diff --git a/ckproxy.conf b/ckproxy.conf
index fec5783a..5daddb5b 100644
--- a/ckproxy.conf
+++ b/ckproxy.conf
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 "mindiff" : 1,
 "startdiff" : 42,
 "maxdiff" : 0,
+"clientsvspeed" : false,
 "logdir" : "logs"
 }
 Comments from here on are ignored.
diff --git a/src/ckpool.c b/src/ckpool.c
index de6d41c0..0d75cbab 100644
--- a/src/ckpool.c
+++ b/src/ckpool.c
@@ -1174,6 +1174,7 @@ static void parse_config(ckpool_t *ckp)
 		if (arr_size)
 			parse_proxies(ckp, arr_val, arr_size);
 	}
+	json_get_bool(&ckp->clientsvspeed, json_conf, "clientsvspeed");
 	json_decref(json_conf);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/ckpool.h b/src/ckpool.h
index 5cb34f41..d5d2b710 100644
--- a/src/ckpool.h
+++ b/src/ckpool.h
@@ -139,6 +139,9 @@ struct ckpool_instance {
 	/* Are we running as a proxy */
 	bool proxy;
 
+	/* Do we prefer more proxy clients over support for >5TH clients */
+	bool clientsvspeed;
+
 	/* Are we running without ckdb */
 	bool standalone;
 
diff --git a/src/stratifier.c b/src/stratifier.c
index 1147e89a..47535b66 100644
--- a/src/stratifier.c
+++ b/src/stratifier.c
@@ -986,15 +986,27 @@ static void update_subscribe(ckpool_t *ckp)
 	sdata->proxy_base.enonce1constlen = strlen(sdata->proxy_base.enonce1) / 2;
 	hex2bin(sdata->proxy_base.enonce1bin, sdata->proxy_base.enonce1, sdata->proxy_base.enonce1constlen);
 	sdata->proxy_base.nonce2len = json_integer_value(json_object_get(val, "nonce2len"));
-	if (sdata->proxy_base.nonce2len > 7)
-		sdata->proxy_base.enonce1varlen = 4;
-	else if (sdata->proxy_base.nonce2len > 5)
-		sdata->proxy_base.enonce1varlen = 2;
-	else
-		sdata->proxy_base.enonce1varlen = 1;
+	if (ckp->clientsvspeed) {
+		if (sdata->proxy_base.nonce2len > 5)
+			sdata->proxy_base.enonce1varlen = 4;
+		else if (sdata->proxy_base.nonce2len > 3)
+			sdata->proxy_base.enonce1varlen = 2;
+		else
+			sdata->proxy_base.enonce1varlen = 1;
+	} else {
+		if (sdata->proxy_base.nonce2len > 7)
+			sdata->proxy_base.enonce1varlen = 4;
+		else if (sdata->proxy_base.nonce2len > 5)
+			sdata->proxy_base.enonce1varlen = 2;
+		else
+			sdata->proxy_base.enonce1varlen = 1;
+	}
 	sdata->proxy_base.enonce2varlen = sdata->proxy_base.nonce2len - sdata->proxy_base.enonce1varlen;
 	ck_wunlock(&sdata->workbase_lock);
 
+	LOGNOTICE("Upstream pool extranonce2 length %d, max proxy clients %lld",
+		  sdata->proxy_base.nonce2len, 1ll << (sdata->proxy_base.enonce1varlen * 8));
+
 	json_decref(val);
 	drop_allclients(ckp);
 }