diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 2fe0f3b..df39a9b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ sudo: required
 dist: trusty
 language: java
 jdk:
-  - oraclejdk8
+  - openjdk11
 addons:
   # Fix OpenJDK builds
   # https://github.com/travis-ci/travis-ci/issues/5227
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c6754b6..3739c33 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
+        <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
     </properties>
 
     <distributionManagement>
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
             <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.7.22</version>
+            <version>3.6.28</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/graylog2/syslog4j/SyslogConstants.java b/src/main/java/org/graylog2/syslog4j/SyslogConstants.java
index 3ded474..1ceaab2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/graylog2/syslog4j/SyslogConstants.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/graylog2/syslog4j/SyslogConstants.java
@@ -69,6 +69,12 @@ public interface SyslogConstants extends Serializable {
     public static final boolean TCP_SO_LINGER_DEFAULT = true;
     public static final int TCP_SO_LINGER_SECONDS_DEFAULT = 1;
     public static final boolean TCP_KEEP_ALIVE_DEFAULT = true;
+    public static final boolean TCP_KEEP_ALIVE_COUNT_DEFAULT = true;
+    public static final int TCP_KEEP_ALIVE_COUNT_VALUE_DEFAULT = 8;
+    public static final boolean TCP_KEEP_ALIVE_INTERVAL_DEFAULT = true;
+    public static final int TCP_KEEP_ALIVE_INTERVAL_SECONDS_DEFAULT = 75;
+    public static final boolean TCP_KEEP_ALIVE_IDLE_DEFAULT = true;
+    public static final int TCP_KEEP_ALIVE_IDLE_SECONDS_DEFAULT = 1200;
     public static final boolean TCP_REUSE_ADDRESS_DEFAULT = true;
     public static final boolean TCP_SET_BUFFER_SIZE_DEFAULT = true;
     public static final int TCP_FRESH_CONNECTION_INTERVAL_DEFAULT = -1;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/graylog2/syslog4j/impl/net/tcp/TCPNetSyslogConfig.java b/src/main/java/org/graylog2/syslog4j/impl/net/tcp/TCPNetSyslogConfig.java
index df881c9..3867342 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/graylog2/syslog4j/impl/net/tcp/TCPNetSyslogConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/graylog2/syslog4j/impl/net/tcp/TCPNetSyslogConfig.java
@@ -39,6 +39,13 @@ public class TCPNetSyslogConfig extends AbstractNetSyslogConfig implements TCPNe
 
     protected boolean keepAlive = TCP_KEEP_ALIVE_DEFAULT;
 
+    protected boolean keepAliveCount = TCP_KEEP_ALIVE_COUNT_DEFAULT;
+    protected int keepAliveCountValue = TCP_KEEP_ALIVE_COUNT_VALUE_DEFAULT;
+    protected boolean keepAliveInterval = TCP_KEEP_ALIVE_INTERVAL_DEFAULT;
+    protected int keepAliveIntervalSeconds = TCP_KEEP_ALIVE_INTERVAL_SECONDS_DEFAULT;
+    protected boolean keepAliveIdle = TCP_KEEP_ALIVE_IDLE_DEFAULT;
+    protected int keepAliveIdleSeconds = TCP_KEEP_ALIVE_IDLE_SECONDS_DEFAULT;
+
     protected boolean reuseAddress = TCP_REUSE_ADDRESS_DEFAULT;
 
     protected boolean setBufferSize = TCP_SET_BUFFER_SIZE_DEFAULT;
@@ -137,6 +144,51 @@ public void setKeepAlive(boolean keepAlive) {
         this.keepAlive = keepAlive;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean isKeepAliveCount() {
+        return this.keepAliveCount;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setKeepAliveCountValue(int countValue) {
+        this.keepAliveCountValue = countValue;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getKeepAliveCountValue() {
+        return this.keepAliveCountValue;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isKeepAliveInterval() {
+        return this.keepAliveInterval;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setKeepAliveIntervalSeconds(int intervalSeconds) {
+        this.keepAliveIntervalSeconds = intervalSeconds;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getKeepAliveIntervalSeconds() {
+        return this.keepAliveIntervalSeconds;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isKeepAliveIdle() {
+        return this.keepAliveIdle;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setKeepAliveIdleSeconds(int idleSeconds) {
+        this.keepAliveIdleSeconds = idleSeconds;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getKeepAliveIdleSeconds() {
+        return this.keepAliveIdleSeconds;
+    }
+
     public boolean isReuseAddress() {
         return this.reuseAddress;
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/graylog2/syslog4j/impl/net/tcp/TCPNetSyslogConfigIF.java b/src/main/java/org/graylog2/syslog4j/impl/net/tcp/TCPNetSyslogConfigIF.java
index 5e760ab..43cb31d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/graylog2/syslog4j/impl/net/tcp/TCPNetSyslogConfigIF.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/graylog2/syslog4j/impl/net/tcp/TCPNetSyslogConfigIF.java
@@ -34,6 +34,24 @@ public interface TCPNetSyslogConfigIF extends AbstractNetSyslogConfigIF {
 
     public void setKeepAlive(boolean keepAlive);
 
+    public boolean isKeepAliveCount();
+
+    public void setKeepAliveCountValue(int countValue);
+
+    public int getKeepAliveCountValue();
+
+    public boolean isKeepAliveInterval();
+
+    public void setKeepAliveIntervalSeconds(int intervalSeconds);
+
+    public int getKeepAliveIntervalSeconds();
+
+    public boolean isKeepAliveIdle();
+
+    public void setKeepAliveIdleSeconds(int idleSeconds);
+
+    public int getKeepAliveIdleSeconds();
+
     public boolean isReuseAddress();
 
     public void setReuseAddress(boolean reuseAddress);
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/graylog2/syslog4j/impl/net/tcp/TCPNetSyslogWriter.java b/src/main/java/org/graylog2/syslog4j/impl/net/tcp/TCPNetSyslogWriter.java
index 3e4a535..79d67e3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/graylog2/syslog4j/impl/net/tcp/TCPNetSyslogWriter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/graylog2/syslog4j/impl/net/tcp/TCPNetSyslogWriter.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 import javax.net.SocketFactory;
 
+import jdk.net.ExtendedSocketOptions;
 import org.graylog2.syslog4j.SyslogConstants;
 import org.graylog2.syslog4j.SyslogRuntimeException;
 import org.graylog2.syslog4j.impl.AbstractSyslog;
@@ -67,6 +68,18 @@ protected Socket createSocket(InetAddress hostAddress, int port, boolean keepali
             newSocket.setKeepAlive(keepalive);
         }
 
+        if (this.tcpNetSyslogConfig.isKeepAliveCount()) {
+            newSocket.setOption(ExtendedSocketOptions.TCP_KEEPCOUNT, tcpNetSyslogConfig.getKeepAliveCountValue());
+        }
+
+        if (this.tcpNetSyslogConfig.isKeepAliveInterval()) {
+            newSocket.setOption(ExtendedSocketOptions.TCP_KEEPINTERVAL,tcpNetSyslogConfig.getKeepAliveIntervalSeconds() );
+        }
+
+        if (this.tcpNetSyslogConfig.isKeepAliveIdle()) {
+            newSocket.setOption(ExtendedSocketOptions.TCP_KEEPIDLE,tcpNetSyslogConfig.getKeepAliveIdleSeconds() );
+        }
+
         if (this.tcpNetSyslogConfig.isReuseAddress()) {
             newSocket.setReuseAddress(true);
         }