diff --git a/doc/configuration.txt b/doc/configuration.txt
index 653f01367..5cce3b46b 100644
--- a/doc/configuration.txt
+++ b/doc/configuration.txt
@@ -461,6 +461,7 @@ The following keywords are supported in the "global" section :
    - tune.maxaccept
    - tune.maxpollevents
    - tune.maxrewrite
+   - tune.pipesize
    - tune.rcvbuf.client
    - tune.rcvbuf.server
    - tune.sndbuf.client
@@ -753,6 +754,14 @@ tune.maxrewrite <number>
   larger than that. This means you don't have to worry about it when changing
   bufsize.
 
+tune.pipesize <number>
+  Sets the kernel pipe buffer size to this size (in bytes). By default, pipes
+  are the default size for the system. But sometimes when using TCP splicing,
+  it can improve performance to increase pipe sizes, especially if it is
+  suspected that pipes are not filled and that many calls to splice() are
+  performed. This has an impact on the kernel's memory footprint, so this must
+  not be changed if impacts are not understood.
+
 tune.rcvbuf.client <number>
 tune.rcvbuf.server <number>
   Forces the kernel socket receive buffer size on the client or the server side
diff --git a/include/common/compat.h b/include/common/compat.h
index e134d5864..80e1dd293 100644
--- a/include/common/compat.h
+++ b/include/common/compat.h
@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@
 #define MAXPATHLEN 128
 #endif
 
+/* On Linux, allows pipes to be resized */
+#ifndef F_SETPIPE_SZ
+#define F_SETPIPE_SZ (1024 + 7)
+#endif
+
 #if defined(TPROXY) && defined(NETFILTER)
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/netfilter_ipv6.h>
diff --git a/include/types/global.h b/include/types/global.h
index a5c7fa01c..078a1d55c 100644
--- a/include/types/global.h
+++ b/include/types/global.h
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ struct global {
 		int server_sndbuf; /* set server sndbuf to this value if not null */
 		int server_rcvbuf; /* set server rcvbuf to this value if not null */
 		int chksize;       /* check buffer size in bytes, defaults to BUFSIZE */
+		int pipesize;      /* pipe size in bytes, system defaults if zero */
 	} tune;
 	struct {
 		char *prefix;           /* path prefix of unix bind socket */
diff --git a/src/cfgparse.c b/src/cfgparse.c
index 39a289af3..ed6445762 100644
--- a/src/cfgparse.c
+++ b/src/cfgparse.c
@@ -587,6 +587,14 @@ int cfg_parse_global(const char *file, int linenum, char **args, int kwm)
 		}
 		global.tune.server_sndbuf = atol(args[1]);
 	}
+	else if (!strcmp(args[0], "tune.pipesize")) {
+		if (*(args[1]) == 0) {
+			Alert("parsing [%s:%d] : '%s' expects an integer argument.\n", file, linenum, args[0]);
+			err_code |= ERR_ALERT | ERR_FATAL;
+			goto out;
+		}
+		global.tune.pipesize = atol(args[1]);
+	}
 	else if (!strcmp(args[0], "uid")) {
 		if (global.uid != 0) {
 			Alert("parsing [%s:%d] : user/uid already specified. Continuing.\n", file, linenum);
diff --git a/src/pipe.c b/src/pipe.c
index ee6c92c9d..76ab8f947 100644
--- a/src/pipe.c
+++ b/src/pipe.c
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ struct pipe *get_pipe()
 		pool_free2(pool2_pipe, ret);
 		return NULL;
 	}
+#ifdef F_SETPIPE_SZ
+	if (global.tune.pipesize)
+		fcntl(pipefd[0], F_SETPIPE_SZ, global.tune.pipesize);
+#endif
 	ret->data = 0;
 	ret->prod = pipefd[1];
 	ret->cons = pipefd[0];