diff --git a/stdlib/Distributed/src/cluster.jl b/stdlib/Distributed/src/cluster.jl
index df859f10aaa6c..3caf002b3cd30 100644
--- a/stdlib/Distributed/src/cluster.jl
+++ b/stdlib/Distributed/src/cluster.jl
@@ -248,7 +248,8 @@ function start_worker(out::IO, cookie::AbstractString=readline(stdin); close_std
     print(out, '\n')
     flush(out)
 
-    disable_nagle(sock)
+    Sockets.nagle(sock, false)
+    Sockets.quickack(sock, true)
 
     if ccall(:jl_running_on_valgrind,Cint,()) != 0
         println(out, "PID = $(getpid())")
@@ -1180,18 +1181,6 @@ function interrupt(pids::AbstractVector=workers())
     end
 end
 
-
-function disable_nagle(sock)
-    # disable nagle on all OSes
-    ccall(:uv_tcp_nodelay, Cint, (Ptr{Cvoid}, Cint), sock.handle, 1)
-    @static if Sys.islinux()
-        # tcp_quickack is a linux only option
-        if ccall(:jl_tcp_quickack, Cint, (Ptr{Cvoid}, Cint), sock.handle, 1) < 0
-            @warn "Networking unoptimized ( Error enabling TCP_QUICKACK : $(Libc.strerror(Libc.errno())) )" maxlog=1
-        end
-    end
-end
-
 wp_bind_addr(p::LocalProcess) = p.bind_addr
 wp_bind_addr(p) = p.config.bind_addr
 
diff --git a/stdlib/Distributed/src/precompile.jl b/stdlib/Distributed/src/precompile.jl
index 8d7ebebc6d013..06eb22c91d587 100644
--- a/stdlib/Distributed/src/precompile.jl
+++ b/stdlib/Distributed/src/precompile.jl
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ precompile(Tuple{typeof(Distributed.launch), Distributed.LocalManager, Base.Dict
 precompile(Tuple{typeof(Distributed.start_worker), Base.PipeEndpoint, String})
 precompile(Tuple{typeof(Distributed.socket_reuse_port)})
 precompile(Tuple{typeof(Distributed.flush_gc_msgs)})
-precompile(Tuple{typeof(Distributed.disable_nagle), Sockets.TCPServer})
+precompile(Tuple{typeof(Sockets.nagle), Sockets.TCPServer, Bool})
+precompile(Tuple{typeof(Sockets.quickack), Sockets.TCPServer, Bool})
 precompile(Tuple{typeof(Distributed.next_tunnel_port)})
 precompile(Tuple{typeof(Base._delete!), Base.Dict{Int64, Union{Distributed.Worker, Distributed.LocalProcess}}, Int64})
 precompile(Tuple{typeof(Distributed.send_msg_), Distributed.Worker, Distributed.MsgHeader, Distributed.JoinPGRPMsg, Bool})
@@ -85,7 +86,8 @@ precompile(Tuple{typeof(Distributed.process_hdr), Sockets.TCPSocket, Bool})
 precompile(Tuple{typeof(Distributed.deserialize_msg), Distributed.ClusterSerializer{Sockets.TCPSocket}})
 precompile(Tuple{typeof(Distributed.null_id), Distributed.RRID})
 precompile(Tuple{typeof(Distributed.deliver_result), Sockets.TCPSocket, Symbol, Distributed.RRID, Distributed.RemoteException})
-precompile(Tuple{typeof(Distributed.disable_nagle), Sockets.TCPSocket})
+precompile(Tuple{typeof(Sockets.nagle), Sockets.TCPSocket, Bool})
+precompile(Tuple{typeof(Sockets.quickack), Sockets.TCPSocket, Bool})
 precompile(Tuple{typeof(Distributed.message_handler_loop), Sockets.TCPSocket, Sockets.TCPSocket, Bool})
 precompile(Tuple{typeof(Distributed.process_tcp_streams), Sockets.TCPSocket, Sockets.TCPSocket, Bool})
 precompile(Tuple{Type{Distributed.JoinPGRPMsg}, Int64, Array{Union{Tuple{Any, Int64}, Tuple{Tuple{}, Any, Bool}}, 1}, Symbol, Bool})
@@ -126,7 +128,6 @@ precompile(Tuple{typeof(Distributed.deregister_worker), Distributed.ProcessGroup
 precompile(Tuple{typeof(Distributed.process_hdr), Sockets.TCPSocket, Bool})
 precompile(Tuple{typeof(Distributed.null_id), Distributed.RRID})
 precompile(Tuple{typeof(Distributed.deliver_result), Sockets.TCPSocket, Symbol, Distributed.RRID, Distributed.RemoteException})
-precompile(Tuple{typeof(Distributed.disable_nagle), Sockets.TCPSocket})
 precompile(Tuple{typeof(Distributed.message_handler_loop), Sockets.TCPSocket, Sockets.TCPSocket, Bool})
 precompile(Tuple{typeof(Distributed.process_tcp_streams), Sockets.TCPSocket, Sockets.TCPSocket, Bool})
 precompile(Tuple{typeof(Serialization.deserialize), Distributed.ClusterSerializer{Sockets.TCPSocket}, Type{Union}})
diff --git a/stdlib/Distributed/src/process_messages.jl b/stdlib/Distributed/src/process_messages.jl
index dba6791162d3d..7361d4d057e65 100644
--- a/stdlib/Distributed/src/process_messages.jl
+++ b/stdlib/Distributed/src/process_messages.jl
@@ -131,10 +131,12 @@ function process_messages(r_stream::TCPSocket, w_stream::TCPSocket, incoming::Bo
 end
 
 function process_tcp_streams(r_stream::TCPSocket, w_stream::TCPSocket, incoming::Bool)
-    disable_nagle(r_stream)
+    Sockets.nagle(r_stream, false)
+    Sockets.quickack(r_stream, true)
     wait_connected(r_stream)
     if r_stream != w_stream
-        disable_nagle(w_stream)
+        Sockets.nagle(w_stream, false)
+        Sockets.quickack(w_stream, true)
         wait_connected(w_stream)
     end
     message_handler_loop(r_stream, w_stream, incoming)
diff --git a/stdlib/Sockets/docs/src/index.md b/stdlib/Sockets/docs/src/index.md
index f993e83480eaa..90acd104182f2 100644
--- a/stdlib/Sockets/docs/src/index.md
+++ b/stdlib/Sockets/docs/src/index.md
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ Sockets.send
 Sockets.recv
 Sockets.recvfrom
 Sockets.setopt
+Sockets.nagle
+Sockets.quickack
 ```
 
 ```@meta
diff --git a/stdlib/Sockets/src/Sockets.jl b/stdlib/Sockets/src/Sockets.jl
index 8f55edcf6b533..0c6e867b20639 100644
--- a/stdlib/Sockets/src/Sockets.jl
+++ b/stdlib/Sockets/src/Sockets.jl
@@ -471,6 +471,31 @@ function connect(sock::LibuvStream, args...)
     return sock
 end
 
+"""
+    nagle(socket::Union{TCPServer, TCPSocket}, enable::Bool)
+
+Enables or disables Nagle's algorithm on a given TCP server or socket.
+"""
+function nagle(sock::Union{TCPServer, TCPSocket}, enable::Bool)
+    # disable or enable Nagle's algorithm on all OSes
+    ccall(:uv_tcp_nodelay, Cint, (Ptr{Cvoid}, Cint), sock.handle, Cint(!enable))
+end
+
+"""
+    quickack(socket::Union{TCPServer, TCPSocket}, enable::Bool)
+
+On Linux systems, the TCP_QUICKACK is disabled or enabled on `socket`.
+"""
+function quickack(sock::Union{TCPServer, TCPSocket}, enable::Bool)
+    @static if Sys.islinux()
+        # tcp_quickack is a linux only option
+        if ccall(:jl_tcp_quickack, Cint, (Ptr{Cvoid}, Cint), sock.handle, Cint(enable)) < 0
+            @warn "Networking unoptimized ( Error enabling TCP_QUICKACK : $(Libc.strerror(Libc.errno())) )" maxlog=1
+        end
+    end
+end
+
+
 ##
 
 const BACKLOG_DEFAULT = 511