diff --git a/daemon/daemon.c b/daemon/daemon.c
index db734cb43..175fe7934 100644
--- a/daemon/daemon.c
+++ b/daemon/daemon.c
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ static const struct tr_option options[] =
     { 'O', "no-dht", "Disable distributed hash tables (DHT)", "O", 0, NULL },
     { 'y', "lpd", "Enable local peer discovery (LPD)", "y", 0, NULL },
     { 'Y', "no-lpd", "Disable local peer discovery (LPD)", "Y", 0, NULL },
+    { 830, "utp", "Enable uTP for peer connections", NULL, 0, NULL },
+    { 831, "no-utp", "Disable uTP for peer connections", NULL, 0, NULL },
     { 'P', "peerport", "Port for incoming peers (Default: " TR_DEFAULT_PEER_PORT_STR ")", "P", 1, "<port>" },
     { 'm', "portmap", "Enable portmapping via NAT-PMP or UPnP", "m", 0, NULL },
     { 'M', "no-portmap", "Disable portmapping", "M", 0, NULL },
@@ -444,6 +446,10 @@ main( int argc, char ** argv )
                       break;
             case 812: tr_bencDictAddInt( &settings,  TR_PREFS_KEY_MSGLEVEL, TR_MSG_DBG );
                       break;
+            case 830: tr_bencDictAddBool( &settings, TR_PREFS_KEY_UTP_ENABLED, true );
+                      break;
+            case 831: tr_bencDictAddBool( &settings, TR_PREFS_KEY_UTP_ENABLED, false );
+                      break;
             default:  showUsage( );
                       break;
         }
diff --git a/daemon/transmission-daemon.1 b/daemon/transmission-daemon.1
index 0f0cc3938..00b802077 100644
--- a/daemon/transmission-daemon.1
+++ b/daemon/transmission-daemon.1
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 .Op Fl l Ar limit
 .Op Fl L Ar limit
 .Op Fl er | ep | et
+.Op Fl utp | no-utp
 .Op Fl V
 .Op Fl w Ar download-dir
 .Op Fl e Ar logfile
@@ -114,6 +115,10 @@ Used for client authentication.
 Used for client authentication.
 .It Fl V Fl -version
 Show version number and exit
+.It Fl -utp
+Enable uTP for peer connections.
+.It Fl -no-utp
+Disable uTP for peer connections.
 .It Fl w Fl -download-dir
 Where to store downloaded data.
 .It Fl e Fl -logfile