diff --git a/src/transport-manager.js b/src/transport-manager.js
index 173e5f5d..7b41b87d 100644
--- a/src/transport-manager.js
+++ b/src/transport-manager.js
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ class TransportManager {
       // listening on remote addresses as they may be offline. We could then potentially
       // just wait for any (`p-any`) listener to succeed on each transport before returning
       const isListening = results.find(r => r.isFulfilled === true)
-      if (!isListening) {
+      if (!isListening && this.faultTolerance !== FAULT_TOLERANCE.NO_FATAL) {
         throw errCode(new Error(`Transport (${key}) could not listen on any available address`), codes.ERR_NO_VALID_ADDRESSES)
       }
     }
diff --git a/test/transports/transport-manager.spec.js b/test/transports/transport-manager.spec.js
index e1b13982..5c6c08b0 100644
--- a/test/transports/transport-manager.spec.js
+++ b/test/transports/transport-manager.spec.js
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ describe('libp2p.transportManager (dial only)', () => {
     throw new Error('it should fail to start if multiaddr fails to listen')
   })
 
-  it('does not fail to start if multiaddr fails to listen when supporting dial only mode', async () => {
+  it('does not fail to start if provided listen multiaddr are not compatible to configured transports (when supporting dial only mode)', async () => {
     libp2p = new Libp2p({
       peerId,
       addresses: {
@@ -226,4 +226,22 @@ describe('libp2p.transportManager (dial only)', () => {
 
     await libp2p.start()
   })
+
+  it('does not fail to start if provided listen multiaddr fail to listen on configured transports (when supporting dial only mode)', async () => {
+    libp2p = new Libp2p({
+      peerId,
+      addresses: {
+        listen: [multiaddr('/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/12345/p2p/QmWDn2LY8nannvSWJzruUYoLZ4vV83vfCBwd8DipvdgQc3/p2p-circuit')]
+      },
+      transportManager: {
+        faultTolerance: FaultTolerance.NO_FATAL
+      },
+      modules: {
+        transport: [Transport],
+        connEncryption: [Crypto]
+      }
+    })
+
+    await libp2p.start()
+  })
 })