diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index da97377..7b90a24 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -18,6 +18,16 @@ const httpsAgent = new https.Agent({
   keepAlive: true
 });
 
+httpsAgent.originalCreateConnection = httpsAgent.createConnection
+httpsAgent.createConnection = function(port, host, options) {
+  /* noDelay is documented as defaulting to true, but docs lie.
+     this sacrifices throughput for latency and should be faster
+     for how we submit data. */
+  var socket = httpsAgent.originalCreateConnection(port, host, options);
+  socket.setNoDelay(true);
+  return socket
+}
+
 // Default on module load; changed to false on first handler invocation.
 var COLDSTART = true