diff --git a/arch/mips/syscall_arch.h b/arch/mips/syscall_arch.h
index e4854f505b0aa5031c7c24b93d2c3c3a2981a521..2ef8a952fee638f7b5f9c1396c383e9bd0df2f6f 100644
--- a/arch/mips/syscall_arch.h
+++ b/arch/mips/syscall_arch.h
@@ -141,3 +141,6 @@ static inline long __syscall7(long n, long a, long b, long c, long d, long e, lo
 #define VDSO_USEFUL
 #define VDSO_CGT_SYM "__vdso_clock_gettime"
 #define VDSO_CGT_VER "LINUX_2.6"
+
+#define SO_SNDTIMEO_OLD 0x1005
+#define SO_RCVTIMEO_OLD 0x1006
diff --git a/arch/mips64/syscall_arch.h b/arch/mips64/syscall_arch.h
index 852ac263e0cd908e7117e248c49c0dc3ea35acd8..013908dd23bb08075b547b3550cfbf323d439ab7 100644
--- a/arch/mips64/syscall_arch.h
+++ b/arch/mips64/syscall_arch.h
@@ -117,3 +117,6 @@ static inline long __syscall6(long n, long a, long b, long c, long d, long e, lo
 #define VDSO_USEFUL
 #define VDSO_CGT_SYM "__vdso_clock_gettime"
 #define VDSO_CGT_VER "LINUX_2.6"
+
+#define SO_SNDTIMEO_OLD 0x1005
+#define SO_RCVTIMEO_OLD 0x1006
diff --git a/arch/mipsn32/syscall_arch.h b/arch/mipsn32/syscall_arch.h
index 78b217fa49eaabf5da658febb0b52244a287751f..5a6da0edff9c1f7be480b17b117fe7133ae0a6d3 100644
--- a/arch/mipsn32/syscall_arch.h
+++ b/arch/mipsn32/syscall_arch.h
@@ -112,3 +112,6 @@ static inline long __syscall6(long n, long a, long b, long c, long d, long e, lo
 #define VDSO_USEFUL
 #define VDSO_CGT_SYM "__vdso_clock_gettime"
 #define VDSO_CGT_VER "LINUX_2.6"
+
+#define SO_SNDTIMEO_OLD 0x1005
+#define SO_RCVTIMEO_OLD 0x1006
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/syscall_arch.h b/arch/powerpc/syscall_arch.h
index e26a3c34c26a821dda8765cd6eb4ab63d068df50..ede97c1c085fa54b0439d3742a946574bae42bb2 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/syscall_arch.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/syscall_arch.h
@@ -89,3 +89,6 @@ static inline long __syscall6(long n, long a, long b, long c, long d, long e, lo
 }
 
 #define SYSCALL_FADVISE_6_ARG
+
+#define SO_RCVTIMEO_OLD  18
+#define SO_SNDTIMEO_OLD  19
diff --git a/arch/powerpc64/syscall_arch.h b/arch/powerpc64/syscall_arch.h
index 1e730625350551108c7f6fcde4814f39c6859be2..76b4e335cff958d189a737ae75cbe07ef0891503 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc64/syscall_arch.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc64/syscall_arch.h
@@ -85,3 +85,6 @@ static inline long __syscall6(long n, long a, long b, long c, long d, long e, lo
 	:: "memory", "cr0", "r9", "r10", "r11", "r12");
 	return r3;
 }
+
+#define SO_RCVTIMEO_OLD  18
+#define SO_SNDTIMEO_OLD  19
diff --git a/src/internal/syscall.h b/src/internal/syscall.h
index 5db18b051e2eaec23582c0f110e96097ad002c1c..16edf30ab6ec93d7a53866f0565ddb59337398bb 100644
--- a/src/internal/syscall.h
+++ b/src/internal/syscall.h
@@ -299,6 +299,13 @@ hidden long __syscall_ret(unsigned long),
 #define __SC_recvmmsg    19
 #define __SC_sendmmsg    20
 
+#ifndef SO_RCVTIMEO_OLD
+#define SO_RCVTIMEO_OLD  20
+#endif
+#ifndef SO_SNDTIMEO_OLD
+#define SO_SNDTIMEO_OLD  21
+#endif
+
 #ifdef SYS_open
 #define __sys_open2(x,pn,fl) __syscall2(SYS_open, pn, (fl)|O_LARGEFILE)
 #define __sys_open3(x,pn,fl,mo) __syscall3(SYS_open, pn, (fl)|O_LARGEFILE, mo)
diff --git a/src/network/getsockopt.c b/src/network/getsockopt.c
index 28079d8c0cb60a4e4d810a49ca7b0992bc6d4d9f..e871d624b7dc5f836847e0285887138b2704386c 100644
--- a/src/network/getsockopt.c
+++ b/src/network/getsockopt.c
@@ -1,7 +1,32 @@
 #include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#include <errno.h>
 #include "syscall.h"
 
 int getsockopt(int fd, int level, int optname, void *restrict optval, socklen_t *restrict optlen)
 {
-	return socketcall(getsockopt, fd, level, optname, optval, optlen, 0);
+	long tv32[2];
+	struct timeval *tv;
+
+	int r = __socketcall(getsockopt, fd, level, optname, optval, optlen, 0);
+
+	if (r==-ENOPROTOOPT) switch (level) {
+	case SOL_SOCKET:
+		switch (optname) {
+		case SO_RCVTIMEO:
+		case SO_SNDTIMEO:
+			if (SO_RCVTIMEO == SO_RCVTIMEO_OLD) break;
+			if (*optlen < sizeof *tv) return __syscall_ret(-EINVAL);
+			if (optname==SO_RCVTIMEO) optname=SO_RCVTIMEO_OLD;
+			if (optname==SO_SNDTIMEO) optname=SO_SNDTIMEO_OLD;
+			r = __socketcall(getsockopt, fd, level, optname,
+				tv32, (socklen_t[]){sizeof tv32}, 0);
+			if (r<0) break;
+			tv = optval;
+			tv->tv_sec = tv32[0];
+			tv->tv_usec = tv32[1];
+			*optlen = sizeof *tv;
+		}
+	}
+	return __syscall_ret(r);
 }
diff --git a/src/network/setsockopt.c b/src/network/setsockopt.c
index c960c9ca7de97595042e382ed724e1aa6f0d3e2a..2c188a96e36427122868b76c5b90479f454913b8 100644
--- a/src/network/setsockopt.c
+++ b/src/network/setsockopt.c
@@ -1,7 +1,37 @@
 #include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#include <errno.h>
 #include "syscall.h"
 
+#define IS32BIT(x) !((x)+0x80000000ULL>>32)
+#define CLAMP(x) (int)(IS32BIT(x) ? (x) : 0x7fffffffU+((0ULL+(x))>>63))
+
 int setsockopt(int fd, int level, int optname, const void *optval, socklen_t optlen)
 {
-	return socketcall(setsockopt, fd, level, optname, optval, optlen, 0);
+	const struct timeval *tv;
+	time_t s;
+	suseconds_t us;
+
+	int r = __socketcall(setsockopt, fd, level, optname, optval, optlen, 0);
+
+	if (r==-ENOPROTOOPT) switch (level) {
+	case SOL_SOCKET:
+		switch (optname) {
+		case SO_RCVTIMEO:
+		case SO_SNDTIMEO:
+			if (SO_RCVTIMEO == SO_RCVTIMEO_OLD) break;
+			if (optlen < sizeof *tv) return __syscall_ret(-EINVAL);
+			tv = optval;
+			s = tv->tv_sec;
+			us = tv->tv_usec;
+			if (!IS32BIT(s)) return __syscall_ret(-ENOTSUP);
+
+			if (optname==SO_RCVTIMEO) optname=SO_RCVTIMEO_OLD;
+			if (optname==SO_SNDTIMEO) optname=SO_SNDTIMEO_OLD;
+
+			r = __socketcall(setsockopt, fd, level, optname,
+				((long[]){s, CLAMP(us)}), 2*sizeof(long), 0);
+		}
+	}
+	return __syscall_ret(r);
 }