diff --git a/src/netlog/netlog-network.c b/src/netlog/netlog-network.c
index 61f1ea7..3700f82 100644
--- a/src/netlog/netlog-network.c
+++ b/src/netlog/netlog-network.c
@@ -387,7 +387,6 @@ int manager_network_connect_socket(Manager *m) {
 }
 
 int manager_open_network_socket(Manager *m) {
-        const int one = 1;
         int r;
 
         assert(m);
@@ -405,26 +404,30 @@ int manager_open_network_socket(Manager *m) {
                 default:
                         return -EPROTONOSUPPORT;
         }
-
         if (m->socket < 0)
-                return log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to allocate socket: %m");;
-
-        if (m->protocol == SYSLOG_TRANSMISSION_PROTOCOL_UDP) {
-                r = setsockopt(m->socket, IPPROTO_IP, IP_MULTICAST_LOOP, &one, sizeof(one));
-                if (r < 0) {
-                        r = -errno;
-                        log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to set socket IP_MULTICAST_LOOP: %m");
-                        goto fail;
-                }
-        }
+                return log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to create socket: %m");;
 
-        if (m->protocol == SYSLOG_TRANSMISSION_PROTOCOL_TCP) {
-                r = setsockopt(m->socket, IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_NODELAY, &one, sizeof(one));
-                if (r < 0) {
-                        r = -errno;
-                        log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to set socket TCP_NODELAY: %m");
-                        goto fail;
+        switch (m->protocol) {
+                case SYSLOG_TRANSMISSION_PROTOCOL_UDP: {
+                        r = setsockopt_int(m->socket, IPPROTO_IP, IP_MULTICAST_LOOP, true);
+                        if (r < 0) {
+                                r = -errno;
+                                log_error_errno(errno, "UDP: Failed to set IP_MULTICAST_LOOP: %m");
+                                goto fail;
+                        }}
+                        break;
+                case SYSLOG_TRANSMISSION_PROTOCOL_TCP: {
+                        r = setsockopt_int(m->socket, IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_FASTOPEN, 5); /* Everybody appears to pick qlen=5, let's do the same here. */
+                        if (r < 0)
+                                log_debug_errno(r, "Failed to enable TCP_FASTOPEN on TCP listening socket, ignoring: %m");
+
+                        r = setsockopt_int(m->socket, IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_NODELAY, true);
+                        if (r < 0)
+                                log_debug_errno(r, "Failed to enable TCP_NODELAY mode, ignoring: %m");
                 }
+                        break;
+                default:
+                        break;
         }
 
         r = fd_nonblock(m->socket, true);
diff --git a/src/share/socket-util.h b/src/share/socket-util.h
index 73d19f7..b3a913d 100644
--- a/src/share/socket-util.h
+++ b/src/share/socket-util.h
@@ -83,3 +83,23 @@ int fd_inc_rcvbuf(int fd, size_t n);
         })
 
 int sockaddr_pretty(const struct sockaddr *_sa, socklen_t salen, bool translate_ipv6, bool include_port, char **ret);
+
+static inline int setsockopt_int(int fd, int level, int optname, int value) {
+        if (setsockopt(fd, level, optname, &value, sizeof(value)) < 0)
+                return -errno;
+
+        return 0;
+}
+
+static inline int getsockopt_int(int fd, int level, int optname, int *ret) {
+        int v;
+        socklen_t sl = sizeof(v);
+
+        if (getsockopt(fd, level, optname, &v, &sl) < 0)
+                return negative_errno();
+        if (sl != sizeof(v))
+                return -EIO;
+
+        *ret = v;
+        return 0;
+}