diff --git a/boost_boilerplate/CMakeLists.txt b/boost_boilerplate/CMakeLists.txt
index fdcaac4..9b4b554 100644
--- a/boost_boilerplate/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/boost_boilerplate/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -53,3 +53,8 @@ add_executable(connecting_a_socket
   connecting_a_socket.cpp
   src/sdk.h)
 target_link_libraries(connecting_a_socket PRIVATE Threads::Threads)
+
+add_executable(accepting_connections.cpp
+  accepting_connections.cpp
+  src/sdk.h)
+target_link_libraries(accepting_connections.cpp PRIVATE Threads::Threads)
diff --git a/boost_boilerplate/accepting_connections.cpp b/boost_boilerplate/accepting_connections.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..28e5e84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boost_boilerplate/accepting_connections.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#include "src/sdk.h"
+#include <boost/asio.hpp>
+#include <iostream>
+
+using namespace boost;
+namespace sys = boost::system;
+namespace net = boost::asio;
+using namespace std;
+
+int main()
+{
+  constexpr int32_t k_BacklogSize = 30;
+  constexpr uint16_t k_Port = 3333;
+  net::ip::tcp::endpoint ep(net::ip::address_v4::any(), k_Port);
+  net::io_context io_context;
+
+  try
+  {
+    net::ip::tcp::acceptor acceptor(io_context, ep.protocol());
+    acceptor.bind(ep);
+    acceptor.listen(k_BacklogSize);
+    net::ip::tcp::socket socket(io_context);
+    acceptor.accept(socket);
+  }
+  catch (sys::system_error& e)
+  {
+    cout << "Error: "s << e.code() << endl;
+  }
+
+  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}