diff --git a/Constants.h b/Constants.h
index 149a711..cd9e3a2 100644
--- a/Constants.h
+++ b/Constants.h
@@ -6,4 +6,6 @@
 
 #define MTU_MIN 74
 #define MTU_MAX 1522
-#define MTU_DEFAULT 329
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+#define MTU_DEFAULT 329
+
+#define TXQUEUELEN 10
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diff --git a/TAP.c b/TAP.c
index 7b5c834..c2be769 100644
--- a/TAP.c
+++ b/TAP.c
@@ -64,6 +64,22 @@ int open_tap(void) {
 						exit(1);
 					}
 
+					// Configure TX queue length
+					if (ioctl(inet, SIOCGIFTXQLEN, &ifr) < 0) {
+						perror("Could not get interface flags from kernel");
+						close(inet);
+						cleanup();
+						exit(1);
+					} else {
+						ifr.ifr_qlen = TXQUEUELEN;
+						if (ioctl(inet, SIOCSIFTXQLEN, &ifr) < 0) {
+							perror("Could not set interface TX queue length");
+							close(inet);
+							cleanup();
+							exit(1);
+						}
+					}
+
 					if (!noup) {
 						if (ioctl(inet, SIOCGIFFLAGS, &ifr) < 0) {
 							perror("Could not get interface flags from kernel");