diff --git a/caddyconfig/httpcaddyfile/serveroptions.go b/caddyconfig/httpcaddyfile/serveroptions.go
index 6764f1a1d..f3e3d73f5 100644
--- a/caddyconfig/httpcaddyfile/serveroptions.go
+++ b/caddyconfig/httpcaddyfile/serveroptions.go
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ type serverOptions struct {
 	ReadHeaderTimeout    caddy.Duration
 	WriteTimeout         caddy.Duration
 	IdleTimeout          caddy.Duration
+	KeepAliveInterval    caddy.Duration
 	MaxHeaderBytes       int
 	Protocols            []string
 	StrictSNIHost        *bool
@@ -122,6 +123,15 @@ func unmarshalCaddyfileServerOptions(d *caddyfile.Dispenser) (any, error) {
 						return nil, d.Errf("unrecognized timeouts option '%s'", d.Val())
 					}
 				}
+			case "keepalive_interval":
+				if !d.NextArg() {
+					return nil, d.ArgErr()
+				}
+				dur, err := caddy.ParseDuration(d.Val())
+				if err != nil {
+					return nil, d.Errf("parsing keepalive interval duration: %v", err)
+				}
+				serverOpts.KeepAliveInterval = caddy.Duration(dur)
 
 			case "max_header_size":
 				var sizeStr string
@@ -245,6 +255,7 @@ func applyServerOptions(
 		server.ReadHeaderTimeout = opts.ReadHeaderTimeout
 		server.WriteTimeout = opts.WriteTimeout
 		server.IdleTimeout = opts.IdleTimeout
+		server.KeepAliveInterval = opts.KeepAliveInterval
 		server.MaxHeaderBytes = opts.MaxHeaderBytes
 		server.Protocols = opts.Protocols
 		server.StrictSNIHost = opts.StrictSNIHost
diff --git a/listen.go b/listen.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2c4a0b288
--- /dev/null
+++ b/listen.go
@@ -0,0 +1,172 @@
+//go:build !linux
+
+package caddy
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"net"
+	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
+	"time"
+
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
+)
+
+func ListenTimeout(network, addr string, keepAlivePeriod time.Duration) (net.Listener, error) {
+	// check to see if plugin provides listener
+	if ln, err := getListenerFromPlugin(network, addr); err != nil || ln != nil {
+		return ln, err
+	}
+
+	lnKey := listenerKey(network, addr)
+
+	sharedLn, _, err := listenerPool.LoadOrNew(lnKey, func() (Destructor, error) {
+		ln, err := net.Listen(network, addr)
+		if err != nil {
+			// https://github.com/caddyserver/caddy/pull/4534
+			if isUnixNetwork(network) && isListenBindAddressAlreadyInUseError(err) {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: this can happen if Caddy was forcefully killed", err)
+			}
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		return &sharedListener{Listener: ln, key: lnKey}, nil
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return &fakeCloseListener{sharedListener: sharedLn.(*sharedListener), keepAlivePeriod: keepAlivePeriod}, nil
+}
+
+// fakeCloseListener is a private wrapper over a listener that
+// is shared. The state of fakeCloseListener is not shared.
+// This allows one user of a socket to "close" the listener
+// while in reality the socket stays open for other users of
+// the listener. In this way, servers become hot-swappable
+// while the listener remains running. Listeners should be
+// re-wrapped in a new fakeCloseListener each time the listener
+// is reused. This type is atomic and values must not be copied.
+type fakeCloseListener struct {
+	closed          int32 // accessed atomically; belongs to this struct only
+	*sharedListener       // embedded, so we also become a net.Listener
+	keepAlivePeriod time.Duration
+}
+
+type canSetKeepAlive interface {
+	SetKeepAlivePeriod(d time.Duration) error
+	SetKeepAlive(bool) error
+}
+
+func (fcl *fakeCloseListener) Accept() (net.Conn, error) {
+	// if the listener is already "closed", return error
+	if atomic.LoadInt32(&fcl.closed) == 1 {
+		return nil, fakeClosedErr(fcl)
+	}
+
+	// call underlying accept
+	conn, err := fcl.sharedListener.Accept()
+	if err == nil {
+		// if 0, do nothing, Go's default is already set
+		// and if the connection allows setting KeepAlive, set it
+		if tconn, ok := conn.(canSetKeepAlive); ok && fcl.keepAlivePeriod != 0 {
+			if fcl.keepAlivePeriod > 0 {
+				err = tconn.SetKeepAlivePeriod(fcl.keepAlivePeriod)
+			} else { // negative
+				err = tconn.SetKeepAlive(false)
+			}
+			if err != nil {
+				Log().With(zap.String("server", fcl.sharedListener.key)).Warn("unable to set keepalive for new connection:", zap.Error(err))
+			}
+		}
+		return conn, nil
+	}
+
+	// since Accept() returned an error, it may be because our reference to
+	// the listener (this fakeCloseListener) may have been closed, i.e. the
+	// server is shutting down; in that case, we need to clear the deadline
+	// that we set when Close() was called, and return a non-temporary and
+	// non-timeout error value to the caller, masking the "true" error, so
+	// that server loops / goroutines won't retry, linger, and leak
+	if atomic.LoadInt32(&fcl.closed) == 1 {
+		// we dereference the sharedListener explicitly even though it's embedded
+		// so that it's clear in the code that side-effects are shared with other
+		// users of this listener, not just our own reference to it; we also don't
+		// do anything with the error because all we could do is log it, but we
+		// expliclty assign it to nothing so we don't forget it's there if needed
+		_ = fcl.sharedListener.clearDeadline()
+
+		if netErr, ok := err.(net.Error); ok && netErr.Timeout() {
+			return nil, fakeClosedErr(fcl)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil, err
+}
+
+// Close stops accepting new connections without closing the
+// underlying listener. The underlying listener is only closed
+// if the caller is the last known user of the socket.
+func (fcl *fakeCloseListener) Close() error {
+	if atomic.CompareAndSwapInt32(&fcl.closed, 0, 1) {
+		// There are two ways I know of to get an Accept()
+		// function to return to the server loop that called
+		// it: close the listener, or set a deadline in the
+		// past. Obviously, we can't close the socket yet
+		// since others may be using it (hence this whole
+		// file). But we can set the deadline in the past,
+		// and this is kind of cheating, but it works, and
+		// it apparently even works on Windows.
+		_ = fcl.sharedListener.setDeadline()
+		_, _ = listenerPool.Delete(fcl.sharedListener.key)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// sharedListener is a wrapper over an underlying listener. The listener
+// and the other fields on the struct are shared state that is synchronized,
+// so sharedListener structs must never be copied (always use a pointer).
+type sharedListener struct {
+	net.Listener
+	key        string // uniquely identifies this listener
+	deadline   bool   // whether a deadline is currently set
+	deadlineMu sync.Mutex
+}
+
+func (sl *sharedListener) clearDeadline() error {
+	var err error
+	sl.deadlineMu.Lock()
+	if sl.deadline {
+		switch ln := sl.Listener.(type) {
+		case *net.TCPListener:
+			err = ln.SetDeadline(time.Time{})
+		case *net.UnixListener:
+			err = ln.SetDeadline(time.Time{})
+		}
+		sl.deadline = false
+	}
+	sl.deadlineMu.Unlock()
+	return err
+}
+
+func (sl *sharedListener) setDeadline() error {
+	timeInPast := time.Now().Add(-1 * time.Minute)
+	var err error
+	sl.deadlineMu.Lock()
+	if !sl.deadline {
+		switch ln := sl.Listener.(type) {
+		case *net.TCPListener:
+			err = ln.SetDeadline(timeInPast)
+		case *net.UnixListener:
+			err = ln.SetDeadline(timeInPast)
+		}
+		sl.deadline = true
+	}
+	sl.deadlineMu.Unlock()
+	return err
+}
+
+// Destruct is called by the UsagePool when the listener is
+// finally not being used anymore. It closes the socket.
+func (sl *sharedListener) Destruct() error {
+	return sl.Listener.Close()
+}
diff --git a/listen_linux.go b/listen_linux.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b1220ce4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/listen_linux.go
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package caddy
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"net"
+	"syscall"
+	"time"
+
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
+	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
+)
+
+// ListenTimeout is the same as Listen, but with a configurable keep-alive timeout duration.
+func ListenTimeout(network, addr string, keepalivePeriod time.Duration) (net.Listener, error) {
+	// check to see if plugin provides listener
+	if ln, err := getListenerFromPlugin(network, addr); err != nil || ln != nil {
+		return ln, err
+	}
+
+	config := &net.ListenConfig{Control: reusePort, KeepAlive: keepalivePeriod}
+	return config.Listen(context.Background(), network, addr)
+}
+
+func reusePort(network, address string, conn syscall.RawConn) error {
+	return conn.Control(func(descriptor uintptr) {
+		if err := unix.SetsockoptInt(int(descriptor), unix.SOL_SOCKET, unix.SO_REUSEPORT, 1); err != nil {
+			Log().Error("setting SO_REUSEPORT",
+				zap.String("network", network),
+				zap.String("address", address),
+				zap.Uintptr("descriptor", descriptor),
+				zap.Error(err))
+		}
+	})
+}
diff --git a/listeners.go b/listeners.go
index a95c98c39..591444391 100644
--- a/listeners.go
+++ b/listeners.go
@@ -24,10 +24,8 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
-	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"syscall"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/lucas-clemente/quic-go"
 	"github.com/lucas-clemente/quic-go/http3"
@@ -43,6 +41,14 @@ import (
 // the socket have been finished. Always be sure to close listeners
 // when you are done with them, just like normal listeners.
 func Listen(network, addr string) (net.Listener, error) {
+	// a 0 timeout means Go uses its default
+	return ListenTimeout(network, addr, 0)
+}
+
+// getListenerFromPlugin returns a listener on the given network and address
+// if a plugin has registered the network name. It may return (nil, nil) if
+// no plugin can provide a listener.
+func getListenerFromPlugin(network, addr string) (net.Listener, error) {
 	network = strings.TrimSpace(strings.ToLower(network))
 
 	// get listener from plugin if network type is registered
@@ -51,24 +57,7 @@ func Listen(network, addr string) (net.Listener, error) {
 		return getListener(network, addr)
 	}
 
-	lnKey := listenerKey(network, addr)
-
-	sharedLn, _, err := listenerPool.LoadOrNew(lnKey, func() (Destructor, error) {
-		ln, err := net.Listen(network, addr)
-		if err != nil {
-			// https://github.com/caddyserver/caddy/pull/4534
-			if isUnixNetwork(network) && isListenBindAddressAlreadyInUseError(err) {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: this can happen if Caddy was forcefully killed", err)
-			}
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		return &sharedListener{Listener: ln, key: lnKey}, nil
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	return &fakeCloseListener{sharedListener: sharedLn.(*sharedListener)}, nil
+	return nil, nil
 }
 
 // ListenPacket returns a net.PacketConn suitable for use in a Caddy module.
@@ -124,80 +113,14 @@ func ListenQUIC(addr string, tlsConf *tls.Config, activeRequests *int64) (quic.E
 	}, err
 }
 
-func listenerKey(network, addr string) string {
-	return network + "/" + addr
-}
-
 // ListenerUsage returns the current usage count of the given listener address.
 func ListenerUsage(network, addr string) int {
 	count, _ := listenerPool.References(listenerKey(network, addr))
 	return count
 }
 
-// fakeCloseListener is a private wrapper over a listener that
-// is shared. The state of fakeCloseListener is not shared.
-// This allows one user of a socket to "close" the listener
-// while in reality the socket stays open for other users of
-// the listener. In this way, servers become hot-swappable
-// while the listener remains running. Listeners should be
-// re-wrapped in a new fakeCloseListener each time the listener
-// is reused. This type is atomic and values must not be copied.
-type fakeCloseListener struct {
-	closed          int32 // accessed atomically; belongs to this struct only
-	*sharedListener       // embedded, so we also become a net.Listener
-}
-
-func (fcl *fakeCloseListener) Accept() (net.Conn, error) {
-	// if the listener is already "closed", return error
-	if atomic.LoadInt32(&fcl.closed) == 1 {
-		return nil, fakeClosedErr(fcl)
-	}
-
-	// call underlying accept
-	conn, err := fcl.sharedListener.Accept()
-	if err == nil {
-		return conn, nil
-	}
-
-	// since Accept() returned an error, it may be because our reference to
-	// the listener (this fakeCloseListener) may have been closed, i.e. the
-	// server is shutting down; in that case, we need to clear the deadline
-	// that we set when Close() was called, and return a non-temporary and
-	// non-timeout error value to the caller, masking the "true" error, so
-	// that server loops / goroutines won't retry, linger, and leak
-	if atomic.LoadInt32(&fcl.closed) == 1 {
-		// we dereference the sharedListener explicitly even though it's embedded
-		// so that it's clear in the code that side-effects are shared with other
-		// users of this listener, not just our own reference to it; we also don't
-		// do anything with the error because all we could do is log it, but we
-		// expliclty assign it to nothing so we don't forget it's there if needed
-		_ = fcl.sharedListener.clearDeadline()
-
-		if netErr, ok := err.(net.Error); ok && netErr.Timeout() {
-			return nil, fakeClosedErr(fcl)
-		}
-	}
-
-	return nil, err
-}
-
-// Close stops accepting new connections without closing the
-// underlying listener. The underlying listener is only closed
-// if the caller is the last known user of the socket.
-func (fcl *fakeCloseListener) Close() error {
-	if atomic.CompareAndSwapInt32(&fcl.closed, 0, 1) {
-		// There are two ways I know of to get an Accept()
-		// function to return to the server loop that called
-		// it: close the listener, or set a deadline in the
-		// past. Obviously, we can't close the socket yet
-		// since others may be using it (hence this whole
-		// file). But we can set the deadline in the past,
-		// and this is kind of cheating, but it works, and
-		// it apparently even works on Windows.
-		_ = fcl.sharedListener.setDeadline()
-		_, _ = listenerPool.Delete(fcl.sharedListener.key)
-	}
-	return nil
+func listenerKey(network, addr string) string {
+	return network + "/" + addr
 }
 
 type fakeCloseQuicListener struct {
@@ -283,55 +206,6 @@ func (fcpc fakeClosePacketConn) SyscallConn() (syscall.RawConn, error) {
 	return nil, fmt.Errorf("SyscallConn() not implemented for %T", fcpc.PacketConn)
 }
 
-// sharedListener is a wrapper over an underlying listener. The listener
-// and the other fields on the struct are shared state that is synchronized,
-// so sharedListener structs must never be copied (always use a pointer).
-type sharedListener struct {
-	net.Listener
-	key        string // uniquely identifies this listener
-	deadline   bool   // whether a deadline is currently set
-	deadlineMu sync.Mutex
-}
-
-func (sl *sharedListener) clearDeadline() error {
-	var err error
-	sl.deadlineMu.Lock()
-	if sl.deadline {
-		switch ln := sl.Listener.(type) {
-		case *net.TCPListener:
-			err = ln.SetDeadline(time.Time{})
-		case *net.UnixListener:
-			err = ln.SetDeadline(time.Time{})
-		}
-		sl.deadline = false
-	}
-	sl.deadlineMu.Unlock()
-	return err
-}
-
-func (sl *sharedListener) setDeadline() error {
-	timeInPast := time.Now().Add(-1 * time.Minute)
-	var err error
-	sl.deadlineMu.Lock()
-	if !sl.deadline {
-		switch ln := sl.Listener.(type) {
-		case *net.TCPListener:
-			err = ln.SetDeadline(timeInPast)
-		case *net.UnixListener:
-			err = ln.SetDeadline(timeInPast)
-		}
-		sl.deadline = true
-	}
-	sl.deadlineMu.Unlock()
-	return err
-}
-
-// Destruct is called by the UsagePool when the listener is
-// finally not being used anymore. It closes the socket.
-func (sl *sharedListener) Destruct() error {
-	return sl.Listener.Close()
-}
-
 // sharedQuicListener is like sharedListener, but for quic.EarlyListeners.
 type sharedQuicListener struct {
 	quic.EarlyListener
diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/app.go b/modules/caddyhttp/app.go
index 3db87b184..e48f82864 100644
--- a/modules/caddyhttp/app.go
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/app.go
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ func (app *App) Start() error {
 			for portOffset := uint(0); portOffset < listenAddr.PortRangeSize(); portOffset++ {
 				// create the listener for this socket
 				hostport := listenAddr.JoinHostPort(portOffset)
-				ln, err := caddy.Listen(listenAddr.Network, hostport)
+				ln, err := caddy.ListenTimeout(listenAddr.Network, hostport, time.Duration(srv.KeepAliveInterval))
 				if err != nil {
 					return fmt.Errorf("%s: listening on %s: %v", listenAddr.Network, hostport, err)
 				}
diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/server.go b/modules/caddyhttp/server.go
index 1bba34ca8..e2da5319e 100644
--- a/modules/caddyhttp/server.go
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/server.go
@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ type Server struct {
 	// 5m is applied to help avoid resource exhaustion.
 	IdleTimeout caddy.Duration `json:"idle_timeout,omitempty"`
 
+	// KeepAliveInterval is the interval at which TCP keepalive packets
+	// are sent to keep the connection alive at the TCP layer when no other
+	// data is being transmitted. The default is 15s.
+	KeepAliveInterval caddy.Duration `json:"keepalive_interval,omitempty"`
+
 	// MaxHeaderBytes is the maximum size to parse from a client's
 	// HTTP request headers.
 	MaxHeaderBytes int `json:"max_header_bytes,omitempty"`