diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index ab25abe..089679b 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   remove OpenBSD #warning (obsd maintainer says no longer needed)
   move headers to <libowfat/> upon install
   fix fmt_ip6 (Erwin Hoffmann)
+  add MSG_ZEROCOPY support (only used for buffers >8k)
 
 0.31:
   special case buffer_get_token with token length 1 through memccpy (almost 4x speedup)
diff --git a/io/iob_send.c b/io/iob_send.c
index 48a6d00..447ca53 100644
--- a/io/iob_send.c
+++ b/io/iob_send.c
@@ -119,10 +119,12 @@ int64 iob_send(int64 s,io_batch* b) {
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include "havealloca.h"
+#include "io_internal.h"
 #include "iob_internal.h"
 
 int64 iob_send(int64 s,io_batch* b) {
   iob_entry* e,* last;
+  io_entry* E;
   struct iovec* v;
   uint64 total;
   int64 sent;
@@ -137,8 +139,13 @@ int64 iob_send(int64 s,io_batch* b) {
 #ifdef TCP_CORK
   int corked=0;
 #endif
+#ifdef MSG_ZEROCOPY
+  size_t sum=0;
+#endif
 
   if (b->bytesleft==0) return 0;
+  E=iarray_get(&io_fds,s);
+  if (!E) { errno=EBADF; return -3; }
   last=(iob_entry*)(((char*)array_start(&b->b))+array_bytes(&b->b));
   v=alloca(b->bufs*sizeof(struct iovec));
   total=0;
@@ -154,6 +161,9 @@ int64 iob_send(int64 s,io_batch* b) {
       if (e[i].type==FROMFILE) break;
       v[i].iov_base=(char*)(e[i].buf+e[i].offset);
       v[i].iov_len=e[i].n;
+#ifdef MSG_ZEROCOPY
+      if (sum + v[i].iov_len > sum) sum += v[i].iov_len; else sum=-1;
+#endif
     }
     headers=i;
 #ifdef HAVE_BSDSENDFILE
@@ -210,20 +220,39 @@ eagain:
       corked=1;
     }
     if (headers) {
-      if (docork<0) {	/* write+writev */
+      int ZEROCOPY=0;
+#ifdef MSG_ZEROCOPY
+      static int nozerocopy;
+      int dozerocopy=1;
+#endif
+      if (nozerocopy && dozerocopy==0 && docork<0) {	/* write+writev */
 	if (headers==1)	/* cosmetics for strace */
 	  sent=write(s,v[0].iov_base,v[0].iov_len);
 	else
 	  sent=writev(s,v,headers);
       } else {
+#ifdef MSG_ZEROCOPY
+	  if (!nozerocopy && sum>=8*1024) {
+	    /* MSG_ZEROCOPY has page table management overhead,
+	     * it only pays off after 8k or so */
+	    if (E->zerocopy==0) {
+	      if (setsockopt(s, SOL_SOCKET, SO_ZEROCOPY, (int[]){ 1 },sizeof(int)) == 0) {
+		E->zerocopy=1;
+		ZEROCOPY=MSG_ZEROCOPY;
+	      } else
+		nozerocopy=1;
+	    } else
+	      ZEROCOPY=MSG_ZEROCOPY;
+	  }
+#endif
 	if (headers==1)	/* cosmetics for strace */
-	  sent=sendto(s,v[0].iov_base,v[0].iov_len,MSG_MORE, NULL, 0);
+	  sent=sendto(s, v[0].iov_base, v[0].iov_len, MSG_MORE|ZEROCOPY, NULL, 0);
 	else {
 	  struct msghdr msg;
 	  memset(&msg,0,sizeof(msg));
 	  msg.msg_iov=v;
 	  msg.msg_iovlen=headers;
-	  sent=sendmsg(s,&msg,MSG_MORE);
+	  sent=sendmsg(s,&msg,MSG_MORE|ZEROCOPY);
 	}
       }
       if (sent==-1) {
diff --git a/io_internal.h b/io_internal.h
index 90def97..2d7c1bf 100644
--- a/io_internal.h
+++ b/io_internal.h
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ typedef struct {
   unsigned int kernelwantwrite:1;
   unsigned int epolladded:1;
   unsigned int closed:1;	/* io_close called, but close deferred because of outstanding events */
+  unsigned int zerocopy:1;	/* linux: setsockopt SO_ZEROCOPY done */
 #ifdef __MINGW32__
   unsigned int readqueued:2;
   unsigned int writequeued:2;