diff --git a/cmd/soundtouch-web/main.go b/cmd/soundtouch-web/main.go
index f7dcac6..d22a74b 100644
--- a/cmd/soundtouch-web/main.go
+++ b/cmd/soundtouch-web/main.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func main() {
 			},
 			&cli.StringFlag{
 				Name:    "interface",
-				Usage:   "Network interface name (e.g. eth0) for mDNS and UPnP discovery; leave empty to auto-pick",
+				Usage:   "Network interface name (e.g. eth0) for mDNS and UPnP device discovery. Defaults to the --bind interface name when one was given; leave empty otherwise to auto-pick",
 				EnvVars: []string{"DISCOVERY_INTERFACE"},
 			},
 		},
@@ -60,7 +60,12 @@ func main() {
 				log.Printf("Resolved --bind %q to %s", rawBind, bindAddr)
 			}
 
-			ifaceName := c.String("interface")
+			rawIface := c.String("interface")
+
+			ifaceName := defaultDiscoveryInterface(rawIface, rawBind, bindAddr)
+			if rawIface == "" && ifaceName != "" {
+				log.Printf("Defaulting --interface to %q from --bind", ifaceName)
+			}
 
 			addr := ":" + port
 			if bindAddr != "" {
@@ -113,6 +118,24 @@ func main() {
 	}
 }
 
+// defaultDiscoveryInterface picks the interface name to use for mDNS/UPnP
+// discovery. An explicit --interface always wins; otherwise, when --bind was
+// given an interface name (i.e. resolveBindAddr substituted an IP for it),
+// that name is reused so the common single-interface case "just works".
+// Returns the empty string when there is nothing to propagate, leaving the
+// discovery service to auto-pick.
+func defaultDiscoveryInterface(rawInterface, rawBind, resolvedBind string) string {
+	if rawInterface != "" {
+		return rawInterface
+	}
+
+	if rawBind != "" && rawBind != resolvedBind {
+		return rawBind
+	}
+
+	return ""
+}
+
 // resolveBindAddr returns the address to bind the HTTP listener to.
 //
 // If bindAddr names a local network interface, the interface's single IPv4
@@ -126,8 +149,10 @@ func main() {
 // If bindAddr is not an interface name — including the empty string, a host
 // name, or a literal IP — it is returned unchanged.
 func resolveBindAddr(bindAddr string) (string, error) {
-	iface, err := net.InterfaceByName(bindAddr)
-	if err != nil {
+	// A lookup failure here just means bindAddr isn't an interface name
+	// (it's a host, IP, or empty); fall through to pass-through.
+	iface, _ := net.InterfaceByName(bindAddr)
+	if iface == nil {
 		return bindAddr, nil
 	}
 
diff --git a/cmd/soundtouch-web/resolve_bind_addr_test.go b/cmd/soundtouch-web/resolve_bind_addr_test.go
index 1dade52..db54ae6 100644
--- a/cmd/soundtouch-web/resolve_bind_addr_test.go
+++ b/cmd/soundtouch-web/resolve_bind_addr_test.go
@@ -90,6 +90,69 @@ func findLoopbackWithSingleIPv4(t *testing.T) (name, addr string, ok bool) {
 	return "", "", false
 }
 
+func TestDefaultDiscoveryInterface(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name         string
+		rawInterface string
+		rawBind      string
+		resolvedBind string
+		want         string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:         "explicit interface wins over bind-derived default",
+			rawInterface: "eth1",
+			rawBind:      "eth0",
+			resolvedBind: "192.168.1.5",
+			want:         "eth1",
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "derive from --bind when --bind was an interface name",
+			rawInterface: "",
+			rawBind:      "eth0",
+			resolvedBind: "192.168.1.5",
+			want:         "eth0",
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "no derivation when --bind was an IP literal",
+			rawInterface: "",
+			rawBind:      "192.168.1.5",
+			resolvedBind: "192.168.1.5",
+			want:         "",
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "no derivation when --bind was a hostname (pass-through)",
+			rawInterface: "",
+			rawBind:      "localhost",
+			resolvedBind: "localhost",
+			want:         "",
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "both empty stays empty (auto-pick)",
+			rawInterface: "",
+			rawBind:      "",
+			resolvedBind: "",
+			want:         "",
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "explicit interface alone, --bind empty",
+			rawInterface: "eth1",
+			rawBind:      "",
+			resolvedBind: "",
+			want:         "eth1",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got := defaultDiscoveryInterface(tc.rawInterface, tc.rawBind, tc.resolvedBind)
+			if got != tc.want {
+				t.Errorf("got %q, want %q (rawInterface=%q rawBind=%q resolvedBind=%q)",
+					got, tc.want, tc.rawInterface, tc.rawBind, tc.resolvedBind)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func quoted(s string) string {
 	if s == "" {
 		return "(empty)"