diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/ClientStack/Linden/UDP/OpenSimUDPBase.cs b/OpenSim/Region/ClientStack/Linden/UDP/OpenSimUDPBase.cs
index 9bee3ad20d..1bf47f236b 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/ClientStack/Linden/UDP/OpenSimUDPBase.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/ClientStack/Linden/UDP/OpenSimUDPBase.cs
@@ -216,6 +216,17 @@ namespace OpenMetaverse
                     SocketType.Dgram,
                     ProtocolType.Udp);
 
+                try
+                {
+                    if (m_udpSocket.Ttl < 128)
+                    {
+                        m_udpSocket.Ttl = 128;
+                    }
+                }
+                catch (SocketException)
+                {
+                    m_log.Debug("[UDPBASE]: Failed to increase default TTL");
+                }
                 try
                 {
                     // This udp socket flag is not supported under mono,