diff --git a/cli-chansession.c b/cli-chansession.c
index 6d610d4e2d4fe858269be292f5fedfa5d4629da0..c3e2f811c2d2d36ce667ff6907748427f69cd257 100644
--- a/cli-chansession.c
+++ b/cli-chansession.c
@@ -369,7 +369,8 @@ static int cli_initchansess(struct Channel *channel) {
 
 	if (cli_opts.wantpty) {
 		send_chansess_pty_req(channel);
-		set_sock_priority(ses.sock_out);
+	} else {
+		set_sock_priority(ses.sock_out, DROPBEAR_PRIO_BULK);
 	}
 
 	send_chansess_shell_req(channel);
diff --git a/cli-main.c b/cli-main.c
index 5cfd017fa60ba2707ab6252ce91d5821682afc3c..3db8f2ff4d0ece3ff8ae01f8ef3538aadb9a7081 100644
--- a/cli-main.c
+++ b/cli-main.c
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
 		int sock = connect_remote(cli_opts.remotehost, cli_opts.remoteport, 
 				0, &error);
 		sock_in = sock_out = sock;
+	 	if (cli_opts.wantpty) {
+			set_sock_priority(sock, DROPBEAR_PRIO_LOWDELAY);
+	 	}
 	}
 
 	if (sock_in < 0) {
diff --git a/dbutil.c b/dbutil.c
index 4f150279f3712b74e1a228a6dd0dab8f379a08b0..082a5a20a63c6a63538800e0cbeef16f85376d8a 100644
--- a/dbutil.c
+++ b/dbutil.c
@@ -185,30 +185,37 @@ void set_sock_nodelay(int sock) {
 	setsockopt(sock, IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_NODELAY, (void*)&val, sizeof(val));
 }
 
-void set_sock_priority(int sock) {
+void set_sock_priority(int sock, enum dropbear_prio prio) {
 
-	int val, rc;
+	int iptos_val = 0, so_prio_val = 0, rc;
 
 	/* set the TOS bit for either ipv4 or ipv6 */
 #ifdef IPTOS_LOWDELAY
-	val = IPTOS_LOWDELAY;
+	if (prio == DROPBEAR_PRIO_LOWDELAY) {
+		iptos_val = IPTOS_LOWDELAY;
+	} else if (prio == DROPBEAR_PRIO_BULK) {
+		iptos_val = IPTOS_THROUGHPUT;
+	}
 #if defined(IPPROTO_IPV6) && defined(IPV6_TCLASS)
-	rc = setsockopt(sock, IPPROTO_IPV6, IPV6_TCLASS, (void*)&val, sizeof(val));
-	if (rc < 0)
-		dropbear_log(LOG_WARNING, "Couldn't set IPV6_TCLASS (%s)",
-				strerror(errno));
+	rc = setsockopt(sock, IPPROTO_IPV6, IPV6_TCLASS, (void*)&iptos_val, sizeof(iptos_val));
+	if (rc < 0) {
+		TRACE(("Couldn't set IPV6_TCLASS (%s)", strerror(errno)));
+	}
 #endif
-	rc = setsockopt(sock, IPPROTO_IP, IP_TOS, (void*)&val, sizeof(val));
-	if (rc < 0)
-		dropbear_log(LOG_WARNING, "Couldn't set IP_TOS (%s)",
-				strerror(errno));
+	rc = setsockopt(sock, IPPROTO_IP, IP_TOS, (void*)&iptos_val, sizeof(iptos_val));
+	if (rc < 0) {
+		TRACE(("Couldn't set IP_TOS (%s)", strerror(errno)));
+	}
 #endif
 
 #ifdef SO_PRIORITY
-	/* linux specific, sets QoS class.
-	 * 6 looks to be optimal for interactive traffic (see tc-prio(8) ). */
-	val = TC_PRIO_INTERACTIVE;
-	rc = setsockopt(sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_PRIORITY, (void*) &val, sizeof(val));
+	if (prio == DROPBEAR_PRIO_LOWDELAY) {
+		so_prio_val = TC_PRIO_INTERACTIVE;
+	} else if (prio == DROPBEAR_PRIO_BULK) {
+		so_prio_val = TC_PRIO_BULK;
+	}
+	/* linux specific, sets QoS class. see tc-prio(8) */
+	rc = setsockopt(sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_PRIORITY, (void*) &so_prio_val, sizeof(so_prio_val));
 	if (rc < 0)
 		dropbear_log(LOG_WARNING, "Couldn't set SO_PRIORITY (%s)",
 				strerror(errno));
diff --git a/dbutil.h b/dbutil.h
index 76658454877ec632fe4500c59a7f45ab1683a1c2..4c7b123779581bb3ae9fba97d900eca0d9d4dfc1 100644
--- a/dbutil.h
+++ b/dbutil.h
@@ -61,13 +61,19 @@ void printmpint(const char *label, mp_int *mp);
 extern int debug_trace;
 #endif
 
+enum dropbear_prio {
+	DROPBEAR_PRIO_DEFAULT,
+	DROPBEAR_PRIO_LOWDELAY,
+	DROPBEAR_PRIO_BULK,
+};
+
 char * stripcontrol(const char * text);
 void get_socket_address(int fd, char **local_host, char **local_port,
 		char **remote_host, char **remote_port, int host_lookup);
 void getaddrstring(struct sockaddr_storage* addr, 
 		char **ret_host, char **ret_port, int host_lookup);
 void set_sock_nodelay(int sock);
-void set_sock_priority(int sock);
+void set_sock_priority(int sock, enum dropbear_prio prio);
 int dropbear_listen(const char* address, const char* port,
 		int *socks, unsigned int sockcount, char **errstring, int *maxfd);
 int spawn_command(void(*exec_fn)(void *user_data), void *exec_data,
diff --git a/svr-chansession.c b/svr-chansession.c
index b912eaf014c1e948420e725f5edaa80ab3807365..dd9ea02b829458f909acf0291c54376e2bbd4527 100644
--- a/svr-chansession.c
+++ b/svr-chansession.c
@@ -580,8 +580,6 @@ static int sessionpty(struct ChanSess * chansess) {
 	/* Read the terminal modes */
 	get_termmodes(chansess);
 
-	set_sock_priority(ses.sock_out);
-
 	TRACE(("leave sessionpty"))
 	return DROPBEAR_SUCCESS;
 }
@@ -666,6 +664,7 @@ static int sessioncommand(struct Channel *channel, struct ChanSess *chansess,
 
 	if (chansess->term == NULL) {
 		/* no pty */
+		set_sock_priority(ses.sock_out, DROPBEAR_PRIO_BULK);
 		ret = noptycommand(channel, chansess);
 	} else {
 		/* want pty */
diff --git a/svr-main.c b/svr-main.c
index c4b8c48867869f20736e6f1333988c8f6fdc5810..73b281baae7f622973c79ed9a65b57f8cd705985 100644
--- a/svr-main.c
+++ b/svr-main.c
@@ -137,6 +137,11 @@ void main_noinetd() {
 		dropbear_exit("No listening ports available.");
 	}
 
+	for (i = 0; i < listensockcount; i++) {
+		set_sock_priority(listensocks[i], DROPBEAR_PRIO_LOWDELAY);
+		FD_SET(listensocks[i], &fds);
+	}
+
 	/* fork */
 	if (svr_opts.forkbg) {
 		int closefds = 0;