diff --git a/man/systemd.socket.xml b/man/systemd.socket.xml
index 20dc00ed01..a7b8228aa0 100644
--- a/man/systemd.socket.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.socket.xml
@@ -437,6 +437,18 @@
                                 address. Defaults to <option>false</option>.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><varname>TCPCongestion=</varname></term>
+                                <listitem><para>Takes a string
+                                value. Controls the TCP congestion
+                                algorithm used by this socket. Should
+                                be one of "westwood", "veno", "cubic",
+                                "lp" or any other available algorithm
+                                supported by the IP stack. This
+                                setting applies only to stream
+                                sockets.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><varname>ExecStartPre=</varname></term>
                                 <term><varname>ExecStartPost=</varname></term>
diff --git a/src/load-fragment.c b/src/load-fragment.c
index 98f16f9a23..f2f2d72837 100644
--- a/src/load-fragment.c
+++ b/src/load-fragment.c
@@ -1616,6 +1616,7 @@ static int load_from_path(Unit *u, const char *path) {
                 { "Mark",                   config_parse_int,             &u->socket.mark,                                 "Socket"  },
                 { "PipeSize",               config_parse_size,            &u->socket.pipe_size,                            "Socket"  },
                 { "FreeBind",               config_parse_bool,            &u->socket.free_bind,                            "Socket"  },
+                { "TCPCongestion",          config_parse_string,          &u->socket.tcp_congestion,                       "Socket"  },
                 EXEC_CONTEXT_CONFIG_ITEMS(u->socket.exec_context, "Socket"),
 
                 { "What",                   config_parse_string,          &u->mount.parameters_fragment.what,              "Mount"   },
diff --git a/src/socket.c b/src/socket.c
index 82a9348d13..2da3215a3d 100644
--- a/src/socket.c
+++ b/src/socket.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 
 #include "unit.h"
 #include "socket.h"
+#include "netinet/tcp.h"
 #include "log.h"
 #include "load-dropin.h"
 #include "load-fragment.h"
@@ -116,6 +117,9 @@ static void socket_done(Unit *u) {
 
         s->service = NULL;
 
+        free(s->tcp_congestion);
+        s->tcp_congestion = NULL;
+
         free(s->bind_to_device);
         s->bind_to_device = NULL;
 
@@ -371,14 +375,16 @@ static void socket_dump(Unit *u, FILE *f, const char *prefix) {
                 "%sSocketMode: %04o\n"
                 "%sDirectoryMode: %04o\n"
                 "%sKeepAlive: %s\n"
-                "%sFreeBind: %s\n",
+                "%sFreeBind: %s\n"
+                "%sTCPCongestion: %s\n",
                 prefix, socket_state_to_string(s->state),
                 prefix, socket_address_bind_ipv6_only_to_string(s->bind_ipv6_only),
                 prefix, s->backlog,
                 prefix, s->socket_mode,
                 prefix, s->directory_mode,
                 prefix, yes_no(s->keep_alive),
-                prefix, yes_no(s->free_bind));
+                prefix, yes_no(s->free_bind),
+                prefix, s->tcp_congestion);
 
         if (s->control_pid > 0)
                 fprintf(f,
@@ -632,6 +638,10 @@ static void socket_apply_socket_options(Socket *s, int fd) {
                 if (r < 0 && x < 0)
                         log_warning("IP_TTL/IPV6_UNICAST_HOPS failed: %m");
         }
+
+        if (s->tcp_congestion)
+                if (setsockopt(fd, SOL_TCP, TCP_CONGESTION, s->tcp_congestion, strlen(s->tcp_congestion)+1) < 0)
+                        log_warning("TCP_CONGESTION failed: %m");
 }
 
 static void socket_apply_fifo_options(Socket *s, int fd) {
diff --git a/src/socket.h b/src/socket.h
index 88ebf26f87..230dd200d5 100644
--- a/src/socket.h
+++ b/src/socket.h
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ struct Socket {
         int mark;
         bool free_bind;
         char *bind_to_device;
+        char *tcp_congestion;
 
         /* Only for INET6 sockets: issue IPV6_V6ONLY sockopt */
         SocketAddressBindIPv6Only bind_ipv6_only;