diff --git a/src/listener/tcp_listener.rs b/src/listener/tcp_listener.rs
index 9ca3585f8..54892b029 100644
--- a/src/listener/tcp_listener.rs
+++ b/src/listener/tcp_listener.rs
@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ where
                 }
 
                 Ok(stream) => {
+                    if let Some(server) = &self.server {
+                        stream.set_nodelay(server.tcp_nodelay())?;
+                    }
                     handle_tcp(server.clone(), stream);
                 }
             };
diff --git a/src/server.rs b/src/server.rs
index bff2266a3..9c84f539f 100644
--- a/src/server.rs
+++ b/src/server.rs
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ pub struct Server<State> {
     /// We don't use a Mutex around the Vec here because adding a middleware during execution should be an error.
     #[allow(clippy::rc_buffer)]
     middleware: Arc<Vec<Arc<dyn Middleware<State>>>>,
+    tcp_nodelay: bool,
 }
 
 impl Server<()> {
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ where
                 Arc::new(log::LogMiddleware::new()),
             ]),
             state,
+            tcp_nodelay: false,
         }
     }
 
@@ -286,6 +288,7 @@ where
             router,
             state,
             middleware,
+            tcp_nodelay: _tcp_nodelay,
         } = self.clone();
 
         let method = req.method().to_owned();
@@ -317,6 +320,31 @@ where
     pub fn state(&self) -> &State {
         &self.state
     }
+
+    /// Gets the value of the TCP_NODELAY option for tcp connections.
+    pub fn tcp_nodelay(&self) -> bool {
+        self.tcp_nodelay
+    }
+
+    /// Set the TCP_NODELAY option for tcp connections.
+    ///
+    /// # Examples
+    ///
+    /// ```no_run
+    /// # use async_std::task::block_on;
+    /// # fn main() -> Result<(), std::io::Error> { block_on(async {
+    /// #
+    /// let mut app = tide::new();
+    /// app.at("/").get(|_| async { Ok("Hello, world!") });
+    /// app.set_tcp_nodelay(true);
+    /// app.listen("127.0.0.1:8080").await?;
+    /// #
+    /// # Ok(()) }) }
+    /// ```
+    pub fn set_tcp_nodelay(&mut self, tcp_nodelay: bool) -> &mut Self {
+        self.tcp_nodelay = tcp_nodelay;
+        self
+    }
 }
 
 impl<State: Send + Sync + 'static> std::fmt::Debug for Server<State> {
@@ -331,6 +359,7 @@ impl<State: Clone> Clone for Server<State> {
             router: self.router.clone(),
             state: self.state.clone(),
             middleware: self.middleware.clone(),
+            tcp_nodelay: self.tcp_nodelay,
         }
     }
 }