diff --git a/src/radio.cpp b/src/radio.cpp
index e22fbdfa..ed1ff4c1 100644
--- a/src/radio.cpp
+++ b/src/radio.cpp
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@
 #include "msg.hpp"
 
 zmq::radio_t::radio_t (class ctx_t *parent_, uint32_t tid_, int sid_) :
-    socket_base_t (parent_, tid_, sid_, true)
+    socket_base_t (parent_, tid_, sid_, true),
+    lossy (true)
 {
     options.type = ZMQ_RADIO;
 }
@@ -99,6 +100,22 @@ void zmq::radio_t::xwrite_activated (pipe_t *pipe_)
 {
     dist.activated (pipe_);
 }
+int zmq::radio_t::xsetsockopt (int option_,
+                               const void *optval_,
+                               size_t optvallen_)
+{
+    if (optvallen_ != sizeof (int) || *static_cast<const int *> (optval_) < 0) {
+        errno = EINVAL;
+        return -1;
+    }
+    if (option_ == ZMQ_XPUB_NODROP)
+        lossy = (*static_cast<const int *> (optval_) == 0);
+    else {
+        errno = EINVAL;
+        return -1;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
 
 void zmq::radio_t::xpipe_terminated (pipe_t *pipe_)
 {
@@ -141,7 +158,13 @@ int zmq::radio_t::xsend (msg_t *msg_)
          ++it)
         dist.match (*it);
 
-    int rc = dist.send_to_matching (msg_);
+    int rc = -1;
+    if (lossy || dist.check_hwm ()) {
+        if (dist.send_to_matching (msg_) == 0) {
+            rc = 0; //  Yay, sent successfully
+        }
+    } else
+        errno = EAGAIN;
 
     return rc;
 }
diff --git a/src/radio.hpp b/src/radio.hpp
index a5d80ab6..da8a4de8 100644
--- a/src/radio.hpp
+++ b/src/radio.hpp
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ class radio_t : public socket_base_t
     bool xhas_in ();
     void xread_activated (zmq::pipe_t *pipe_);
     void xwrite_activated (zmq::pipe_t *pipe_);
+    int xsetsockopt (int option_, const void *optval_, size_t optvallen_);
     void xpipe_terminated (zmq::pipe_t *pipe_);
 
   private:
@@ -75,6 +76,9 @@ class radio_t : public socket_base_t
     //  Distributor of messages holding the list of outbound pipes.
     dist_t dist;
 
+    //  Drop messages if HWM reached, otherwise return with EAGAIN
+    bool lossy;
+
     radio_t (const radio_t &);
     const radio_t &operator= (const radio_t &);
 };