diff --git a/doc/protocols.texi b/doc/protocols.texi
index 8b2e310b0a848c28d776a8fed0bfa26e967e4534..05c4bdbfc98f4891c00339c135eb5de9d9415ef5 100644
--- a/doc/protocols.texi
+++ b/doc/protocols.texi
@@ -1147,6 +1147,12 @@ than this time interval, raise error.
 
 @item listen_timeout=@var{milliseconds}
 Set listen timeout, expressed in milliseconds.
+
+@item recv_buffer_size=@var{bytes}
+Set receive buffer size, expressed bytes.
+
+@item send_buffer_size=@var{bytes}
+Set send buffer size, expressed bytes.
 @end table
 
 The following example shows how to setup a listening TCP connection
diff --git a/libavformat/tcp.c b/libavformat/tcp.c
index e02c64b800105a40998cda347c45d3aa43a87d29..5738690843abc4f063f04f6434df3aa5423a37f6 100644
--- a/libavformat/tcp.c
+++ b/libavformat/tcp.c
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ typedef struct TCPContext {
     int open_timeout;
     int rw_timeout;
     int listen_timeout;
+    int recv_buffer_size;
+    int send_buffer_size;
 } TCPContext;
 
 #define OFFSET(x) offsetof(TCPContext, x)
@@ -48,6 +50,8 @@ static const AVOption options[] = {
     { "listen",          "Listen for incoming connections",  OFFSET(listen),         AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, { .i64 = 0 },     0,       2,       .flags = D|E },
     { "timeout",     "set timeout (in microseconds) of socket I/O operations", OFFSET(rw_timeout),     AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, { .i64 = -1 },         -1, INT_MAX, .flags = D|E },
     { "listen_timeout",  "Connection awaiting timeout (in milliseconds)",      OFFSET(listen_timeout), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, { .i64 = -1 },         -1, INT_MAX, .flags = D|E },
+    { "send_buffer_size", "Socket send buffer size (in bytes)",                OFFSET(send_buffer_size), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, { .i64 = -1 },         -1, INT_MAX, .flags = D|E },
+    { "recv_buffer_size", "Socket receive buffer size (in bytes)",             OFFSET(recv_buffer_size), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, { .i64 = -1 },         -1, INT_MAX, .flags = D|E },
     { NULL }
 };
 
@@ -150,6 +154,15 @@ static int tcp_open(URLContext *h, const char *uri, int flags)
 
     h->is_streamed = 1;
     s->fd = fd;
+    /* Set the socket's send or receive buffer sizes, if specified.
+       If unspecified or setting fails, system default is used. */
+    if (s->recv_buffer_size > 0) {
+        setsockopt (fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVBUF, &s->recv_buffer_size, sizeof (s->recv_buffer_size));
+    }
+    if (s->send_buffer_size > 0) {
+        setsockopt (fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_SNDBUF, &s->send_buffer_size, sizeof (s->send_buffer_size));
+    }
+
     freeaddrinfo(ai);
     return 0;