diff --git a/README.pod b/README.pod
index 331a4c7..82185e4 100644
--- a/README.pod
+++ b/README.pod
@@ -326,6 +326,17 @@ If you know that the IPv6 Path MTU between the host and the PLAT is larger
 than 1280, you may increase this, but then you should also recompile TAYGA
 with a larger B<ipv6_offlink_mtu> setting in I<conffile.c>.
 
+=item B<v4-defaultroute-advmss=integer> (default: B<v4-defaultroute-mtu> - 40)
+
+The "advmss" value assigned to the the default route potining to the CLAT. This
+controls the advertised TCP MSS value for TCP connections made through the
+CLAT.
+
+You should normally not need to set this. By default the value is calculated by
+taking the value of B<v4-defaultroute-mtu> and substracting 40 (20 bytes for
+the IPv4 header + 20 bytes for the TCP header). If B<v4-defaultroute-mtu> is
+unset or 0, there is no default.
+
 =back
 
 =head1 LIMITATIONS
diff --git a/clatd b/clatd
index f48a9ca..3ef5ff2 100755
--- a/clatd
+++ b/clatd
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ $CFG{"v4-defaultroute-enable"} = 1;	# add a v4 defaultroute via the CLAT?
 $CFG{"v4-defaultroute-replace"} = 0;	# replace existing v4 defaultroute?
 $CFG{"v4-defaultroute-metric"} = 2048;	# metric for the IPv4 defaultroute
 $CFG{"v4-defaultroute-mtu"} = 1260;	# MTU for the IPv4 defaultroute
+$CFG{"v4-defaultroute-advmss"} = 0;	# TCP MSS for the IPv4 defaultroute
 
 
 #
@@ -868,7 +869,11 @@ if(cfgbool("v4-defaultroute-enable")) {
     push(@cmdline, ("metric", cfgint("v4-defaultroute-metric")))
   }
   if(cfgint("v4-defaultroute-mtu")) {
-    push(@cmdline, ("mtu", cfgint("v4-defaultroute-mtu")))
+    push(@cmdline, ("mtu", cfgint("v4-defaultroute-mtu")));
+    push(@cmdline, ("advmss", cfgint("v4-defaultroute-advmss") ||
+                              cfgint("v4-defaultroute-mtu") - 40));
+  } elsif(cfgint("v4-defaultroute-advmss")) {
+    push(@cmdline, ("advmss", cfgint("v4-defaultroute-advmss")));
   }
   p("Adding IPv4 default route via the CLAT");
   cmd(\&err, cfg("cmd-ip"), @cmdline);