diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f4879eb..645eabb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ Before then the API may undergo slight changes and tweaks. Use the repository as
  | connect over TCP                  |  __yes__   |                                                              |
  | connect over UDP                  |    no      | (why would you, really?)                                     |
  | connect / disconnect hooks        |  __yes__   |                                                              |
- | socket level configuration        |  __yes__   | User adjustable timeout and buffer size                      |
+ | socket level configuration        |  __yes__   | user-defined timeout and buffer size and/or callback         |
  | socket error handling             |  __yes__   | user-defined callback                                        |
  | RESP to JSON                      |  __yes__   | via `xchange` library                                        |
  | RESP to structured data           |  __yes__   | via `xchange` library                                        |
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ to linking.
 ## Managing Redis server connections
 
  - [Initializing](#initializing)
+ - [Configuring](#configuring)
  - [Connecting](#connecting)
  - [Disconnecting](#disconnecting)
  - [Connection hooks](#connection-hooks)
@@ -261,8 +262,10 @@ The first step is to create a `Redis` object, with the server name or IP address
   redisxSetPort(redis, 7089);
 ```
 
-Alternatively, you may initialize the client for a high-availability configuration using with a set of 
-[Redis Sentinel](https://redis.io/docs/latest/develop/reference/sentinel-clients/) servers, using 
+#### Sentinel
+
+Alternatively, instead of `redisxInit()` above you may initialize the client for a high-availability configuration 
+using with a set of [Redis Sentinel](https://redis.io/docs/latest/develop/reference/sentinel-clients/) servers, using 
 `redisxInitSentinel()`, e.g.:
 
 ```c
@@ -281,6 +284,13 @@ Alternatively, you may initialize the client for a high-availability configurati
   redisxSetSentinelTimeout(redis, 30);
 ```
 
+After successful initialization, you may proceed with the configuration the same way as for the regular standalone
+server connection above.
+
+
+<a name="configuring"></a>
+### Configuring
+
 Before connecting to the Redis server, you may configure the database authentication (if any):
 
 ```c
@@ -305,30 +315,47 @@ will not be used, and RESP2 will be assumed -- which is best for older servers.
 actual protocol used after connecting, using `redisxGetProtocol()`). Note, that after connecting, you may retrieve 
 the set of server properties sent in response to `HELLO` using `redisxGetHelloData()`.
 
+Optionally, you can select the database index to use now (or later, after connecting), if not the default (index 
+0):
+
+```c
+  // (optional) Select the database index 2
+  redisxSelectDB(redis, 2); 
+```
+
+Note, that you can switch the database index any time, with the caveat that it's not possible to change it for the 
+subscription client when there are active subscriptions.
+
+
+#### Socket-level configuration
+
 You might also tweak the socket options used for clients, if you find the socket defaults sub-optimal for your 
-application (note, that this setting is common to all `Redis` instances managed by the library):
+application:
 
 ```c
    // (optional) Set 1000 ms socket read/write timeout for future connections.
    redisxSetSocketTimeout(redis, 1000);
 
    // (optional) Set the TCP send/rcv buffer sizes to use if not default values.
-   //            This setting applies to all new connections after...
-   redisxSetTcpBuf(65536);
+   redisxSetTcpBuf(redis, 65536);
 ```
 
-Optionally, you can select the database index to use now (or later, after connecting), if not the default (index 
-0):
+If you want, you can perform further customization of the client sockets via a user-defined callback function, e.g.:
 
 ```c
-  Redis *redis = ...
-  
-  // (optional) Select the database index 2
-  redisxSelectDB(redis, 2); 
+  int my_socket_config(int sock, enum redisx_channel channel) {
+     // Set up the socket any way you like...
+     ...
+     
+     return X_SUCCESS;
+  }
 ```
 
-Note, that you can switch the database index any time, with the caveat that it's not possible to change it for the 
-subscription client when there are active subscriptions.
+which you can then apply to your Redis instance as:
+
+```c
+  redisxSetSocketConfigurator(my_socket_config);
+```
 
 
 <a name="connecting"></a>
@@ -1259,7 +1286,7 @@ Then activate it as:
 ```c
   Redis *redis = ...
   
-  redisxSetTransmitErrorHandler(redis, my_error_handler);
+  redisxSetSocketErrorHandler(redis, my_error_handler);
 ```
 
 After that, every time there is an error with sending or receiving packets over the network to any of the Redis
diff --git a/include/redisx-priv.h b/include/redisx-priv.h
index e2bc4f3..5b62c74 100644
--- a/include/redisx-priv.h
+++ b/include/redisx-priv.h
@@ -70,9 +70,11 @@ typedef struct {
   char *password;               ///< Redis password (if any)
 
   int timeoutMillis;            ///< [ms] Socket read/write timeout
+  int tcpBufSize;               ///< [bytes] TCP read/write buffer sizes to use
   int protocol;                 ///< RESP version to use
   boolean hello;                ///< whether to use HELLO (introduced in Redis 6.0.0 only)
   RESP *helloData;              ///< RESP data received from server during last connection.
+  RedisSocketConfigurator socketConf;   ///< Additional user configuration of client sockets
 
   RedisClient *clients;
 
diff --git a/include/redisx.h b/include/redisx.h
index 50462dd..2af4a47 100644
--- a/include/redisx.h
+++ b/include/redisx.h
@@ -343,14 +343,26 @@ typedef void (*RedisPushProcessor)(RedisClient *cl, RESP *message, void *ptr);
 
 
 
+/**
+ * User callback function allowing additional customization of the client socket before connection.
+ *
+ * @param socket      The socket descriptor
+ * @param channel     REDISX_INTERACTIVE_CHANNEL, REDISX_PIPELINE_CHANNEL, REDISX_SUBSCRIPTION_CHANNEL
+ * @return            X_SUCCESS (0) if the socket may be used as is after the return. Any other value
+ *                    will indicate that the socket should not be used and that the caller itself should
+ *                    fail with an error.
+ */
+typedef int (*RedisSocketConfigurator)(int socket, enum redisx_channel channel);
+
 void redisxSetVerbose(boolean value);
 boolean redisxIsVerbose();
 void redisxDebugTraffic(boolean value);
 
-void redisxSetTcpBuf(int size);
 int redisxSetSocketTimeout(Redis *redis, int millis);
+int redisxSetTcpBuf(Redis *redis, int size);
 int redisxSetSentinelTimeout(Redis *redis, int millis);
-int redisxSetTransmitErrorHandler(Redis *redis, RedisErrorHandler f);
+int redisxSetSocketConfigurator(Redis *redis, RedisSocketConfigurator func);
+int redisxSetSocketErrorHandler(Redis *redis, RedisErrorHandler f);
 
 int redisxSetPort(Redis *redis, int port);
 int redisxSetUser(Redis *redis, const char *username);
diff --git a/src/redisx-client.c b/src/redisx-client.c
index b9b9bc2..c337f21 100644
--- a/src/redisx-client.c
+++ b/src/redisx-client.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ int rCheckClient(const RedisClient *cl) {
  * @param op    The operation that failed, e.g. 'send' or 'read'.
  * @return      X_NO_SERVICE
  *
- * @sa redisxSetTransmitErrorHandler()
+ * @sa redisxSetSocketErrorHandler()
  */
 static int rTransmitError(ClientPrivate *cp, const char *op) {
   if(cp->isEnabled) {
diff --git a/src/redisx-net.c b/src/redisx-net.c
index 43f41ae..7b0be78 100644
--- a/src/redisx-net.c
+++ b/src/redisx-net.c
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ typedef struct ServerLink {
 static ServerLink *serverList;
 static pthread_mutex_t serverLock = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
 
-static int tcpBufSize = REDISX_TCP_BUF_SIZE;
 
 
 /**
@@ -113,11 +112,12 @@ static int rSetServerAsync(Redis *redis, const char *desc, const char *hostname,
  * Configure the Redis client sockets for optimal performance...
  *
  * \param socket          The socket file descriptor.
- * \param timeoutMillis   [ms] Socket read/write timeout, or &lt;0 to no set.
+ * \param timeoutMillis   [ms] Socket read/write timeout, or &lt;=0 to no set.
+ * \param tcpBufSize      [bytes] Socket read / write buffer sizes, or &lt;=0 to not set;
  * \param lowLatency      TRUE (non-zero) if socket is to be configured for low latency, or else FALSE (0).
  *
  */
-static void rConfigSocket(int socket, int timeoutMillis, boolean lowLatency) {
+static void rConfigSocket(int socket, int timeoutMillis, int tcpBufSize, boolean lowLatency) {
   const boolean enable = TRUE;
 
   if(timeoutMillis > 0) {
@@ -716,7 +716,11 @@ int rConnectClient(Redis *redis, enum redisx_channel channel) {
   if((sock = socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP)) < 0)
     return x_error(X_NO_SERVICE, errno, fn, "client %d socket creation failed", channel);
 
-  rConfigSocket(sock, p->timeoutMillis, rIsLowLatency(cp));
+  rConfigSocket(sock, p->timeoutMillis, p->tcpBufSize, rIsLowLatency(cp));
+
+  if(p->socketConf) {
+    prop_error(fn, p->socketConf(sock, channel));
+  }
 
   while(connect(sock, (struct sockaddr *) &serverAddress, sizeof(serverAddress)) != 0) {
     close(sock);
@@ -827,6 +831,7 @@ Redis *redisxInit(const char *server) {
 
   p->protocol = REDISX_RESP2;     // Default
   p->timeoutMillis = REDISX_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_MILLIS;
+  p->tcpBufSize = REDISX_TCP_BUF_SIZE;
 
   // Create clients...
   p->clients = (RedisClient *) calloc(3, sizeof(RedisClient));
@@ -1010,11 +1015,21 @@ void redisxDestroy(Redis *redis) {
 /**
  * Set the size of the TCP/IP buffers (send and receive) for future client connections.
  *
+ * @param redis     Pointer to a Redis instance.
  * @param size      (bytes) requested buffer size, or <= 0 to use default value
+ * @return          X_SUCCESS (0) if successful, or else X_NULL if the redis instance is NULL,
+ *                  or X_NO_INIT if the redis instance is not initialized, or X_FAILURE
+ *                  if Redis was initialized in Sentinel configuration.
  */
-void redisxSetTcpBuf(int size) {
-  xvprintf("Redis-X> Setting TCP buffer to %d\n.", size);
-  tcpBufSize = size;
+int redisxSetTcpBuf(Redis *redis, int size) {
+  RedisPrivate *p;
+
+  prop_error("redisxSetTcpBuf", rConfigLock(redis));
+  p = (RedisPrivate *) redis->priv;
+  p->tcpBufSize = size;
+  rConfigUnlock(redis);
+
+  return X_SUCCESS;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/redisx.c b/src/redisx.c
index da99e6f..5e6a287 100644
--- a/src/redisx.c
+++ b/src/redisx.c
@@ -230,6 +230,31 @@ enum redisx_protocol redisxGetProtocol(Redis *redis) {
   return protocol;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Sets a user-defined callback for additioan custom configuring of client sockets
+ *
+ *
+ * @param redis     The Redis server instance
+ * @param func      The user-defined callback function, which performs the additional socket configuration
+ * @return          X_SUCCESS (0) if successful, or or X_NULL if the redis argument in NULL, X_NO_INIT
+ *                  if the redis instance was not initialized.
+ *
+ * @sa redisxSetSocketErrorHandler()
+ */
+int redisxSetSocketConfigurator(Redis *redis, RedisSocketConfigurator func) {
+  static const char *fn = "redisxSetSocketConfigurator";
+
+  RedisPrivate *p;
+
+  prop_error(fn, rConfigLock(redis));
+  p = (RedisPrivate *) redis->priv;
+  p->hello = TRUE;
+  p->socketConf = func;
+  rConfigUnlock(redis);
+
+  return X_SUCCESS;
+}
+
 /**
  * Sets the user-specific error handler to call if a socket level trasmit error occurs.
  * It replaces any prior handlers set earlier.
@@ -247,9 +272,11 @@ enum redisx_protocol redisxGetProtocol(Redis *redis) {
  *
  * \return          X_SUCCESS if the handler was successfully configured, or X_NULL if the
  *                  Redis instance is NULL.
+ *
+ * @sa redisxSetSocketConfigurator()
  */
-int redisxSetTransmitErrorHandler(Redis *redis, RedisErrorHandler f) {
-  static const char *fn = "redisxSetTransmitErrorHandler";
+int redisxSetSocketErrorHandler(Redis *redis, RedisErrorHandler f) {
+  static const char *fn = "redisxSetSocketErrorHandler";
 
   RedisPrivate *p;