diff --git a/include_core/omrporterror.h b/include_core/omrporterror.h
index 9e5c6cd8def..c2768267b2f 100644
--- a/include_core/omrporterror.h
+++ b/include_core/omrporterror.h
@@ -335,6 +335,10 @@
 #define OMRPORT_ERROR_SOCK_ACCEPT_FAILED (OMRPORT_ERROR_SOCK_BASE - 10)
 #define OMRPORT_ERROR_SOCK_SEND_FAILED (OMRPORT_ERROR_SOCK_BASE - 11)
 #define OMRPORT_ERROR_SOCK_RECV_FAILED (OMRPORT_ERROR_SOCK_BASE - 12)
+#define OMRPORT_ERROR_SOCK_LEVEL_UNSUPPORTED (OMRPORT_ERROR_SOCK_BASE - 13)
+#define OMRPORT_ERROR_SOCK_OPTION_UNSUPPORTED (OMRPORT_ERROR_SOCK_BASE - 14)
+#define OMRPORT_ERROR_SOCK_SETSOCKOPT_FAILED (OMRPORT_ERROR_SOCK_BASE - 15)
+#define OMRPORT_ERROR_SOCK_GETSOCKOPT_FAILED (OMRPORT_ERROR_SOCK_BASE - 16)
 /**
  * @}
  */
diff --git a/port/unix/omrsock.c b/port/unix/omrsock.c
index 451350fb608..2946406f1f2 100644
--- a/port/unix/omrsock.c
+++ b/port/unix/omrsock.c
@@ -189,6 +189,72 @@ get_omr_protocol(int32_t osProtocol)
 	return OMRSOCK_IPPROTO_DEFAULT;
 }
 
+/**
+ * @internal Map OMRSOCK API user interface socket level to
+ * OS socket level. Used to resolve the arguments of socket 
+ * option functions. 
+ * 
+ * Socket Levels currently supported are:
+ * \arg OMRSOCK_SOL_SOCKET, for most options.
+ * \arg OMRSOCK_IPPROTO_TCP, for the TCP noDelay option.
+ *
+ * @param[in] OMRSocketLevel The OMR socket level to be converted.
+ *
+ * @return OS protocol on success, or OS_SOL_SOCKET if none exists. 
+ */
+static int32_t
+get_os_socket_level(int32_t OMRSocketLevel)
+{
+	switch (OMRSocketLevel)
+	{
+		case OMRSOCK_SOL_SOCKET: 
+			return OS_SOL_SOCKET;
+		case OMRSOCK_IPPROTO_TCP: 
+			return OS_SOCK_IPPROTO_TCP;
+		default:
+			break;
+	}
+	return OMRPORT_ERROR_SOCK_LEVEL_UNSUPPORTED;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @internal Map OMRSOCK API user interface socket option to OS socket option.
+ * Used to resolve the arguments of socket option functions.
+ * Options currently in supported are:
+ * \arg SO_KEEPALIVE, the keep-alive messages are enabled.
+ * \arg SO_LINGER, the linger timeout.
+ * \arg SO_REUSEADDR, the reusage of local address are allowed in bind.
+ * \arg SO_RCVTIMEO, the receive timeout.
+ * \arg SO_SNDTIMEO, the send timeout.
+ * \arg TCP_NODELAY, the buffering scheme disabling Nagle's algorithm.
+ *
+ * @param[in] OMRSocketOption The portable socket option to convert.
+ *
+ * @return OS Socket Option on success, or OS_SOL_SOCKET if none exists. 
+ */
+static int32_t
+get_os_socket_option(int32_t OMRSocketOption)
+{
+	switch (OMRSocketOption)
+	{
+		case OMRSOCK_SO_KEEPALIVE:
+			return OS_SO_KEEPALIVE;
+		case OMRSOCK_SO_LINGER:
+			return OS_SO_LINGER;
+		case OMRSOCK_SO_REUSEADDR:
+			return OS_SO_REUSEADDR;
+		case OMRSOCK_SO_RCVTIMEO:
+			return OS_SO_RCVTIMEO;
+		case OMRSOCK_SO_SNDTIMEO:
+			return OS_SO_SNDTIMEO;
+		case OMRSOCK_TCP_NODELAY:
+			return OS_TCP_NODELAY;
+		default:
+			break;
+	}
+	return OMRPORT_ERROR_SOCK_OPTION_UNSUPPORTED;
+}
+
 int32_t
 omrsock_startup(struct OMRPortLibrary *portLibrary)
 {
@@ -683,40 +749,107 @@ omrsock_linger_init(struct OMRPortLibrary *portLibrary, omrsock_linger_t handle,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * @internal Set socket options for all option value types, since pointers to option values are casted to void types.  
+ *
+ * @param portLibrary The port library.
+ * @param sock Pointer to the socket to set the option in.
+ * @param optlevel The level within the IP stack at which the option is defined.
+ * @param optname The name of the option to set.
+ * @param optval Void type pointer to the option value to update the socket option with.
+ * @param len Length of the option value.
+ *
+ * @return 0, if no errors occurred, otherwise return an error.
+ */
+int32_t set_opt (struct OMRPortLibrary *portLibrary, omr_os_socket sock, int32_t optlevel, int32_t optname, void *optval, socklen_t len)
+{
+	int32_t osLevel = get_os_socket_level(optlevel);
+	int32_t osOption = get_os_socket_option(optname);
+
+	if (osLevel == OMRPORT_ERROR_SOCK_LEVEL_UNSUPPORTED) {
+		return OMRPORT_ERROR_SOCK_LEVEL_UNSUPPORTED;
+	}
+
+	if (osOption == OMRPORT_ERROR_SOCK_OPTION_UNSUPPORTED) {
+		return OMRPORT_ERROR_SOCK_OPTION_UNSUPPORTED;
+	}
+
+	if (0 != setsockopt(sock, osLevel, osOption, optval, len)) {
+		portLibrary->error_set_last_error(portLibrary, errno, OMRPORT_ERROR_SOCK_SETSOCKOPT_FAILED);
+		return OMRPORT_ERROR_SOCK_SETSOCKOPT_FAILED;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @internal Get socket options for all option value types, since pointers to option values are casted to void types.
+ * Opposite of @ref set_opt.
+ *
+ * @param portLibrary The port library.
+ * @param sock Pointer to the socket to query for the option value.
+ * @param optlevel The level within the IP stack at which the option is defined.
+ * @param optname The name of the option to retrieve.
+ * @param optval Void type pointer to the pre-allocated space to update with the option value.
+ * @param len Length of the option value.
+ *
+ * @return 0, if no errors occurred, otherwise return an error.
+ */
+int32_t get_opt (struct OMRPortLibrary *portLibrary, omr_os_socket sock, int32_t optlevel, int32_t optname, void *optval, socklen_t len)
+{
+	int32_t osLevel = get_os_socket_level(optlevel);
+	int32_t osOption = get_os_socket_option(optname);
+	socklen_t optlen = len;
+
+	if (osLevel == OMRPORT_ERROR_SOCK_LEVEL_UNSUPPORTED) {
+		return OMRPORT_ERROR_SOCK_LEVEL_UNSUPPORTED;
+	}
+
+	if (osOption == OMRPORT_ERROR_SOCK_OPTION_UNSUPPORTED) {
+		return OMRPORT_ERROR_SOCK_OPTION_UNSUPPORTED;
+	}
+	
+	if (0 != getsockopt(sock, osLevel, osOption, optval, &optlen)) {
+		portLibrary->error_set_last_error(portLibrary, errno, OMRPORT_ERROR_SOCK_GETSOCKOPT_FAILED);
+		return OMRPORT_ERROR_SOCK_GETSOCKOPT_FAILED;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
 int32_t
 omrsock_setsockopt_int(struct OMRPortLibrary *portLibrary, omrsock_socket_t handle, int32_t optlevel, int32_t optname, int32_t *optval)
 {
-	return OMRPORT_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED_ON_THIS_PLATFORM;
+	return set_opt(portLibrary, handle->data, optlevel, optname, (void*)optval, sizeof(int32_t));
 }
 
 int32_t
 omrsock_setsockopt_linger(struct OMRPortLibrary *portLibrary, omrsock_socket_t handle, int32_t optlevel, int32_t optname, omrsock_linger_t optval)
 {
-	return OMRPORT_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED_ON_THIS_PLATFORM;
+	return set_opt(portLibrary, handle->data, optlevel, optname, (void*)&optval->data, sizeof(struct linger));
 }
 
 int32_t
 omrsock_setsockopt_timeval(struct OMRPortLibrary *portLibrary, omrsock_socket_t handle, int32_t optlevel, int32_t optname, omrsock_timeval_t optval)
 {
-	return OMRPORT_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED_ON_THIS_PLATFORM;
+	return set_opt(portLibrary, handle->data, optlevel, optname, (void*)&optval->data, sizeof(struct timeval));
 }
 
 int32_t
 omrsock_getsockopt_int(struct OMRPortLibrary *portLibrary, omrsock_socket_t handle, int32_t optlevel, int32_t optname, int32_t *optval)
 {
-	return OMRPORT_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED_ON_THIS_PLATFORM;
+	return get_opt(portLibrary, handle->data, optlevel, optname, (void*)optval, sizeof(int32_t));
 }
 
 int32_t
 omrsock_getsockopt_linger(struct OMRPortLibrary *portLibrary, omrsock_socket_t handle, int32_t optlevel, int32_t optname, omrsock_linger_t optval)
 {
-	return OMRPORT_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED_ON_THIS_PLATFORM;
+	return get_opt(portLibrary, handle->data, optlevel, optname, (void*)&optval->data, sizeof(struct linger));
 }
 
 int32_t
 omrsock_getsockopt_timeval(struct OMRPortLibrary *portLibrary, omrsock_socket_t handle, int32_t optlevel, int32_t optname, omrsock_timeval_t optval)
 {
-	return OMRPORT_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED_ON_THIS_PLATFORM;
+	return get_opt(portLibrary, handle->data, optlevel, optname, (void*)&optval->data, sizeof(struct timeval));
 }
 
 #endif /* defined(OMR_PORT_SOCKET_SUPPORT) */