diff --git a/lib/tls.js b/lib/tls.js
index 4324038cd4..95d9d1c0e0 100644
--- a/lib/tls.js
+++ b/lib/tls.js
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@ CryptoStream.prototype.setTimeout = function(n) {
 };
 
 
+CryptoStream.prototype.setNoDelay = function() {
+  if (this.socket) this.socket.setNoDelay();
+};
+
+
 // EG '/C=US/ST=CA/L=SF/O=Joyent/OU=Node.js/CN=ca1/emailAddress=ry@clouds.org'
 function parseCertString(s) {
   var out = {};