diff --git a/luci-mod-admin-full/luasrc/model/cbi/admin_network/network.lua b/luci-mod-admin-full/luasrc/model/cbi/admin_network/network.lua
index 505303e7d..b292fd8ac 100644
--- a/luci-mod-admin-full/luasrc/model/cbi/admin_network/network.lua
+++ b/luci-mod-admin-full/luasrc/model/cbi/admin_network/network.lua
@@ -129,6 +129,9 @@ if fs.access("/proc/sys/net/mptcp") then
 	local mtcp = s:option(ListValue, "multipath", translate("Multipath TCP"))
 	mtcp:value("enable", translate("enable"))
 	mtcp:value("disable", translate("disable"))
+	local mtcpck = s:option(ListValueg, "mptcp_checksum", translate("Enable Multipath TCP checksum"))
+	mtcpck:value("enable", translate("enable"))
+	mtcpck:value("disable", translate("disable"))
 	local mtcppm = s:option(ListValue, "mptcp_path_manager", translate("Multipath TCP path-manager"))
 	mtcppm:value("default", translate("default"))
 	mtcppm:value("fullmesh", translate("fullmesh"))
@@ -143,6 +146,9 @@ if fs.access("/proc/sys/net/mptcp") then
 	for cong in string.gmatch(availablecong, "[^%s]+") do
 		congestion:value(cong, translate(cong))
 	end
+	local mtcpsyn = s:option(Value, "mptcp_syn_retries", translate("Multipath TCP SYN retries"))
+	mtcpsyn.datatype = "uinteger"
+	mtcpsyn.rmempty = false
 end
 m.pageaction = true
 
diff --git a/mptcp/files/etc/init.d/mptcp b/mptcp/files/etc/init.d/mptcp
index 1c23b39f4..6b7ad39bd 100755
--- a/mptcp/files/etc/init.d/mptcp
+++ b/mptcp/files/etc/init.d/mptcp
@@ -5,13 +5,15 @@ START=18
 USE_PROCD=1
 
 global_multipath_settings() {
-	local multipath mptcp_path_manager mptcp_schdeduler congestion
+	local multipath mptcp_path_manager mptcp_schdeduler congestion mptcp_checksum mptcp_syn_retries
 	local multipath_status=0
 	config_load network
 	config_get multipath globals multipath
 	config_get mptcp_path_manager globals mptcp_path_manager
 	config_get mptcp_scheduler globals mptcp_scheduler
 	config_get congestion globals congestion
+	config_get mptcp_checksum globals mptcp_checksum
+	config_get mptcp_syn_retries globals mptcp_syn_retries
 	[ "$multipath" = "enable" ] && multipath_status=1
 
 	# Global MPTCP configuration
@@ -19,6 +21,8 @@ global_multipath_settings() {
 	[ -z "$mptcp_path_manager" ] || sysctl -qw net.mptcp.mptcp_path_manager="$mptcp_path_manager"
 	[ -z "$mptcp_scheduler" ] || sysctl -qw net.mptcp.mptcp_scheduler="$mptcp_scheduler"
 	[ -z "$congestion" ] || sysctl -qw net.ipv4.tcp_congestion_control="$congestion"
+	[ -z "$mptcp_checksum" ] || sysctl -qw net.mptcp.mptcp_checksum="$mptcp_checksum"
+	[ -z "$mptcp_syn_retries" ] || sysctl -qw net.mptcp.mptcp_syn_retries="$mptcp_syn_retries"
 }
 
 interface_multipath_settings() {
diff --git a/mptcp/files/etc/uci-defaults/mptcp-defaults b/mptcp/files/etc/uci-defaults/mptcp-defaults
index a2f2469b9..fdac46c93 100755
--- a/mptcp/files/etc/uci-defaults/mptcp-defaults
+++ b/mptcp/files/etc/uci-defaults/mptcp-defaults
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 uci -q batch <<-EOF
+    set network.globals.multipath='enable'
     set network.globals.mptcp_path_manager='fullmesh'
     set network.globals.mptcp_scheduler='default'
     set network.globals.congestion='olia'
+    set network.globals.mptcp_checksum=1
+    set network.globals.mptcp_syn_retries=4
     commit network
 EOF
 uci -q batch <<-EOF