diff --git a/Sources/Development/configure.swift b/Sources/Development/configure.swift
index ab026581f4..03f37b5d33 100644
--- a/Sources/Development/configure.swift
+++ b/Sources/Development/configure.swift
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import Vapor
 import NIOConcurrencyHelpers
+import NIOPosix
+import NIO
 
 public func configure(_ app: Application) throws {
     app.logger.logLevel = .debug
@@ -21,6 +23,15 @@ public func configure(_ app: Application) throws {
         app.http.server.configuration.port = 8080
     }
     
+    
+    app.http.server.configuration.serverChannelOptionConfiguration = { serverBootstrap in
+        serverBootstrap.serverChannelOption(ChannelOptions.socket(SocketOptionLevel(SOL_SOCKET), SO_REUSEADDR), value: SocketOptionValue(1))
+    }
+    
+    app.http.server.configuration.childChannelOptionConfiguration = { serverBootstrap in
+        serverBootstrap.childChannelOption(ChannelOptions.socket(SocketOptionLevel(SOL_SOCKET), SO_REUSEADDR), value: SocketOptionValue(1))
+    }
+    
     // routes
     try routes(app)
 }
diff --git a/Sources/Vapor/HTTP/Server/HTTPServer.swift b/Sources/Vapor/HTTP/Server/HTTPServer.swift
index e7c5ada489..8b8086fab0 100644
--- a/Sources/Vapor/HTTP/Server/HTTPServer.swift
+++ b/Sources/Vapor/HTTP/Server/HTTPServer.swift
@@ -155,7 +155,13 @@ public final class HTTPServer: Server {
 
         /// An optional callback that will be called instead of using swift-nio-ssl's regular certificate verification logic.
         public var customCertificateVerifyCallback: NIOSSLCustomVerificationCallback?
+        
+        /// An optional configuration for the setting the servers channels options
+        public var serverChannelOptionConfiguration: (ServerBootstrap) -> (ServerBootstrap)
 
+        /// An optional configuration for the setting the servers child channels options
+        public var childChannelOptionConfiguration: (ServerBootstrap) -> (ServerBootstrap)
+        
         public init(
             hostname: String = Self.defaultHostname,
             port: Int = Self.defaultPort,
@@ -170,7 +176,9 @@ public final class HTTPServer: Server {
             serverName: String? = nil,
             reportMetrics: Bool = true,
             logger: Logger? = nil,
-            shutdownTimeout: TimeAmount = .seconds(10)
+            shutdownTimeout: TimeAmount = .seconds(10),
+            serverChannelOptionConfiguration: @escaping (ServerBootstrap) -> ServerBootstrap = { bootstrap in return bootstrap },
+            childChannelOptionConfiguration: @escaping (ServerBootstrap) -> ServerBootstrap = { bootstrap in return bootstrap }
         ) {
             self.init(
                 address: .hostname(hostname, port: port),
@@ -185,7 +193,9 @@ public final class HTTPServer: Server {
                 serverName: serverName,
                 reportMetrics: reportMetrics,
                 logger: logger,
-                shutdownTimeout: shutdownTimeout
+                shutdownTimeout: shutdownTimeout,
+                serverChannelOptionConfiguration: serverChannelOptionConfiguration,
+                childChannelOptionConfiguration: childChannelOptionConfiguration
             )
         }
         
@@ -202,7 +212,9 @@ public final class HTTPServer: Server {
             serverName: String? = nil,
             reportMetrics: Bool = true,
             logger: Logger? = nil,
-            shutdownTimeout: TimeAmount = .seconds(10)
+            shutdownTimeout: TimeAmount = .seconds(10),
+            serverChannelOptionConfiguration: @escaping (ServerBootstrap) -> ServerBootstrap = { bootstrap in return bootstrap },
+            childChannelOptionConfiguration: @escaping (ServerBootstrap) -> ServerBootstrap = { bootstrap in return bootstrap }
         ) {
             self.address = address
             self.backlog = backlog
@@ -222,6 +234,8 @@ public final class HTTPServer: Server {
             self.logger = logger ?? Logger(label: "codes.vapor.http-server")
             self.shutdownTimeout = shutdownTimeout
             self.customCertificateVerifyCallback = nil
+            self.serverChannelOptionConfiguration = serverChannelOptionConfiguration
+            self.childChannelOptionConfiguration = childChannelOptionConfiguration
         }
     }
     
@@ -345,7 +359,7 @@ private final class HTTPServerConnection {
             // Specify backlog and enable SO_REUSEADDR for the server itself
             .serverChannelOption(ChannelOptions.backlog, value: Int32(configuration.backlog))
             .serverChannelOption(ChannelOptions.socket(SocketOptionLevel(SOL_SOCKET), SO_REUSEADDR), value: configuration.reuseAddress ? SocketOptionValue(1) : SocketOptionValue(0))
-            
+            .serverChannelOption(configuation: configuration.serverChannelOptionConfiguration)
             // Set handlers that are applied to the Server's channel
             .serverChannelInitializer { channel in
                 channel.pipeline.addHandler(quiesce.makeServerChannelHandler(channel: channel))
@@ -407,6 +421,7 @@ private final class HTTPServerConnection {
             .childChannelOption(ChannelOptions.socket(IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_NODELAY), value: configuration.tcpNoDelay ? SocketOptionValue(1) : SocketOptionValue(0))
             .childChannelOption(ChannelOptions.socket(SocketOptionLevel(SOL_SOCKET), SO_REUSEADDR), value: configuration.reuseAddress ? SocketOptionValue(1) : SocketOptionValue(0))
             .childChannelOption(ChannelOptions.maxMessagesPerRead, value: 1)
+            .childChannelOption(configuation: configuration.childChannelOptionConfiguration)
         
         let channel: EventLoopFuture<Channel>
         switch configuration.address {
@@ -461,6 +476,16 @@ final class HTTPServerErrorHandler: ChannelInboundHandler {
     }
 }
 
+extension ServerBootstrap {
+    func serverChannelOption(configuation: (ServerBootstrap) -> ServerBootstrap) -> ServerBootstrap {
+        return configuation(self)
+    }
+    
+    func childChannelOption(configuation: (ServerBootstrap) -> ServerBootstrap) -> ServerBootstrap {
+        return configuation(self)
+    }
+}
+
 extension ChannelPipeline {
     func addVaporHTTP2Handlers(
         application: Application,