diff --git a/sys/kern/uipc_socket.c b/sys/kern/uipc_socket.c
index f3a0108483bb..6787573ef1af 100644
--- a/sys/kern/uipc_socket.c
+++ b/sys/kern/uipc_socket.c
@@ -1541,6 +1541,25 @@ sooptcopyin(sopt, buf, len, minlen)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Kernel version of setsockopt(2)/
+ * XXX: optlen is size_t, not socklen_t
+ */
+int
+kern_setsockopt(struct socket *so, int level, int optname, void *optval,
+    size_t optlen)
+{
+	struct sockopt sopt;
+
+	sopt.sopt_level = level;
+	sopt.sopt_name = optname;
+	sopt.sopt_dir = SOPT_SET;
+	sopt.sopt_val = optval;
+	sopt.sopt_valsize = optlen;
+	sopt.sopt_td = NULL;
+	return (sosetopt(so, &sopt));
+}
+
 int
 sosetopt(so, sopt)
 	struct socket *so;
diff --git a/sys/nfsclient/nfs_socket.c b/sys/nfsclient/nfs_socket.c
index f602e42658e0..191d5d273507 100644
--- a/sys/nfsclient/nfs_socket.c
+++ b/sys/nfsclient/nfs_socket.c
@@ -111,12 +111,15 @@ static int proct[NFS_NPROCS] = {
 static int	nfs_realign_test;
 static int	nfs_realign_count;
 static int	nfs_bufpackets = 4;
+static int	nfs_reconnects;
 
 SYSCTL_DECL(_vfs_nfs);
 
 SYSCTL_INT(_vfs_nfs, OID_AUTO, realign_test, CTLFLAG_RW, &nfs_realign_test, 0, "");
 SYSCTL_INT(_vfs_nfs, OID_AUTO, realign_count, CTLFLAG_RW, &nfs_realign_count, 0, "");
 SYSCTL_INT(_vfs_nfs, OID_AUTO, bufpackets, CTLFLAG_RW, &nfs_bufpackets, 0, "");
+SYSCTL_INT(_vfs_nfs, OID_AUTO, reconnects, CTLFLAG_RD, &nfs_reconnects, 0,
+    "number of times the nfs client has had to reconnect");
 
 
 /*
@@ -157,7 +160,7 @@ nfs_connect(struct nfsmount *nmp, struct nfsreq *rep)
 {
 	struct socket *so;
 	int error, rcvreserve, sndreserve;
-	int pktscale;
+	int opt, pktscale;
 	struct sockaddr *saddr;
 	struct thread *td = &thread0; /* only used for socreate and sobind */
 
@@ -172,6 +175,10 @@ nfs_connect(struct nfsmount *nmp, struct nfsreq *rep)
 	so = nmp->nm_so;
 	nmp->nm_soflags = so->so_proto->pr_flags;
 
+	opt = 1;
+	(void)kern_setsockopt(so, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, &opt, sizeof(opt));
+	(void)kern_setsockopt(so, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEPORT, &opt, sizeof(opt));
+
 	/*
 	 * Some servers require that the client port be a reserved port number.
 	 */
@@ -261,7 +268,7 @@ nfs_connect(struct nfsmount *nmp, struct nfsreq *rep)
 		}
 		SOCK_UNLOCK(so);
 	}
-	so->so_rcv.sb_timeo = 5 * hz;
+	so->so_rcv.sb_timeo = 12 * hz;
 	so->so_snd.sb_timeo = 5 * hz;
 
 	/*
@@ -357,6 +364,7 @@ nfs_reconnect(struct nfsreq *rep)
 	struct nfsmount *nmp = rep->r_nmp;
 	int error;
 
+	nfs_reconnects++;
 	nfs_disconnect(nmp);
 	while ((error = nfs_connect(nmp, rep)) != 0) {
 		if (error == ERESTART)
diff --git a/sys/sys/socketvar.h b/sys/sys/socketvar.h
index fb817924a27f..cfe061b14fc9 100644
--- a/sys/sys/socketvar.h
+++ b/sys/sys/socketvar.h
@@ -438,6 +438,8 @@ struct uio;
 /*
  * From uipc_socket and friends
  */
+int	kern_setsockopt(struct socket *so, int level, int optname,
+    void *optval, size_t optlen);
 int	sockargs(struct mbuf **mp, caddr_t buf, int buflen, int type);
 int	getsockaddr(struct sockaddr **namp, caddr_t uaddr, size_t len);
 void	sbappend(struct sockbuf *sb, struct mbuf *m);