diff --git a/include/asm-alpha/socket.h b/include/asm-alpha/socket.h
index d00259d3dc78..b5193229132a 100644
--- a/include/asm-alpha/socket.h
+++ b/include/asm-alpha/socket.h
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 #define SO_ERROR	0x1007
 #define SO_SNDBUF	0x1001
 #define SO_RCVBUF	0x1002
+#define SO_SNDBUFFORCE	0x100a
+#define SO_RCVBUFFORCE	0x100b
 #define	SO_RCVLOWAT	0x1010
 #define	SO_SNDLOWAT	0x1011
 #define	SO_RCVTIMEO	0x1012
diff --git a/include/asm-arm/socket.h b/include/asm-arm/socket.h
index 46d20585d951..3c51da6438c9 100644
--- a/include/asm-arm/socket.h
+++ b/include/asm-arm/socket.h
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 #define SO_BROADCAST	6
 #define SO_SNDBUF	7
 #define SO_RCVBUF	8
+#define SO_SNDBUFFORCE	32
+#define SO_RCVBUFFORCE	33
 #define SO_KEEPALIVE	9
 #define SO_OOBINLINE	10
 #define SO_NO_CHECK	11
diff --git a/include/asm-arm26/socket.h b/include/asm-arm26/socket.h
index 46d20585d951..3c51da6438c9 100644
--- a/include/asm-arm26/socket.h
+++ b/include/asm-arm26/socket.h
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 #define SO_BROADCAST	6
 #define SO_SNDBUF	7
 #define SO_RCVBUF	8
+#define SO_SNDBUFFORCE	32
+#define SO_RCVBUFFORCE	33
 #define SO_KEEPALIVE	9
 #define SO_OOBINLINE	10
 #define SO_NO_CHECK	11
diff --git a/include/asm-cris/socket.h b/include/asm-cris/socket.h
index f159b4f165f7..8b1da3e58c55 100644
--- a/include/asm-cris/socket.h
+++ b/include/asm-cris/socket.h
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 #define SO_BROADCAST	6
 #define SO_SNDBUF	7
 #define SO_RCVBUF	8
+#define SO_SNDBUFFORCE	32
+#define SO_RCVBUFFORCE	33
 #define SO_KEEPALIVE	9
 #define SO_OOBINLINE	10
 #define SO_NO_CHECK	11
diff --git a/include/asm-frv/socket.h b/include/asm-frv/socket.h
index c3be17c7de4b..7177f8b9817c 100644
--- a/include/asm-frv/socket.h
+++ b/include/asm-frv/socket.h
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 #define SO_BROADCAST	6
 #define SO_SNDBUF	7
 #define SO_RCVBUF	8
+#define SO_SNDBUFFORCE	32
+#define SO_RCVBUFFORCE	33
 #define SO_KEEPALIVE	9
 #define SO_OOBINLINE	10
 #define SO_NO_CHECK	11
diff --git a/include/asm-h8300/socket.h b/include/asm-h8300/socket.h
index af33b8525dcf..d98cf85bafc1 100644
--- a/include/asm-h8300/socket.h
+++ b/include/asm-h8300/socket.h
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 #define SO_BROADCAST	6
 #define SO_SNDBUF	7
 #define SO_RCVBUF	8
+#define SO_SNDBUFFORCE	32
+#define SO_RCVBUFFORCE	33
 #define SO_KEEPALIVE	9
 #define SO_OOBINLINE	10
 #define SO_NO_CHECK	11
diff --git a/include/asm-i386/socket.h b/include/asm-i386/socket.h
index 07f6b38ad140..802ae76195b7 100644
--- a/include/asm-i386/socket.h
+++ b/include/asm-i386/socket.h
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 #define SO_BROADCAST	6
 #define SO_SNDBUF	7
 #define SO_RCVBUF	8
+#define SO_SNDBUFFORCE	32
+#define SO_RCVBUFFORCE	33
 #define SO_KEEPALIVE	9
 #define SO_OOBINLINE	10
 #define SO_NO_CHECK	11
diff --git a/include/asm-ia64/socket.h b/include/asm-ia64/socket.h
index 21a9f10d6baa..a255006fb7b5 100644
--- a/include/asm-ia64/socket.h
+++ b/include/asm-ia64/socket.h
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 #define SO_BROADCAST	6
 #define SO_SNDBUF	7
 #define SO_RCVBUF	8
+#define SO_SNDBUFFORCE	32
+#define SO_RCVBUFFORCE	33
 #define SO_KEEPALIVE	9
 #define SO_OOBINLINE	10
 #define SO_NO_CHECK	11
diff --git a/include/asm-m32r/socket.h b/include/asm-m32r/socket.h
index 159519d99042..8b6680f223c0 100644
--- a/include/asm-m32r/socket.h
+++ b/include/asm-m32r/socket.h
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 #define SO_BROADCAST	6
 #define SO_SNDBUF	7
 #define SO_RCVBUF	8
+#define SO_SNDBUFFORCE	32
+#define SO_RCVBUFFORCE	33
 #define SO_KEEPALIVE	9
 #define SO_OOBINLINE	10
 #define SO_NO_CHECK	11
diff --git a/include/asm-m68k/socket.h b/include/asm-m68k/socket.h
index 8d0b9fc2d07e..f578ca4b776a 100644
--- a/include/asm-m68k/socket.h
+++ b/include/asm-m68k/socket.h
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 #define SO_BROADCAST	6
 #define SO_SNDBUF	7
 #define SO_RCVBUF	8
+#define SO_SNDBUFFORCE	32
+#define SO_RCVBUFFORCE	33
 #define SO_KEEPALIVE	9
 #define SO_OOBINLINE	10
 #define SO_NO_CHECK	11
diff --git a/include/asm-mips/socket.h b/include/asm-mips/socket.h
index 020b4db70ee5..d478a86294ee 100644
--- a/include/asm-mips/socket.h
+++ b/include/asm-mips/socket.h
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ To add: #define SO_REUSEPORT 0x0200	/* Allow local address and port reuse.  */
 #define SO_ERROR	0x1007	/* get error status and clear */
 #define SO_SNDBUF	0x1001	/* Send buffer size. */
 #define SO_RCVBUF	0x1002	/* Receive buffer. */
+#define SO_SNDBUFFORCE	0x100a
+#define SO_RCVBUFFORCE	0x100b
 #define SO_SNDLOWAT	0x1003	/* send low-water mark */
 #define SO_RCVLOWAT	0x1004	/* receive low-water mark */
 #define SO_SNDTIMEO	0x1005	/* send timeout */
diff --git a/include/asm-parisc/socket.h b/include/asm-parisc/socket.h
index 4a77996c1862..1bf54dc53c10 100644
--- a/include/asm-parisc/socket.h
+++ b/include/asm-parisc/socket.h
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 /* To add :#define SO_REUSEPORT 0x0200 */
 #define SO_SNDBUF	0x1001
 #define SO_RCVBUF	0x1002
+#define SO_SNDBUFFORCE	0x100a
+#define SO_RCVBUFFORCE	0x100b
 #define SO_SNDLOWAT	0x1003
 #define SO_RCVLOWAT	0x1004
 #define SO_SNDTIMEO	0x1005
diff --git a/include/asm-ppc/socket.h b/include/asm-ppc/socket.h
index 4134376b0f66..296e1a3469d0 100644
--- a/include/asm-ppc/socket.h
+++ b/include/asm-ppc/socket.h
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 #define SO_BROADCAST	6
 #define SO_SNDBUF	7
 #define SO_RCVBUF	8
+#define SO_SNDBUFFORCE	32
+#define SO_RCVBUFFORCE	33
 #define SO_KEEPALIVE	9
 #define SO_OOBINLINE	10
 #define SO_NO_CHECK	11
diff --git a/include/asm-ppc64/socket.h b/include/asm-ppc64/socket.h
index 59e00dfc8b8e..9e1af8eb2d96 100644
--- a/include/asm-ppc64/socket.h
+++ b/include/asm-ppc64/socket.h
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 #define SO_BROADCAST	6
 #define SO_SNDBUF	7
 #define SO_RCVBUF	8
+#define SO_SNDBUFFORCE	32
+#define SO_RCVBUFFORCE	33
 #define SO_KEEPALIVE	9
 #define SO_OOBINLINE	10
 #define SO_NO_CHECK	11
diff --git a/include/asm-s390/socket.h b/include/asm-s390/socket.h
index 0e96eeca4e6b..15a5298c8744 100644
--- a/include/asm-s390/socket.h
+++ b/include/asm-s390/socket.h
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 #define SO_BROADCAST	6
 #define SO_SNDBUF	7
 #define SO_RCVBUF	8
+#define SO_SNDBUFFORCE	32
+#define SO_RCVBUFFORCE	33
 #define SO_KEEPALIVE	9
 #define SO_OOBINLINE	10
 #define SO_NO_CHECK	11
diff --git a/include/asm-sh/socket.h b/include/asm-sh/socket.h
index dde696c3b4c7..553904ff9336 100644
--- a/include/asm-sh/socket.h
+++ b/include/asm-sh/socket.h
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 #define SO_BROADCAST	6
 #define SO_SNDBUF	7
 #define SO_RCVBUF	8
+#define SO_RCVBUFFORCE	32
+#define SO_SNDBUFFORCE	33
 #define SO_KEEPALIVE	9
 #define SO_OOBINLINE	10
 #define SO_NO_CHECK	11
diff --git a/include/asm-sparc/socket.h b/include/asm-sparc/socket.h
index c1154e3ecfdf..09575b608adb 100644
--- a/include/asm-sparc/socket.h
+++ b/include/asm-sparc/socket.h
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 
 #define SO_SNDBUF	0x1001
 #define SO_RCVBUF	0x1002
+#define SO_SNDBUFFORCE	0x100a
+#define SO_RCVBUFFORCE	0x100b
 #define SO_ERROR	0x1007
 #define SO_TYPE		0x1008
 
diff --git a/include/asm-sparc64/socket.h b/include/asm-sparc64/socket.h
index 865547a23908..59987dad3359 100644
--- a/include/asm-sparc64/socket.h
+++ b/include/asm-sparc64/socket.h
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 
 #define SO_SNDBUF	0x1001
 #define SO_RCVBUF	0x1002
+#define SO_SNDBUFFORCE	0x100a
+#define SO_RCVBUFFORCE	0x100b
 #define SO_ERROR	0x1007
 #define SO_TYPE		0x1008
 
diff --git a/include/asm-v850/socket.h b/include/asm-v850/socket.h
index 213b852af53e..0240d366a0a4 100644
--- a/include/asm-v850/socket.h
+++ b/include/asm-v850/socket.h
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 #define SO_BROADCAST	6
 #define SO_SNDBUF	7
 #define SO_RCVBUF	8
+#define SO_SNDBUFFORCE	32
+#define SO_RCVBUFFORCE	33
 #define SO_KEEPALIVE	9
 #define SO_OOBINLINE	10
 #define SO_NO_CHECK	11
diff --git a/include/asm-x86_64/socket.h b/include/asm-x86_64/socket.h
index d9a252ea8210..f2cdbeae5d5b 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86_64/socket.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86_64/socket.h
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 #define SO_BROADCAST	6
 #define SO_SNDBUF	7
 #define SO_RCVBUF	8
+#define SO_SNDBUFFORCE	32
+#define SO_RCVBUFFORCE	33
 #define SO_KEEPALIVE	9
 #define SO_OOBINLINE	10
 #define SO_NO_CHECK	11
diff --git a/include/asm-xtensa/socket.h b/include/asm-xtensa/socket.h
index daccd05a14cd..00f83f3a6d72 100644
--- a/include/asm-xtensa/socket.h
+++ b/include/asm-xtensa/socket.h
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 #define SO_BROADCAST	6
 #define SO_SNDBUF	7
 #define SO_RCVBUF	8
+#define SO_SNDBUFFORCE	32
+#define SO_RCVBUFFORCE	33
 #define SO_KEEPALIVE	9
 #define SO_OOBINLINE	10
 #define SO_NO_CHECK	11
diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index 12f6d9a2a522..51a5e7ddee85 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ int sock_setsockopt(struct socket *sock, int level, int optname,
 			   
 			if (val > sysctl_wmem_max)
 				val = sysctl_wmem_max;
-
+set_sndbuf:
 			sk->sk_userlocks |= SOCK_SNDBUF_LOCK;
 			if ((val * 2) < SOCK_MIN_SNDBUF)
 				sk->sk_sndbuf = SOCK_MIN_SNDBUF;
@@ -274,6 +274,13 @@ int sock_setsockopt(struct socket *sock, int level, int optname,
 			sk->sk_write_space(sk);
 			break;
 
+		case SO_SNDBUFFORCE:
+			if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN)) {
+				ret = -EPERM;
+				break;
+			}
+			goto set_sndbuf;
+
 		case SO_RCVBUF:
 			/* Don't error on this BSD doesn't and if you think
 			   about it this is right. Otherwise apps have to
@@ -282,7 +289,7 @@ int sock_setsockopt(struct socket *sock, int level, int optname,
 			  
 			if (val > sysctl_rmem_max)
 				val = sysctl_rmem_max;
-
+set_rcvbuf:
 			sk->sk_userlocks |= SOCK_RCVBUF_LOCK;
 			/* FIXME: is this lower bound the right one? */
 			if ((val * 2) < SOCK_MIN_RCVBUF)
@@ -291,6 +298,13 @@ int sock_setsockopt(struct socket *sock, int level, int optname,
 				sk->sk_rcvbuf = val * 2;
 			break;
 
+		case SO_RCVBUFFORCE:
+			if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN)) {
+				ret = -EPERM;
+				break;
+			}
+			goto set_rcvbuf;
+
 		case SO_KEEPALIVE:
 #ifdef CONFIG_INET
 			if (sk->sk_protocol == IPPROTO_TCP)