--- /dev/null
+From f89b09be92bed03b1e5add55dc14ef92e94c52e1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Daniel Walton <dwalton@cumulusnetworks.com>
+Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 06:42:52 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH] bgpd: Lower BGP's default keepalive/holdtime to 3s/9s
+
+Signed-off-by: Daniel Walton <dwalton@cumulusnetworks.com>
+Reviewed-by: Donald Sharp <sharpd@cumulusnetworks.com>
+---
+ bgpd/bgpd.h | 4 ++--
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/bgpd/bgpd.h b/bgpd/bgpd.h
+index 105912e..d4c8dbd 100644
+--- a/bgpd/bgpd.h
++++ b/bgpd/bgpd.h
+@@ -742,8 +742,8 @@ struct bgp_nlri
+
+ /* BGP timers default value. */
+ #define BGP_INIT_START_TIMER 5
+-#define BGP_DEFAULT_HOLDTIME 180
+-#define BGP_DEFAULT_KEEPALIVE 60
++#define BGP_DEFAULT_HOLDTIME 9
++#define BGP_DEFAULT_KEEPALIVE 3
+ #define BGP_DEFAULT_EBGP_ROUTEADV 30
+ #define BGP_DEFAULT_IBGP_ROUTEADV 5
+ #define BGP_CLEAR_CONNECT_RETRY 20
+--
+2.7.0
+