diff --git a/agent_ping.c b/agent_ping.c
index 74c3145d..4d9b5c55 100644
--- a/agent_ping.c
+++ b/agent_ping.c
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ static void ping_server(char *server_name,
 
     if (memcached_create(&mst) != NULL) {
         memcached_behavior_set(&mst, MEMCACHED_BEHAVIOR_NO_BLOCK, 1);
+        memcached_behavior_set(&mst, MEMCACHED_BEHAVIOR_TCP_NODELAY, 1);
 
         snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf),
                  "%s:%u",
diff --git a/cproxy.c b/cproxy.c
index 29694c55..1ed37d29 100644
--- a/cproxy.c
+++ b/cproxy.c
@@ -870,6 +870,7 @@ int init_memcached_st(memcached_st *mst, char *config) {
     if (memcached_create(mst) != NULL) {
         memcached_behavior_set(mst, MEMCACHED_BEHAVIOR_NO_BLOCK, 1);
         memcached_behavior_set(mst, MEMCACHED_BEHAVIOR_KETAMA, 1);
+        memcached_behavior_set(mst, MEMCACHED_BEHAVIOR_TCP_NODELAY, 1);
 
         memcached_server_st *mservers;