diff --git a/lib/tcp/window.ml b/lib/tcp/window.ml
index d1d236bd8..b6a8c51ff 100644
--- a/lib/tcp/window.ml
+++ b/lib/tcp/window.ml
@@ -60,9 +60,6 @@ let count_ackd_segs = MProf.Counter.make ~name:"tcp-ackd-segs"
 
 let default_mss = 536
 
-let alpha = 0.125  (* see RFC 2988 *)
-let beta = 0.25    (* see RFC 2988 *)
-
 (* To string for debugging *)
 let pp fmt t =
   Format.fprintf fmt
@@ -195,14 +192,16 @@ module Make(Clock:Mirage_clock.MCLOCK) = struct
             t.rttvar <- Int64.div rtt_m 2L;
             t.srtt <- rtt_m;
           end else begin
-            let adjusted_rttvar = (1.0 -. beta) *. (Int64.to_float t.rttvar) in
-            let rttvar_addition = beta *. Int64.(sub t.srtt rtt_m |> abs |> to_float) in
-            let adjusted_srtt = (1.0 -. alpha) *. (Int64.to_float t.srtt) in
-            let srtt_addition = alpha *. (Int64.to_float rtt_m) in
-            t.rttvar <- Int64.of_float (adjusted_rttvar +. rttvar_addition);
-            t.srtt <- Int64.of_float (adjusted_srtt +. srtt_addition);
+            let (/) = Int64.div
+            and ( * ) = Int64.mul
+            and (-) = Int64.sub
+            and (+) = Int64.add
+            in
+            (* RFC2988 2.3 *)
+            t.rttvar <- (3L * t.rttvar / 4L) + (Int64.abs (t.srtt - rtt_m) / 4L);
+            t.srtt <- (7L * t.srtt / 8L) + (rtt_m / 8L)
           end;
-          t.rto <- (max (Duration.of_ms 667) (Int64.add t.srtt (Int64.mul 4L t.rttvar)));
+          t.rto <- max (Duration.of_ms 667) Int64.(add t.srtt (mul t.rttvar 4L));
         end;
       end;
       let cwnd_incr = match t.cwnd < t.ssthresh with
diff --git a/lib_test/test_tcp_window.ml b/lib_test/test_tcp_window.ml
index ceece58ce..872d20032 100644
--- a/lib_test/test_tcp_window.ml
+++ b/lib_test/test_tcp_window.ml
@@ -1,14 +1,20 @@
 open Lwt.Infix
 
 module Clock = struct
+  (* Mirage_device.S *)
   type error = string
   type t = { time: int64 }
   type 'a io = 'a Lwt.t
-  let tick {time} = {time = Int64.add time 1L}
   let disconnect _ = Lwt.return_unit
   let connect () = Lwt.return { time = 0L }
+
+  (* Mirage_clock.MCLOCK *)
   let period_ns _ = None
   let elapsed_ns {time} = time
+
+  (* Test-related function: advance by 1 ns *)
+  let tick {time} = { time = Int64.add time 1L }
+  let tick_for {time} duration = { time = Int64.add time duration }
 end
 
 module Timed_window = Tcp.Window.Make(Clock)
@@ -90,8 +96,35 @@ let recover_fast () =
   Alcotest.(check bool) "once entering fast recovery, we can send >0 packets" true ((Int32.compare (Tcp.Window.tx_available window) 0l) > 0);
 
   Lwt.return_unit
-  
+
+let rto_calculation () =
+  let window = default_window () in
+  (* RFC 2988 2.1 *)
+  Alcotest.(check int64) "initial rto is 2/3 second" (Duration.of_ms 667) @@ Tcp.Window.rto window;
+  let receive_window = Tcp.Window.ack_win window in
+  Clock.connect () >>= fun clock ->
+  Timed_window.tx_advance clock window (Tcp.Window.tx_nxt window);
+  let clock = Clock.tick_for clock (Duration.of_ms 400) in
+  let max_size = Tcp.Window.tx_available window |> Tcp.Sequence.of_int32 in
+  let sz = Tcp.Sequence.add max_size @@ (Tcp.Window.tx_nxt window) in
+  Timed_window.tx_ack clock window sz receive_window;
+  (* RFC 2988 2.2 *)
+  Alcotest.(check int64) "After one RTT measurement, the calculated rto is 400 + (4 * 200) = 1200ms" (Duration.of_ms 1200) @@ Tcp.Window.rto window;
+
+  (* RFC 2988 2.3 *)
+  Timed_window.tx_advance clock window (Tcp.Window.tx_nxt window);
+  let receive_window = Tcp.Window.ack_win window in
+  let clock = Clock.tick_for clock (Duration.of_ms 300) in
+  let max_size = Tcp.Window.tx_available window |> Tcp.Sequence.of_int32 in
+  let sz = Tcp.Sequence.add max_size @@ (Tcp.Window.tx_nxt window) in
+  Timed_window.tx_ack clock window sz receive_window;
+  Alcotest.(check int64) "After subsequent RTT measurement, the calculated rto is 1087.5ms" (Duration.of_us 1087500) @@ Tcp.Window.rto window;
+
+  Lwt.return_unit
+
+
 let suite = [
   "fresh window is sensible", `Quick, fresh_window;
   "fast recovery recovers fast", `Quick, recover_fast;
+  "smoothed rtt, rtt variation and retransmission timer are calculated according to RFC2988", `Quick, rto_calculation;
 ]