diff --git a/manifests/storage/all.pp b/manifests/storage/all.pp
index 58d4135a..456f7306 100644
--- a/manifests/storage/all.pp
+++ b/manifests/storage/all.pp
@@ -109,6 +109,11 @@
 #   (optional) Number of account server workers.
 #   Defaults to undef.
 #
+# [*splice*]
+#   (optional) Use splice for zero-copy object GETs. This requires Linux Kernel
+#   version 3.0 or greater.
+#   Defaults to false.
+#
 class swift::storage::all(
   $storage_local_net_ip,
   $devices                        = '/srv/node',
@@ -136,6 +141,7 @@ class swift::storage::all(
   $account_server_workers         = undef,
   $container_server_workers       = undef,
   $object_server_workers          = undef,
+  $splice                         = false,
 ) {
 
   include ::swift::deps
@@ -203,5 +209,6 @@ class swift::storage::all(
     incoming_chmod   => $incoming_chmod,
     outgoing_chmod   => $outgoing_chmod,
     workers          => $object_server_workers,
+    splice           => $splice,
   }
 }
diff --git a/manifests/storage/server.pp b/manifests/storage/server.pp
index ed1079ce..5f05e7b1 100644
--- a/manifests/storage/server.pp
+++ b/manifests/storage/server.pp
@@ -135,6 +135,11 @@
 #   (optional) Prefix for data being sent to statsd.
 #   Defaults to ''
 #
+# [*splice*]
+#   (optional) Use splice for zero-copy object GETs. This requires Linux Kernel
+#   version 3.0 or greater.
+#   Defaults to false.
+#
 define swift::storage::server(
   $type,
   $storage_local_net_ip,
@@ -167,6 +172,7 @@ define swift::storage::server(
   $log_statsd_default_sample_rate = '1.0',
   $log_statsd_sample_rate_factor  = '1.0',
   $log_statsd_metric_prefix       = '',
+  $splice                         = false,
 ) {
 
   include ::swift::deps
@@ -198,6 +204,7 @@ define swift::storage::server(
   validate_re($type, '^object|container|account$')
   validate_array($pipeline)
   validate_bool($allow_versions)
+  validate_bool($splice)
   # TODO - validate that name is an integer
 
   $bind_port = $name
diff --git a/spec/classes/swift_storage_all_spec.rb b/spec/classes/swift_storage_all_spec.rb
index 3f575618..ae8ab68f 100644
--- a/spec/classes/swift_storage_all_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/swift_storage_all_spec.rb
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ describe 'swift::storage::all' do
        :container_pipeline => ["healthcheck"],
        :account_pipeline => ["healthcheck"],
        :allow_versions => true,
+       :splice => true,
        :log_facility => ['LOG_LOCAL2', 'LOG_LOCAL3'],
        :incoming_chmod => '0644',
        :outgoing_chmod => '0644',
@@ -98,7 +99,8 @@ describe 'swift::storage::all' do
            :config_file_path => 'object-server.conf',
            :incoming_chmod => param_hash[:incoming_chmod],
            :outgoing_chmod => param_hash[:outgoing_chmod],
-           :pipeline => param_hash[:object_pipeline] || ['object-server'] }.merge(storage_server_defaults)
+           :pipeline => param_hash[:object_pipeline] || ['object-server'],
+           :splice => param_hash[:splice] || false }.merge(storage_server_defaults)
         )}
         it { is_expected.to contain_swift__storage__server(param_hash[:container_port]).with(
           {:type => 'container',
diff --git a/spec/defines/swift_storage_server_spec.rb b/spec/defines/swift_storage_server_spec.rb
index 6050f61c..39bcdcb9 100644
--- a/spec/defines/swift_storage_server_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/defines/swift_storage_server_spec.rb
@@ -111,6 +111,16 @@ describe 'swift::storage::server' do
             end
           end
 
+          if t == 'object'
+            describe "when splice is not set" do
+             it { is_expected.to contain_concat_fragment("swift-#{t}-#{title}").with_content(/^splice\s*=\s*false\s*$/) }
+            end
+            describe "when splice is set" do
+             let :params do req_params.merge({ :splice => true, }) end
+              it { is_expected.to contain_concat_fragment("swift-#{t}-#{title}").with_content(/^splice\s*=\s*true\s*$/) }
+            end
+          end
+
           describe "when log_udp_port is set" do
             context 'and log_udp_host is not set' do
               let :params do req_params.merge({ :log_udp_port => 514}) end
diff --git a/templates/object-server.conf.erb b/templates/object-server.conf.erb
index 99a8f7e9..265feb89 100644
--- a/templates/object-server.conf.erb
+++ b/templates/object-server.conf.erb
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ set log_facility = <%= @log_facility %>
 set log_level = <%= @log_level %>
 set log_requests = <%= @log_requests %>
 set log_address = <%= @log_address %>
+splice = <%= @splice %>
 
 [object-replicator]
 concurrency = <%= @replicator_concurrency %>