diff --git a/bin/genieacs-cwmp b/bin/genieacs-cwmp
index 3ff1db5..b974d79 100755
--- a/bin/genieacs-cwmp
+++ b/bin/genieacs-cwmp
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ if (!cluster.worker) {
     cert: config.get("CWMP_SSL_CERT")
   };
 
+  const keepAliveTimeout = config.get("CWMP_KEEP_ALIVE_TIMEOUT") as number;
+
   process.on("uncaughtException", err => {
     if ((err as NodeJS.ErrnoException).code === "ERR_IPC_DISCONNECTED") return;
     logger.error({
@@ -115,7 +117,8 @@ if (!cluster.worker) {
         SERVICE_ADDRESS,
         ssl,
         cwmp.listener,
-        cwmp.onConnection
+        cwmp.onConnection,
+        keepAliveTimeout
       );
     })
     .catch(err => {
diff --git a/lib/config.ts b/lib/config.ts
index 31d0248..6056e0c 100644
--- a/lib/config.ts
+++ b/lib/config.ts
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ const options = {
   CWMP_SSL_KEY: { type: "string", default: "" },
   CWMP_LOG_FILE: { type: "path", default: "" },
   CWMP_ACCESS_LOG_FILE: { type: "path", default: "" },
+  CWMP_KEEP_ALIVE_TIMEOUT: { type: "int", default: 0 },
 
   NBI_WORKER_PROCESSES: { type: "int", default: 0 },
   NBI_PORT: { type: "int", default: 7557 },
diff --git a/lib/server.ts b/lib/server.ts
index 7a2ee3e..71ee963 100644
--- a/lib/server.ts
+++ b/lib/server.ts
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ export function start(
   networkInterface,
   ssl,
   _listener,
-  onConnection?
+  onConnection?,
+  keepAliveTimeout: number = 0
 ): void {
   listener = _listener;
 
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ export function start(
     if (onConnection != null) server.on("connection", onConnection);
   }
 
+  if (keepAliveTimeout) server.keepAliveTimeout = keepAliveTimeout;
   server.listen(port, networkInterface);
 }