diff --git a/lib/registry/request.js b/lib/registry/request.js
index 9553c76..a9395d1 100644
--- a/lib/registry/request.js
+++ b/lib/registry/request.js
@@ -215,7 +215,8 @@ function client (opts) {
     var RegistryClient = require('npm-registry-client')
     CLIENT_OPTS = {
       log: opts.log,
-      retry: opts.retry
+      retry: opts.retry,
+      maxSockets: opts.maxSockets
     }
     CLIENT = new RegistryClient(CLIENT_OPTS)
   }
diff --git a/lib/util/opt-check.js b/lib/util/opt-check.js
index 06e4800..c024565 100644
--- a/lib/util/opt-check.js
+++ b/lib/util/opt-check.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ function PacoteOptions (opts) {
   this.hashAlgorithm = opts.hashAlgorithm || 'sha1'
   this.log = opts.log || silentlog
   this.maxAge = typeof opts.maxAge === 'undefined' ? 1000 : opts.maxAge
+  this.maxSockets = opts.maxSockets || 10
   this.memoize = !!opts.memoize
   this.offline = opts.offline
   this.pkg = opts.pkg