diff --git a/doc/configuration.txt b/doc/configuration.txt
index 1a7114e..52e6cf4 100644
--- a/doc/configuration.txt
+++ b/doc/configuration.txt
@@ -578,6 +578,7 @@
    - nopoll
    - nosplice
    - nogetaddrinfo
+   - noreuseport
    - spread-checks
    - server-state-base
    - server-state-file
@@ -1130,6 +1131,10 @@
   Disables the use of getaddrinfo(3) for name resolving. It is equivalent to
   the command line argument "-dG". Deprecated gethostbyname(3) will be used.
 
+noreuseport
+  Disables the use of SO_REUSEPORT - see socket(7). It is equivalent to the
+  command line argument "-dR".
+
 spread-checks <0..50, in percent>
   Sometimes it is desirable to avoid sending agent and health checks to
   servers at exact intervals, for instance when many logical servers are
diff --git a/include/types/global.h b/include/types/global.h
index 71eacf2..2a9bf56 100644
--- a/include/types/global.h
+++ b/include/types/global.h
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
 /* platform-specific options */
 #define GTUNE_USE_SPLICE         (1<<4)
 #define GTUNE_USE_GAI            (1<<5)
+#define GTUNE_USE_REUSEPORT      (1<<6)
 
 /* Access level for a stats socket */
 #define ACCESS_LVL_NONE     0
diff --git a/src/cfgparse.c b/src/cfgparse.c
index 09077d8..7b58ef6 100644
--- a/src/cfgparse.c
+++ b/src/cfgparse.c
@@ -664,6 +664,11 @@
 			goto out;
 		global.tune.options &= ~GTUNE_USE_GAI;
 	}
+	else if (!strcmp(args[0], "noreuseport")) {
+		if (alertif_too_many_args(0, file, linenum, args, &err_code))
+			goto out;
+		global.tune.options &= ~GTUNE_USE_REUSEPORT;
+	}
 	else if (!strcmp(args[0], "quiet")) {
 		if (alertif_too_many_args(0, file, linenum, args, &err_code))
 			goto out;
diff --git a/src/haproxy.c b/src/haproxy.c
index 96ecd0d..b1c10b6 100644
--- a/src/haproxy.c
+++ b/src/haproxy.c
@@ -459,6 +459,9 @@
 #if defined(USE_GETADDRINFO)
 		"        -dG disables getaddrinfo() usage\n"
 #endif
+#if defined(SO_REUSEPORT)
+		"        -dR disables SO_REUSEPORT usage\n"
+#endif
 		"        -dV disables SSL verify on servers side\n"
 		"        -sf/-st [pid ]* finishes/terminates old pids.\n"
 		"\n",
@@ -726,6 +729,9 @@
 #if defined(USE_GETADDRINFO)
 	global.tune.options |= GTUNE_USE_GAI;
 #endif
+#if defined(SO_REUSEPORT)
+	global.tune.options |= GTUNE_USE_REUSEPORT;
+#endif
 
 	pid = getpid();
 	progname = *argv;
@@ -769,6 +775,10 @@
 			else if (*flag == 'd' && flag[1] == 'G')
 				global.tune.options &= ~GTUNE_USE_GAI;
 #endif
+#if defined(SO_REUSEPORT)
+			else if (*flag == 'd' && flag[1] == 'R')
+				global.tune.options &= ~GTUNE_USE_REUSEPORT;
+#endif
 			else if (*flag == 'd' && flag[1] == 'V')
 				global.ssl_server_verify = SSL_SERVER_VERIFY_NONE;
 			else if (*flag == 'V')
diff --git a/src/proto_tcp.c b/src/proto_tcp.c
index b614e6b..91d6688 100644
--- a/src/proto_tcp.c
+++ b/src/proto_tcp.c
@@ -823,10 +823,10 @@
 		setsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_LINGER, &nolinger, sizeof(struct linger));
 
 #ifdef SO_REUSEPORT
-	/* OpenBSD supports this. As it's present in old libc versions of Linux,
-	 * it might return an error that we will silently ignore.
+	/* OpenBSD and Linux 3.9 support this. As it's present in old libc versions of
+	 * Linux, it might return an error that we will silently ignore.
 	 */
-	if (!ext)
+	if (!ext && (global.tune.options & GTUNE_USE_REUSEPORT))
 		setsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEPORT, &one, sizeof(one));
 #endif