diff --git a/avocado/plugins/runner_nrunner.py b/avocado/plugins/runner_nrunner.py
index b0ad4d7778..2d3c803372 100644
--- a/avocado/plugins/runner_nrunner.py
+++ b/avocado/plugins/runner_nrunner.py
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
 from avocado.core.task.runtime import RuntimeTaskGraph
 from avocado.core.task.statemachine import TaskStateMachine, Worker
 
+DEFAULT_SERVER_URI = "127.0.0.1:8888"
+
 
 class RunnerInit(Init):
 
@@ -74,7 +76,7 @@ def initialize(self):
         settings.register_option(
             section=section,
             key="status_server_listen",
-            default="127.0.0.1:8888",
+            default=DEFAULT_SERVER_URI,
             metavar="HOST:PORT",
             help_msg=help_msg,
         )
@@ -88,7 +90,7 @@ def initialize(self):
         settings.register_option(
             section=section,
             key="status_server_uri",
-            default="127.0.0.1:8888",
+            default=DEFAULT_SERVER_URI,
             metavar="HOST:PORT",
             help_msg=help_msg,
         )
@@ -229,7 +231,23 @@ def _determine_status_server(self, test_suite, config_key):
                 return os.path.join(self.status_server_dir.name, ".status_server.sock")
         return test_suite.config.get(config_key)
 
+    def _sync_status_server_urls(self, config):
+        server_listen = config.get("run.status_server_listen")
+        server_uri = config.get("run.status_server_uri")
+        if not config.get("run.status_server_auto"):
+            if (
+                server_uri is not DEFAULT_SERVER_URI
+                and server_listen is DEFAULT_SERVER_URI
+            ):
+                config["run.status_server_listen"] = server_uri
+            if (
+                server_uri is DEFAULT_SERVER_URI
+                and server_listen is not DEFAULT_SERVER_URI
+            ):
+                config["run.status_server_uri"] = server_listen
+
     def _create_status_server(self, test_suite, job):
+        self._sync_status_server_urls(test_suite.config)
         listen = self._determine_status_server(test_suite, "run.status_server_listen")
         # pylint: disable=W0201
         self.status_repo = StatusRepo(job.unique_id)