diff --git a/samples/bpf/Makefile b/samples/bpf/Makefile
index 015589b50c37..e29370a19957 100644
--- a/samples/bpf/Makefile
+++ b/samples/bpf/Makefile
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ always += lwt_len_hist_kern.o
 always += xdp_tx_iptunnel_kern.o
 always += test_map_in_map_kern.o
 always += cookie_uid_helper_example.o
+always += tcp_synrto_kern.o
 
 HOSTCFLAGS += -I$(objtree)/usr/include
 HOSTCFLAGS += -I$(srctree)/tools/lib/
diff --git a/samples/bpf/tcp_synrto_kern.c b/samples/bpf/tcp_synrto_kern.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3c3fc83d81cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/bpf/tcp_synrto_kern.c
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+/* Copyright (c) 2017 Facebook
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * BPF program to set SYN and SYN-ACK RTOs to 10ms when using IPv6 addresses
+ * and the first 5.5 bytes of the IPv6 addresses are the same (in this example
+ * that means both hosts are in the same datacenter).
+ *
+ * Use load_sock_ops to load this BPF program.
+ */
+
+#include <uapi/linux/bpf.h>
+#include <uapi/linux/if_ether.h>
+#include <uapi/linux/if_packet.h>
+#include <uapi/linux/ip.h>
+#include <linux/socket.h>
+#include "bpf_helpers.h"
+#include "bpf_endian.h"
+
+#define DEBUG 1
+
+#define bpf_printk(fmt, ...)					\
+({								\
+	       char ____fmt[] = fmt;				\
+	       bpf_trace_printk(____fmt, sizeof(____fmt),	\
+				##__VA_ARGS__);			\
+})
+
+SEC("sockops")
+int bpf_synrto(struct bpf_sock_ops *skops)
+{
+	int rv = -1;
+	int op;
+
+	/* For testing purposes, only execute rest of BPF program
+	 * if neither port numberis 55601
+	 */
+	if (bpf_ntohl(skops->remote_port) != 55601 &&
+	    skops->local_port != 55601)
+		return -1;
+
+	op = (int) skops->op;
+
+#ifdef DEBUG
+	bpf_printk("BPF command: %d\n", op);
+#endif
+
+	/* Check for TIMEOUT_INIT operation and IPv6 addresses */
+	if (op == BPF_SOCK_OPS_TIMEOUT_INIT &&
+		skops->family == AF_INET6) {
+
+		/* If the first 5.5 bytes of the IPv6 address are the same
+		 * then both hosts are in the same datacenter
+		 * so use an RTO of 10ms
+		 */
+		if (skops->local_ip6[0] == skops->remote_ip6[0] &&
+		    (bpf_ntohl(skops->local_ip6[1]) & 0xfff00000) ==
+		    (bpf_ntohl(skops->remote_ip6[1]) & 0xfff00000))
+			rv = 10;
+	}
+#ifdef DEBUG
+	bpf_printk("Returning %d\n", rv);
+#endif
+	skops->reply = rv;
+	return 1;
+}
+char _license[] SEC("license") = "GPL";