diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 2bfc953..3d65cf1 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+openvz-nova-driver (1.3-01) precise; urgency=low
+
+  * Added setting numtcpsock to instance sizing
+
+ -- Daniel Salinas <imsplitbit@gmail.com>  Wed, 26 June 2013 16:08:03 -0500
+
+
 openvz-nova-driver (1.1-02) precise; urgency=low
 
   * Released for known working distributions. (Closes: #XXXXXX)
diff --git a/nova/tests/openvz/test_driver.py b/nova/tests/openvz/test_driver.py
index 63a5bc4..f0a8671 100644
--- a/nova/tests/openvz/test_driver.py
+++ b/nova/tests/openvz/test_driver.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #    under the License.
 
 import base64
+import json
 import mox
 from nova.compute import manager
 from nova.compute import power_state
@@ -395,6 +396,36 @@ class OpenVzDriverTestCase(test.TestCase):
             manager.ComputeVirtAPI(None), False)
         ovz_conn._set_numfiles(fakes.INSTANCE, max_fd)
 
+    def test_set_numtcpsock(self):
+        instance_meta = ovz_utils.format_system_metadata(
+            fakes.INSTANCE['system_metadata'])
+        numtcpsock = json.loads(
+            CONF.ovz_numtcpsock_map
+        )[str(instance_meta['instance_type_memory_mb'])]
+        self.mox.StubOutWithMock(openvz_conn.ovz_utils, 'execute')
+        openvz_conn.ovz_utils.execute(
+            'vzctl', 'set', fakes.INSTANCE['id'], '--save', '--numtcpsock',
+            numtcpsock, run_as_root=True).AndReturn(('', ''))
+        self.mox.ReplayAll()
+        ovz_conn = openvz_conn.OpenVzDriver(
+            manager.ComputeVirtAPI(None), False)
+        ovz_conn._set_numtcpsock(
+            fakes.INSTANCE, instance_meta['instance_type_memory_mb'])
+
+    def test_set_numtcpsock_no_flag(self):
+        instance_meta = ovz_utils.format_system_metadata(
+            fakes.INSTANCE['system_metadata'])
+        self.mox.StubOutWithMock(openvz_conn.ovz_utils, 'execute')
+        openvz_conn.ovz_utils.execute(
+            'vzctl', 'set', fakes.INSTANCE['id'], '--save', '--numtcpsock',
+            CONF.ovz_numtcpsock_default, run_as_root=True).AndReturn(('', ''))
+        self.mox.ReplayAll()
+        ovz_conn = openvz_conn.OpenVzDriver(
+            manager.ComputeVirtAPI(None), False)
+        ovz_conn._set_numtcpsock(
+            fakes.INSTANCE,
+            (instance_meta['instance_type_memory_mb'] + 1))
+
     def test_set_instance_size_with_instance_type_id(self):
         instance_memory_bytes = ((int(fakes.INSTANCETYPE['memory_mb'])
                                   * 1024) * 1024)
diff --git a/nova/virt/openvz/driver.py b/nova/virt/openvz/driver.py
index 8eb009a..852c454 100644
--- a/nova/virt/openvz/driver.py
+++ b/nova/virt/openvz/driver.py
@@ -169,13 +169,20 @@ openvz_conn_opts = [
     cfg.IntOpt('ovz_rsync_iterations',
                default=1,
                help='Number of times to rsync a container when migrating'),
+    cfg.IntOpt('ovz_numtcpsock_default',
+               default=2000,
+               help='Default number of tcp sockets to give each container'),
     cfg.FloatOpt('ovz_disk_space_oversub_percent',
                  default=1.10,
                  help='Local disk over subscription percentage'),
     cfg.FloatOpt('ovz_cpulimit_overcommit_multiplier',
                  default=1.0,
                  help='Multiplier for cpulimit to facilitate over '
-                      'committing cpu resources')
+                      'committing cpu resources'),
+    cfg.DictOpt('ovz_numtcpsock_map',
+                default={"8192": 3000, "1024": 2000, "4096": 2000,
+                         "2048": 2000, "16384": 4000, "512": 2000},
+                help='Mapped values for flavors based on memory allocation'),
 ]
 
 CONF = cfg.CONF
@@ -813,6 +820,25 @@ class OpenVzDriver(driver.ComputeDriver):
                           '--numfile', max_file_descriptors,
                           run_as_root=True)
 
+    def _set_numtcpsock(self, instance, memory_mb):
+        """
+        Run the commnand:
+
+        vzctl set <ctid> --save --numtcpsock <number>
+
+        :param instance:
+        :return:
+        """
+        try:
+            tcp_sockets = CONF.ovz_numtcpsock_map[str(memory_mb)]
+        except (ValueError, TypeError, KeyError, cfg.NoSuchOptError):
+            LOG.error(_('There was no acceptable tcpsocket number found '
+                        'defaulting to %s') % CONF.ovz_numtcpsock_default)
+            tcp_sockets = CONF.ovz_numtcpsock_default
+
+        ovz_utils.execute('vzctl', 'set', instance['id'], '--save',
+                          '--numtcpsock', tcp_sockets, run_as_root=True)
+
     def _set_instance_size(self, instance, network_info=None,
                            is_migration=False):
         """