diff --git a/rootdir/init.rc b/rootdir/init.rc
index 8903255..249b9e2 100644
--- a/rootdir/init.rc
+++ b/rootdir/init.rc
@@ -125,6 +125,12 @@
     write /proc/sys/kernel/sched_rt_runtime_us 950000
     write /proc/sys/kernel/sched_rt_period_us 1000000
 
+    # Assign reasonable ceiling values for socket rcv/snd buffers.
+    # These should almost always be overridden by the target per the
+    # the corresponding technology maximums.
+    write /proc/sys/net/core/rmem_max  262144
+    write /proc/sys/net/core/wmem_max  262144
+
     # reflect fwmark from incoming packets onto generated replies
     write /proc/sys/net/ipv4/fwmark_reflect 1
     write /proc/sys/net/ipv6/fwmark_reflect 1