diff --git a/openbsc/include/openbsc/bsc_nat.h b/openbsc/include/openbsc/bsc_nat.h
index 00d2cba..f39afaf 100644
--- a/openbsc/include/openbsc/bsc_nat.h
+++ b/openbsc/include/openbsc/bsc_nat.h
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@
 	/* known BSC's */
 	struct llist_head bsc_configs;
 	int num_bsc;
+	int bsc_ip_tos;
 
 	/* MGCP config */
 	struct mgcp_config *mgcp_cfg;
diff --git a/openbsc/src/nat/bsc_nat.c b/openbsc/src/nat/bsc_nat.c
index 3b3bf69..53b8882 100644
--- a/openbsc/src/nat/bsc_nat.c
+++ b/openbsc/src/nat/bsc_nat.c
@@ -872,6 +872,11 @@
 	if (rc != 0)
                 LOGP(DNAT, LOGL_ERROR, "Failed to set TCP_NODELAY: %s\n", strerror(errno));
 
+	rc = setsockopt(fd, IPPROTO_IP, IP_TOS,
+			&nat->bsc_ip_tos, sizeof(nat->bsc_ip_tos));
+	if (rc != 0)
+		LOGP(DNAT, LOGL_ERROR, "Failed to set IP_TOS: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+
 	/* todo... do something with the connection */
 	/* todo... use GNUtls to see if we want to trust this as a BTS */
 
diff --git a/openbsc/src/nat/bsc_nat_vty.c b/openbsc/src/nat/bsc_nat_vty.c
index 56cd3c4..cef47d1 100644
--- a/openbsc/src/nat/bsc_nat_vty.c
+++ b/openbsc/src/nat/bsc_nat_vty.c
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
 	vty_out(vty, " timeout pong %d%s", _nat->pong_timeout, VTY_NEWLINE);
 	if (_nat->token)
 		vty_out(vty, " token %s%s", _nat->token, VTY_NEWLINE);
+	vty_out(vty, " ip-tos %d%s", _nat->bsc_ip_tos, VTY_NEWLINE);
 	return CMD_SUCCESS;
 }
 
@@ -297,6 +298,14 @@
 	return CMD_SUCCESS;
 }
 
+DEFUN(cfg_nat_bsc_ip_tos, cfg_nat_bsc_ip_tos_cmd,
+      "ip-tos <0-255>",
+      "Set the IP_TOS for the BSCs to use\n" "Set the IP_TOS attribute")
+{
+	_nat->bsc_ip_tos = atoi(argv[0]);
+	return CMD_SUCCESS;
+}
+
 /* per BSC configuration */
 DEFUN(cfg_bsc, cfg_bsc_cmd, "bsc BSC_NR", "Select a BSC to configure")
 {
@@ -458,6 +467,7 @@
 	install_element(NAT_NODE, &cfg_nat_ping_time_cmd);
 	install_element(NAT_NODE, &cfg_nat_pong_time_cmd);
 	install_element(NAT_NODE, &cfg_nat_token_cmd);
+	install_element(NAT_NODE, &cfg_nat_bsc_ip_tos_cmd);
 
 	/* BSC subgroups */
 	install_element(NAT_NODE, &cfg_bsc_cmd);