diff --git a/customerio/client_base.py b/customerio/client_base.py
index 0087faf..e333b08 100644
--- a/customerio/client_base.py
+++ b/customerio/client_base.py
@@ -3,14 +3,47 @@
 """
 
 import math
+import socket
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
 
 from requests import Session
-from requests.adapters import HTTPAdapter
+from requests.adapters import DEFAULT_POOLBLOCK, HTTPAdapter
+from urllib3.connection import HTTPConnection
 from urllib3.util.retry import Retry
 
 from .__version__ import __version__ as ClientVersion
 
+TCP_KEEPALIVE_IDLE_TIMEOUT = 300
+TCP_KEEPALIVE_INTERVAL = 60
+
+
+def _tcp_keepalive_socket_options():
+    tcp_protocol = getattr(socket, "SOL_TCP", socket.IPPROTO_TCP)
+    tcp_keepidle = getattr(socket, "TCP_KEEPIDLE", getattr(socket, "TCP_KEEPALIVE", None))
+
+    options = list(HTTPConnection.default_socket_options)
+    keepalive_options = [(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_KEEPALIVE, 1)]
+    if tcp_keepidle is not None:
+        keepalive_options.append((tcp_protocol, tcp_keepidle, TCP_KEEPALIVE_IDLE_TIMEOUT))
+    if hasattr(socket, "TCP_KEEPINTVL"):
+        keepalive_options.append((tcp_protocol, socket.TCP_KEEPINTVL, TCP_KEEPALIVE_INTERVAL))
+
+    for option in keepalive_options:
+        if option not in options:
+            options.append(option)
+
+    return options
+
+
+class TCPKeepAliveHTTPAdapter(HTTPAdapter):
+    def init_poolmanager(self, connections, maxsize, block=DEFAULT_POOLBLOCK, **pool_kwargs):
+        pool_kwargs.setdefault("socket_options", _tcp_keepalive_socket_options())
+        super().init_poolmanager(connections, maxsize, block=block, **pool_kwargs)
+
+    def proxy_manager_for(self, proxy, **proxy_kwargs):
+        proxy_kwargs.setdefault("socket_options", _tcp_keepalive_socket_options())
+        return super().proxy_manager_for(proxy, **proxy_kwargs)
+
 
 class CustomerIOException(Exception):
     pass
@@ -113,6 +146,6 @@ def _build_session(self):
             allowed_methods=None,
             status_forcelist=[500, 502, 503, 504],
         )
-        session.mount("https://", HTTPAdapter(max_retries=retry))
+        session.mount("https://", TCPKeepAliveHTTPAdapter(max_retries=retry))
 
         return session
diff --git a/tests/test_customerio.py b/tests/test_customerio.py
index 698802d..22a7bec 100644
--- a/tests/test_customerio.py
+++ b/tests/test_customerio.py
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 import json
+import socket
 import unittest
 from datetime import datetime
 from functools import partial
 
 import urllib3
 from requests.auth import _basic_auth_str
+from urllib3.connection import HTTPConnection
 
 from customerio import CustomerIO, CustomerIOException, Regions
+from customerio.client_base import TCP_KEEPALIVE_IDLE_TIMEOUT, TCP_KEEPALIVE_INTERVAL
 from customerio.constants import CIOID, EMAIL, ID
 from tests.server import HTTPSTestCase
 
@@ -64,6 +67,26 @@ def test_client_setup(self):
         with self.assertRaises(CustomerIOException):
             CustomerIO(site_id="site_id", api_key="api_key", region="au")
 
+    def test_keepalive_socket_options_are_configured_on_adapter(self):
+        default_socket_options = list(HTTPConnection.default_socket_options)
+        client = CustomerIO(site_id="site_id", api_key="api_key")
+        socket_options = client.http.adapters["https://"].poolmanager.connection_pool_kw[
+            "socket_options"
+        ]
+        tcp_protocol = getattr(socket, "SOL_TCP", socket.IPPROTO_TCP)
+        tcp_keepidle = getattr(socket, "TCP_KEEPIDLE", getattr(socket, "TCP_KEEPALIVE", None))
+
+        for option in default_socket_options:
+            self.assertIn(option, socket_options)
+        self.assertIn((socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_KEEPALIVE, 1), socket_options)
+        if tcp_keepidle is not None:
+            self.assertIn((tcp_protocol, tcp_keepidle, TCP_KEEPALIVE_IDLE_TIMEOUT), socket_options)
+        if hasattr(socket, "TCP_KEEPINTVL"):
+            self.assertIn(
+                (tcp_protocol, socket.TCP_KEEPINTVL, TCP_KEEPALIVE_INTERVAL), socket_options
+            )
+        self.assertEqual(HTTPConnection.default_socket_options, default_socket_options)
+
     def test_client_connection_handling(self):
         retries = self.cio.retries
         # should not raise exception as i should be less than retries and