/src/test/fuzz/util.cpp
+++ b/src/test/fuzz/util.cpp
@@ -180,6 +180,25 @@ int FuzzedSock::Bind(const sockaddr*, socklen_t) const
     return 0;
 }
 
+int FuzzedSock::Listen(int) const
+{
+    // Have a permanent error at listen_errnos[0] because when the fuzzed data is exhausted
+    // SetFuzzedErrNo() will always set the global errno to listen_errnos[0]. We want to
+    // avoid this method returning -1 and setting errno to a temporary error (like EAGAIN)
+    // repeatedly because proper code should retry on temporary errors, leading to an
+    // infinite loop.
+    constexpr std::array listen_errnos{
+        EADDRINUSE,
+        EINVAL,
+        EOPNOTSUPP,
+    };
+    if (m_fuzzed_data_provider.ConsumeBool()) {
+        SetFuzzedErrNo(m_fuzzed_data_provider, listen_errnos);
+        return -1;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
 std::unique_ptr<Sock> FuzzedSock::Accept(sockaddr* addr, socklen_t* addr_len) const
 {
     constexpr std::array accept_errnos{
diff --git a/src/test/fuzz/util.h b/src/test/fuzz/util.h
index f0f9e506984..f1c31e63d1c 100644
--- a/src/test/fuzz/util.h
+++ b/src/test/fuzz/util.h
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ public:
 
     int Bind(const sockaddr*, socklen_t) const override;
 
+    int Listen(int backlog) const override;
+
     std::unique_ptr<Sock> Accept(sockaddr* addr, socklen_t* addr_len) const override;
 
     int GetSockOpt(int level, int opt_name, void* opt_val, socklen_t* opt_len) const override;
diff --git a/src/test/util/net.h b/src/test/util/net.h
index 11202f0c389..9e3175e6723 100644
--- a/src/test/util/net.h
+++ b/src/test/util/net.h
@@ -129,6 +129,8 @@ public:
 
     int Bind(const sockaddr*, socklen_t) const override { return 0; }
 
+    int Listen(int) const override { return 0; }
+
     std::unique_ptr<Sock> Accept(sockaddr* addr, socklen_t* addr_len) const override
     {
         if (addr != nullptr) {
diff --git a/src/util/sock.cpp b/src/util/sock.cpp
index 89d7a1a7ec4..6097c29170b 100644
--- a/src/util/sock.cpp
+++ b/src/util/sock.cpp
@@ -79,6 +79,11 @@ int Sock::Bind(const sockaddr* addr, socklen_t addr_len) const
     return bind(m_socket, addr, addr_len);
 }
 
+int Sock::Listen(int backlog) const
+{
+    return listen(m_socket, backlog);
+}
+
 std::unique_ptr<Sock> Sock::Accept(sockaddr* addr, socklen_t* addr_len) const
 {
 #ifdef WIN32
diff --git a/src/util/sock.h b/src/util/sock.h
index 6a7840f4e22..6835757328c 100644
--- a/src/util/sock.h
+++ b/src/util/sock.h
@@ -103,6 +103,12 @@ public:
      */
     [[nodiscard]] virtual int Bind(const sockaddr* addr, socklen_t addr_len) const;
 
+    /**
+     * listen(2) wrapper. Equivalent to `listen(this->Get(), backlog)`. Code that uses this
+     * wrapper can be unit tested if this method is overridden by a mock Sock implementation.
+     */
+    [[nodiscard]] virtual int Listen(int backlog) const;
+
     /**
      * accept(2) wrapper. Equivalent to `std::make_unique<Sock>(accept(this->Get(), addr, addr_len))`.
      * Code that uses this wrapper can be unit tested if this method is overridden by a mock Sock