diff --git a/src/libckpool.c b/src/libckpool.c
index 731132ae..32d08a98 100644
--- a/src/libckpool.c
+++ b/src/libckpool.c
@@ -418,6 +418,13 @@ void keep_sockalive(int fd)
 	setsockopt(fd, SOL_TCP, TCP_KEEPINTVL, &tcp_keepintvl, sizeof(tcp_keepintvl));
 }
 
+void nolinger_socket(int fd)
+{
+	const struct linger so_linger = { 1, 0 };
+
+	setsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_LINGER, &so_linger, sizeof(so_linger));
+}
+
 void noblock_socket(int fd)
 {
 	int flags = fcntl(fd, F_GETFL, 0);
diff --git a/src/libckpool.h b/src/libckpool.h
index ce1c8b3a..a769a0ed 100644
--- a/src/libckpool.h
+++ b/src/libckpool.h
@@ -413,6 +413,7 @@ static inline bool sock_timeout(void)
 
 bool extract_sockaddr(char *url, char **sockaddr_url, char **sockaddr_port);
 void keep_sockalive(int fd);
+void nolinger_socket(int fd);
 void noblock_socket(int fd);
 void block_socket(int fd);
 void _Close(int *fd);