diff --git a/opentracker.c b/opentracker.c
index aed8374..eacdf16 100644
--- a/opentracker.c
+++ b/opentracker.c
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ char *       g_redirecturl;
 uint32_t     g_tracker_id;
 volatile int g_opentracker_running = 1;
 int          g_self_pipe[2];
+int          g_queuedepth = SOMAXCONN;
 
 static char * g_serverdir;
 static char * g_serveruser;
@@ -323,7 +324,7 @@ static int64_t ot_try_bind( ot_ip6 ip, uint16_t port, PROTO_FLAG proto ) {
   if( socket_bind6_reuse( sock, ip, port, 0 ) == -1 )
     panic( "socket_bind6_reuse" );
 
-  if( ( proto == FLAG_TCP ) && ( socket_listen( sock, SOMAXCONN) == -1 ) )
+  if( ( proto == FLAG_TCP ) && ( socket_listen( sock, g_queuedepth) == -1 ) )
     panic( "socket_listen" );
 
   if( !io_fd( sock ) )
@@ -408,6 +409,10 @@ int parse_configfile( char * config_filename ) {
       set_config_option( &g_serverdir, p+16 );
     } else if(!byte_diff(p,12,"tracker.user" ) && isspace(p[12])) {
       set_config_option( &g_serveruser, p+13 );
+    } else if(!byte_diff(p,21,"listen.tcp.queuedepth" ) && isspace(p[21])) {
+      char *val = p + 21;
+      while( isspace(*val) ) ++val;
+      scan_int( val, &g_queuedepth );
     } else if(!byte_diff(p,14,"listen.tcp_udp" ) && isspace(p[14])) {
       uint16_t tmpport = 6969;
       if( !scan_ip6_port( p+15, tmpip, &tmpport )) goto parse_error;