diff --git a/conf.default/config.xml b/conf.default/config.xml
index 0200f4d279..f5ea2c96c8 100644
--- a/conf.default/config.xml
+++ b/conf.default/config.xml
@@ -135,6 +135,11 @@
 			<tunable>net.inet.tcp.tso</tunable>
 			<value>default</value>
 		</item>
+		<item>
+			<descr>Maximum socket buffer size</descr>
+			<tunable>kern.ipc.maxsockbuf</tunable>
+			<value>default</value>
+		</item>
 	</sysctl>
 	<system>
 		<optimization>normal</optimization>
diff --git a/etc/inc/globals.inc b/etc/inc/globals.inc
index 8afab4abb1..bf01a11deb 100644
--- a/etc/inc/globals.inc
+++ b/etc/inc/globals.inc
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 /*
     globals.inc
     part of pfSense (www.pfsense.com)
-    Copyright (C) 2004-2006 Scott Ullrich
+    Copyright (C) 2004-2010 Scott Ullrich
 
     Originally Part of m0n0wall
     Copyright (C) 2003-2004 Manuel Kasper <mk@neon1.net>.
@@ -159,9 +159,10 @@ $sysctls = array("net.inet.ip.portrange.first" => "1024",
 	"net.inet.tcp.log_debug" => "0", 
 	"net.inet.tcp.tso" => "1", 
 	"net.inet.icmp.icmplim" => "0",
-	"vfs.read_max" => "32"
+	"vfs.read_max" => "32",
+	"kern.ipc.maxsockbuf" => "4262144"
 );
 
 $config_parsed = false;
 
-?>
+?>
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