diff --git a/shadowsocks/udprelay.py b/shadowsocks/udprelay.py
index b9606cd..cebe974 100644
--- a/shadowsocks/udprelay.py
+++ b/shadowsocks/udprelay.py
@@ -213,6 +213,8 @@ class UDPRelay(object):
         server_socket = socket.socket(af, socktype, proto)
         server_socket.bind((self._listen_addr, self._listen_port))
         server_socket.setblocking(False)
+        server_socket.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_SNDBUF, 1024 * 1024)
+        server_socket.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_RCVBUF, 1024 * 1024)
         self._server_socket = server_socket
         self._stat_callback = stat_callback