diff --git a/pyghmi/ipmi/private/session.py b/pyghmi/ipmi/private/session.py
index 2d9f3e75..31409ec9 100644
--- a/pyghmi/ipmi/private/session.py
+++ b/pyghmi/ipmi/private/session.py
@@ -375,6 +375,10 @@ class Session(object):
                 tmpsocket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
         else:
             tmpsocket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
+        try:
+            tmpsocket.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_RCVBUF, 16777216)
+        except Exception:
+            pass
         if server is None:
             # Rather than wait until send() to bind, bind now so that we have
             # a port number allocated no matter what