diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rethinkdb/SocketChannelFacade.java b/src/main/java/com/rethinkdb/SocketChannelFacade.java
index 0ffa555..0ce340a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rethinkdb/SocketChannelFacade.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rethinkdb/SocketChannelFacade.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
+import java.net.StandardSocketOptions;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.nio.ByteOrder;
 import java.nio.channels.SocketChannel;
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ public void connect(String hostname, int port) {
         try {
             socketChannel = SocketChannel.open();
             socketChannel.configureBlocking(true);
+            socketChannel.setOption(StandardSocketOptions.TCP_NODELAY, true);
             socketChannel.connect(new InetSocketAddress(hostname, port));
         } catch (IOException e) {
             throw new RethinkDBException(e);