diff -r f585c9bb85c1 -r 49463314c24f mercurial/hgweb/server.py
--- a/mercurial/hgweb/server.py	Fri Aug 27 16:25:47 2010 +0200
+++ b/mercurial/hgweb/server.py	Sat Aug 28 12:31:07 2010 -0400
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@
     import mimetypes; mimetypes.init()
 
     address = ui.config('web', 'address', '')
-    port = int(ui.config('web', 'port', 8000))
+    port = util.getport(ui.config('web', 'port', 8000))
     try:
         return cls(ui, app, (address, port), handler)
     except socket.error, inst: