diff --git a/input_raw.go b/input_raw.go
index 7b10fc3..d022c73 100644
--- a/input_raw.go
+++ b/input_raw.go
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ func (i *RAWInput) listen(address string) {
 		log.Fatal("input-raw: error while parsing address", err)
 	}
 
-	i.listener = raw.NewListener(host, port, i.engine, i.trackResponse, i.expire, i.bpfFilter, i.timestampType, i.bufferSize, Settings.inputRAWOverrideSnapLen)
+	i.listener = raw.NewListener(host, port, i.engine, i.trackResponse, i.expire, i.bpfFilter, i.timestampType, i.bufferSize, Settings.inputRAWOverrideSnapLen, Settings.inputRAWImmediateMode)
 
 	ch := i.listener.Receiver()
 
diff --git a/raw_socket_listener/listener.go b/raw_socket_listener/listener.go
index c2b9bba..0d5fa6d 100644
--- a/raw_socket_listener/listener.go
+++ b/raw_socket_listener/listener.go
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ type Listener struct {
 	bpfFilter     string
 	timestampType string
 	overrideSnapLen bool
+	immediateMode bool
 
 	bufferSize int
 
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ const (
 )
 
 // NewListener creates and initializes new Listener object
-func NewListener(addr string, port string, engine int, trackResponse bool, expire time.Duration, bpfFilter string, timestampType string, bufferSize int, overrideSnapLen bool) (l *Listener) {
+func NewListener(addr string, port string, engine int, trackResponse bool, expire time.Duration, bpfFilter string, timestampType string, bufferSize int, overrideSnapLen bool, immediateMode bool) (l *Listener) {
 	l = &Listener{}
 
 	l.packetsChan = make(chan *packet, 10000)
@@ -115,6 +116,7 @@ func NewListener(addr string, port string, engine int, trackResponse bool, expir
 	l.trackResponse = trackResponse
 	l.bpfFilter = bpfFilter
 	l.timestampType = timestampType
+	l.immediateMode = immediateMode
 	l.bufferSize = bufferSize
 	l.overrideSnapLen = overrideSnapLen
 
@@ -360,7 +362,10 @@ func (t *Listener) readPcap() {
 
 			inactive.SetTimeout(t.messageExpire)
 			inactive.SetPromisc(true)
-
+			inactive.SetImmediateMode(t.immediateMode)
+			if t.immediateMode {
+				log.Println("Setting immediate mode")
+			}
 			if t.bufferSize > 0 {
 				inactive.SetBufferSize(t.bufferSize)
 			}
diff --git a/settings.go b/settings.go
index 92b8f9d..5eb2596 100644
--- a/settings.go
+++ b/settings.go
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ type AppSettings struct {
 	inputRAWBpfFilter     string
 	inputRAWTimestampType string
 	copyBufferSize        int
+	inputRAWImmediateMode bool
 	inputRawBufferSize    int
 	inputRAWOverrideSnapLen bool
 
@@ -142,6 +143,7 @@ func init() {
 	flag.StringVar(&Settings.inputRAWTimestampType, "input-raw-timestamp-type", "", "Possible values: PCAP_TSTAMP_HOST, PCAP_TSTAMP_HOST_LOWPREC, PCAP_TSTAMP_HOST_HIPREC, PCAP_TSTAMP_ADAPTER, PCAP_TSTAMP_ADAPTER_UNSYNCED. This values not supported on all systems, GoReplay will tell you available values of you put wrong one.")
 	flag.IntVar(&Settings.copyBufferSize, "copy-buffer-size", 5*1024*1024, "Set the buffer size for an individual request (default 5M)")
 	flag.BoolVar(&Settings.inputRAWOverrideSnapLen, "input-raw-override-snaplen", false, "Override the capture snaplen to be 64k. Required for some Virtualized environments")
+	flag.BoolVar(&Settings.inputRAWImmediateMode, "input-raw-immediate-mode", false, "Set pcap interface to immediate mode.")
 
 	flag.IntVar(&Settings.inputRawBufferSize, "input-raw-buffer-size", 0, "Controls size of the OS buffer (in bytes) which holds packets until they dispatched. Default value depends by system: in Linux around 2MB. If you see big package drop, increase this value.")