diff --git a/daemon/face/datagram-transport.hpp b/daemon/face/datagram-transport.hpp
index 67ad0a7..2b2cc29 100644
--- a/daemon/face/datagram-transport.hpp
+++ b/daemon/face/datagram-transport.hpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
-/**
- * Copyright (c) 2014-2017,  Regents of the University of California,
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2018,  Regents of the University of California,
  *                           Arizona Board of Regents,
  *                           Colorado State University,
  *                           University Pierre & Marie Curie, Sorbonne University,
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #define NFD_DAEMON_FACE_DATAGRAM_TRANSPORT_HPP
 
 #include "transport.hpp"
+#include "socket-utils.hpp"
 #include "core/global-io.hpp"
 
 #include <array>
@@ -54,6 +55,9 @@
   explicit
   DatagramTransport(typename protocol::socket&& socket);
 
+  ssize_t
+  getSendQueueLength() override;
+
   /** \brief Receive datagram, translate buffer into packet, deliver to parent class.
    */
   void
@@ -104,6 +108,17 @@
   : m_socket(std::move(socket))
   , m_hasRecentlyReceived(false)
 {
+  boost::asio::socket_base::send_buffer_size sendBufferSizeOption;
+  boost::system::error_code error;
+  m_socket.get_option(sendBufferSizeOption, error);
+  if (error) {
+    NFD_LOG_FACE_WARN("Failed to obtain send queue capacity from socket: " << error.message());
+    this->setSendQueueCapacity(QUEUE_ERROR);
+  }
+  else {
+    this->setSendQueueCapacity(sendBufferSizeOption.value());
+  }
+
   m_socket.async_receive_from(boost::asio::buffer(m_receiveBuffer), m_sender,
                               bind(&DatagramTransport<T, U>::handleReceive, this,
                                    boost::asio::placeholders::error,
@@ -111,6 +126,17 @@
 }
 
 template<class T, class U>
+ssize_t
+DatagramTransport<T, U>::getSendQueueLength()
+{
+  ssize_t queueLength = getTxQueueLength(m_socket.native_handle());
+  if (queueLength == QUEUE_ERROR) {
+    NFD_LOG_FACE_WARN("Failed to obtain send queue length from socket: " << std::strerror(errno));
+  }
+  return queueLength;
+}
+
+template<class T, class U>
 void
 DatagramTransport<T, U>::doClose()
 {
diff --git a/daemon/face/generic-link-service.cpp b/daemon/face/generic-link-service.cpp
index bbd8e03..c634484 100644
--- a/daemon/face/generic-link-service.cpp
+++ b/daemon/face/generic-link-service.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2014-2017,  Regents of the University of California,
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2018,  Regents of the University of California,
  *                           Arizona Board of Regents,
  *                           Colorado State University,
  *                           University Pierre & Marie Curie, Sorbonne University,
@@ -24,17 +24,25 @@
  */
 
 #include "generic-link-service.hpp"
+
 #include <ndn-cxx/lp/tags.hpp>
 
+#include <cmath>
+
 namespace nfd {
 namespace face {
 
 NFD_LOG_INIT("GenericLinkService");
 
+constexpr uint32_t DEFAULT_CONGESTION_THRESHOLD_DIVISOR = 2;
+
 GenericLinkService::Options::Options()
   : allowLocalFields(false)
   , allowFragmentation(false)
   , allowReassembly(false)
+  , allowCongestionMarking(false)
+  , baseCongestionMarkingInterval(time::milliseconds(100)) // Interval from RFC 8289 (CoDel)
+  , defaultCongestionThreshold(65536) // This default value works well for a queue capacity of 200KiB
 {
 }
 
@@ -44,6 +52,9 @@
   , m_reassembler(m_options.reassemblerOptions, this)
   , m_reliability(m_options.reliabilityOptions, this)
   , m_lastSeqNo(-2)
+  , m_nextMarkTime(time::steady_clock::TimePoint::max())
+  , m_lastMarkTime(time::steady_clock::TimePoint::min())
+  , m_nMarkedSinceInMarkingState(0)
 {
   m_reassembler.beforeTimeout.connect(bind([this] { ++this->nReassemblyTimeouts; }));
   m_reliability.onDroppedInterest.connect([this] (const Interest& i) { this->notifyDroppedInterest(i); });
@@ -71,10 +82,15 @@
 GenericLinkService::sendLpPacket(lp::Packet&& pkt)
 {
   const ssize_t mtu = this->getTransport()->getMtu();
+
   if (m_options.reliabilityOptions.isEnabled) {
     m_reliability.piggyback(pkt, mtu);
   }
 
+  if (m_options.allowCongestionMarking) {
+    checkCongestionLevel(pkt);
+  }
+
   Transport::Packet tp(pkt.wireEncode());
   if (mtu != MTU_UNLIMITED && tp.packet.size() > static_cast<size_t>(mtu)) {
     ++this->nOutOverMtu;
@@ -140,9 +156,14 @@
   // Make space for feature fields in fragments
   if (m_options.reliabilityOptions.isEnabled && mtu != MTU_UNLIMITED) {
     mtu -= LpReliability::RESERVED_HEADER_SPACE;
-    BOOST_ASSERT(mtu > 0);
   }
 
+  if (m_options.allowCongestionMarking && mtu != MTU_UNLIMITED) {
+    mtu -= CONGESTION_MARK_SIZE;
+  }
+
+  BOOST_ASSERT(mtu == MTU_UNLIMITED || mtu > 0);
+
   if (m_options.allowFragmentation && mtu != MTU_UNLIMITED) {
     bool isOk = false;
     std::tie(isOk, frags) = m_fragmenter.fragmentPacket(pkt, mtu);
@@ -196,6 +217,59 @@
 }
 
 void
+GenericLinkService::checkCongestionLevel(lp::Packet& pkt)
+{
+  ssize_t sendQueueLength = getTransport()->getSendQueueLength();
+  // This operation requires that the transport supports retrieving current send queue length
+  if (sendQueueLength < 0) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // To avoid overflowing the queue, set the congestion threshold to at least half of the send
+  // queue capacity.
+  size_t congestionThreshold = m_options.defaultCongestionThreshold;
+  if (getTransport()->getSendQueueCapacity() >= 0) {
+    congestionThreshold = std::min(congestionThreshold,
+                                   static_cast<size_t>(getTransport()->getSendQueueCapacity()) /
+                                                       DEFAULT_CONGESTION_THRESHOLD_DIVISOR);
+  }
+
+  if (sendQueueLength > 0) {
+    NFD_LOG_FACE_TRACE("txqlen=" << sendQueueLength << " threshold=" << congestionThreshold <<
+                       " capacity=" << getTransport()->getSendQueueCapacity());
+  }
+
+  if (static_cast<size_t>(sendQueueLength) > congestionThreshold) { // Send queue is congested
+    const auto now = time::steady_clock::now();
+    if (now >= m_nextMarkTime || now >= m_lastMarkTime + m_options.baseCongestionMarkingInterval) {
+      // Mark at most one initial packet per baseCongestionMarkingInterval
+      if (m_nMarkedSinceInMarkingState == 0) {
+        m_nextMarkTime = now;
+      }
+
+      // Time to mark packet
+      pkt.set<lp::CongestionMarkField>(1);
+      ++nCongestionMarked;
+      NFD_LOG_FACE_DEBUG("LpPacket was marked as congested");
+
+      ++m_nMarkedSinceInMarkingState;
+      // Decrease the marking interval by the inverse of the square root of the number of packets
+      // marked in this incident of congestion
+      m_nextMarkTime += time::nanoseconds(static_cast<time::nanoseconds::rep>(
+                                            m_options.baseCongestionMarkingInterval.count() /
+                                            std::sqrt(m_nMarkedSinceInMarkingState)));
+      m_lastMarkTime = now;
+    }
+  }
+  else if (m_nextMarkTime != time::steady_clock::TimePoint::max()) {
+    // Congestion incident has ended, so reset
+    NFD_LOG_FACE_DEBUG("Send queue length dropped below congestion threshold");
+    m_nextMarkTime = time::steady_clock::TimePoint::max();
+    m_nMarkedSinceInMarkingState = 0;
+  }
+}
+
+void
 GenericLinkService::doReceivePacket(Transport::Packet&& packet)
 {
   try {
diff --git a/daemon/face/generic-link-service.hpp b/daemon/face/generic-link-service.hpp
index 1823b37..d74b1f2 100644
--- a/daemon/face/generic-link-service.hpp
+++ b/daemon/face/generic-link-service.hpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2014-2017,  Regents of the University of California,
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2018,  Regents of the University of California,
  *                           Arizona Board of Regents,
  *                           Colorado State University,
  *                           University Pierre & Marie Curie, Sorbonne University,
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@
    *         of retransmissions
    */
   PacketCounter nRetxExhausted;
+
+  /** \brief count of outgoing LpPackets that were marked with congestion marks
+   */
+  PacketCounter nCongestionMarked;
 };
 
 /** \brief GenericLinkService is a LinkService that implements the NDNLPv2 protocol
@@ -120,6 +124,18 @@
     /** \brief options for reliability
      */
     LpReliability::Options reliabilityOptions;
+
+    /** \brief enables send queue congestion detection and marking
+     */
+    bool allowCongestionMarking;
+
+    /** \brief starting value for congestion marking interval
+     */
+    time::nanoseconds baseCongestionMarkingInterval;
+
+    /** \brief default congestion threshold in bytes
+     */
+    size_t defaultCongestionThreshold;
   };
 
   /** \brief counters provided by GenericLinkService
@@ -194,6 +210,13 @@
   void
   assignSequences(std::vector<lp::Packet>& pkts);
 
+  /** \brief if the send queue is found to be congested, add a congestion mark to the packet
+   *         according to CoDel
+   *  \sa https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8289
+   */
+  void
+  checkCongestionLevel(lp::Packet& pkt);
+
 private: // receive path
   /** \brief receive Packet from Transport
    */
@@ -253,6 +276,16 @@
   LpReliability m_reliability;
   lp::Sequence m_lastSeqNo;
 
+PUBLIC_WITH_TESTS_ELSE_PRIVATE:
+  /// CongestionMark TLV-TYPE (3 octets) + CongestionMark TLV-LENGTH (1 octet) + sizeof(uint64_t)
+  static constexpr size_t CONGESTION_MARK_SIZE = 3 + 1 + sizeof(uint64_t);
+  /// Time to mark next packet due to send queue congestion
+  time::steady_clock::TimePoint m_nextMarkTime;
+  /// Time last packet was marked
+  time::steady_clock::TimePoint m_lastMarkTime;
+  /// number of marked packets in the current incident of congestion
+  size_t m_nMarkedSinceInMarkingState;
+
   friend class LpReliability;
 };
 
diff --git a/daemon/face/multicast-udp-transport.cpp b/daemon/face/multicast-udp-transport.cpp
index f8ee1a9..86324d3 100644
--- a/daemon/face/multicast-udp-transport.cpp
+++ b/daemon/face/multicast-udp-transport.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2014-2017,  Regents of the University of California,
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2018,  Regents of the University of California,
  *                           Arizona Board of Regents,
  *                           Colorado State University,
  *                           University Pierre & Marie Curie, Sorbonne University,
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "multicast-udp-transport.hpp"
+#include "socket-utils.hpp"
 #include "udp-protocol.hpp"
 
 #ifdef __linux__
@@ -54,9 +55,30 @@
   this->setLinkType(linkType);
   this->setMtu(udp::computeMtu(localEndpoint));
 
+  protocol::socket::send_buffer_size sendBufferSizeOption;
+  boost::system::error_code error;
+  m_sendSocket.get_option(sendBufferSizeOption);
+  if (error) {
+    NFD_LOG_FACE_WARN("Failed to obtain send queue capacity from socket: " << error.message());
+    this->setSendQueueCapacity(QUEUE_ERROR);
+  }
+  else {
+    this->setSendQueueCapacity(sendBufferSizeOption.value());
+  }
+
   NFD_LOG_FACE_INFO("Creating transport");
 }
 
+ssize_t
+MulticastUdpTransport::getSendQueueLength()
+{
+  ssize_t queueLength = getTxQueueLength(m_sendSocket.native_handle());
+  if (queueLength == QUEUE_ERROR) {
+    NFD_LOG_FACE_WARN("Failed to obtain send queue length from socket: " << std::strerror(errno));
+  }
+  return queueLength;
+}
+
 void
 MulticastUdpTransport::doSend(Transport::Packet&& packet)
 {
diff --git a/daemon/face/multicast-udp-transport.hpp b/daemon/face/multicast-udp-transport.hpp
index b0fb4d4..e655f4a 100644
--- a/daemon/face/multicast-udp-transport.hpp
+++ b/daemon/face/multicast-udp-transport.hpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2014-2017,  Regents of the University of California,
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2018,  Regents of the University of California,
  *                           Arizona Board of Regents,
  *                           Colorado State University,
  *                           University Pierre & Marie Curie, Sorbonne University,
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@
                         protocol::socket&& sendSocket,
                         ndn::nfd::LinkType linkType);
 
+  ssize_t
+  getSendQueueLength() final;
+
   static void
   openRxSocket(protocol::socket& sock,
                const protocol::endpoint& multicastGroup,
diff --git a/daemon/face/socket-utils.cpp b/daemon/face/socket-utils.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5b38e40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/daemon/face/socket-utils.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2018,  Regents of the University of California,
+ *                           Arizona Board of Regents,
+ *                           Colorado State University,
+ *                           University Pierre & Marie Curie, Sorbonne University,
+ *                           Washington University in St. Louis,
+ *                           Beijing Institute of Technology,
+ *                           The University of Memphis.
+ *
+ * This file is part of NFD (Named Data Networking Forwarding Daemon).
+ * See AUTHORS.md for complete list of NFD authors and contributors.
+ *
+ * NFD is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms
+ * of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation,
+ * either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * NFD is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
+ * without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+ * PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+ * NFD, e.g., in COPYING.md file.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include "socket-utils.hpp"
+#include "transport.hpp"
+
+#if defined(__linux__)
+#include <linux/sockios.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#elif defined(__APPLE__)
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#endif
+
+namespace nfd {
+namespace face {
+
+ssize_t
+getTxQueueLength(int fd)
+{
+  int queueLength = QUEUE_UNSUPPORTED;
+#if defined(__linux__)
+  if (ioctl(fd, SIOCOUTQ, &queueLength) < 0) {
+    queueLength = QUEUE_ERROR;
+  }
+#elif defined(__APPLE__)
+  socklen_t queueLengthSize = sizeof(queueLength);
+  if (getsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_NWRITE, &queueLength, &queueLengthSize) < 0) {
+    queueLength = QUEUE_ERROR;
+  }
+#endif
+  return queueLength;
+}
+
+} // namespace face
+} // namespace nfd
diff --git a/daemon/face/socket-utils.hpp b/daemon/face/socket-utils.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3929d8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/daemon/face/socket-utils.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2018,  Regents of the University of California,
+ *                           Arizona Board of Regents,
+ *                           Colorado State University,
+ *                           University Pierre & Marie Curie, Sorbonne University,
+ *                           Washington University in St. Louis,
+ *                           Beijing Institute of Technology,
+ *                           The University of Memphis.
+ *
+ * This file is part of NFD (Named Data Networking Forwarding Daemon).
+ * See AUTHORS.md for complete list of NFD authors and contributors.
+ *
+ * NFD is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms
+ * of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation,
+ * either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * NFD is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
+ * without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+ * PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+ * NFD, e.g., in COPYING.md file.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef NFD_DAEMON_FACE_SOCKET_UTILS_HPP
+#define NFD_DAEMON_FACE_SOCKET_UTILS_HPP
+
+#include "core/common.hpp"
+
+namespace nfd {
+namespace face {
+
+/** \brief obtain send queue length from a specified system socket
+ *  \param fd file descriptor of the socket
+ *  \retval QUEUE_UNSUPPORTED this operation is unsupported on the current platform
+ *  \retval QUEUE_ERROR there was an error retrieving the send queue length
+ *
+ *  On Linux, ioctl() is used to obtain the value of SIOCOUTQ from the socket.
+ *  On macOS, getsockopt() is used to obtain the value of SO_NWRITE from the socket.
+ */
+ssize_t
+getTxQueueLength(int fd);
+
+} // namespace face
+} // namespace nfd
+
+#endif // NFD_DAEMON_FACE_SOCKET_UTILS_HPP
diff --git a/daemon/face/stream-transport.hpp b/daemon/face/stream-transport.hpp
index 2a57d68..0adbf26 100644
--- a/daemon/face/stream-transport.hpp
+++ b/daemon/face/stream-transport.hpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
-/**
- * Copyright (c) 2014-2017,  Regents of the University of California,
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2018,  Regents of the University of California,
  *                           Arizona Board of Regents,
  *                           Colorado State University,
  *                           University Pierre & Marie Curie, Sorbonne University,
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #define NFD_DAEMON_FACE_STREAM_TRANSPORT_HPP
 
 #include "transport.hpp"
+#include "socket-utils.hpp"
 #include "core/global-io.hpp"
 
 #include <queue>
@@ -51,6 +52,9 @@
   explicit
   StreamTransport(typename protocol::socket&& socket);
 
+  ssize_t
+  getSendQueueLength() override;
+
 protected:
   void
   doClose() override;
@@ -87,6 +91,9 @@
   void
   resetSendQueue();
 
+  size_t
+  getSendQueueBytes() const;
+
 protected:
   typename protocol::socket m_socket;
 
@@ -96,6 +103,7 @@
   uint8_t m_receiveBuffer[ndn::MAX_NDN_PACKET_SIZE];
   size_t m_receiveBufferSize;
   std::queue<Block> m_sendQueue;
+  size_t m_sendQueueBytes;
 };
 
 
@@ -103,11 +111,27 @@
 StreamTransport<T>::StreamTransport(typename StreamTransport::protocol::socket&& socket)
   : m_socket(std::move(socket))
   , m_receiveBufferSize(0)
+  , m_sendQueueBytes(0)
 {
+  // No queue capacity is set because there is no theoretical limit to the size of m_sendQueue.
+  // Therefore, protecting against send queue overflows is less critical than in other transport
+  // types. Instead, we use the default threshold specified in the GenericLinkService options.
+
   startReceive();
 }
 
 template<class T>
+ssize_t
+StreamTransport<T>::getSendQueueLength()
+{
+  ssize_t queueLength = getTxQueueLength(m_socket.native_handle());
+  if (queueLength == QUEUE_ERROR) {
+    NFD_LOG_FACE_WARN("Failed to obtain send queue length from socket: " << std::strerror(errno));
+  }
+  return getSendQueueBytes() + std::max<ssize_t>(0, queueLength);
+}
+
+template<class T>
 void
 StreamTransport<T>::doClose()
 {
@@ -165,6 +189,7 @@
 
   bool wasQueueEmpty = m_sendQueue.empty();
   m_sendQueue.push(packet.packet);
+  m_sendQueueBytes += packet.packet.size();
 
   if (wasQueueEmpty)
     sendFromQueue();
@@ -191,6 +216,8 @@
   NFD_LOG_FACE_TRACE("Successfully sent: " << nBytesSent << " bytes");
 
   BOOST_ASSERT(!m_sendQueue.empty());
+  BOOST_ASSERT(m_sendQueue.front().size() == nBytesSent);
+  m_sendQueueBytes -= nBytesSent;
   m_sendQueue.pop();
 
   if (!m_sendQueue.empty())
@@ -299,6 +326,14 @@
 {
   std::queue<Block> emptyQueue;
   std::swap(emptyQueue, m_sendQueue);
+  m_sendQueueBytes = 0;
+}
+
+template<class T>
+size_t
+StreamTransport<T>::getSendQueueBytes() const
+{
+  return m_sendQueueBytes;
 }
 
 } // namespace face
diff --git a/daemon/face/tcp-transport.cpp b/daemon/face/tcp-transport.cpp
index c14cab2..c95f693 100644
--- a/daemon/face/tcp-transport.cpp
+++ b/daemon/face/tcp-transport.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
-/**
- * Copyright (c) 2014-2017,  Regents of the University of California,
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2018,  Regents of the University of California,
  *                           Arizona Board of Regents,
  *                           Colorado State University,
  *                           University Pierre & Marie Curie, Sorbonne University,
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@
 
 #include "tcp-transport.hpp"
 
+#if defined(__linux__)
+#include <linux/sockios.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#endif
+
 namespace nfd {
 namespace face {
 
@@ -55,6 +60,28 @@
   NFD_LOG_FACE_INFO("Creating transport");
 }
 
+ssize_t
+TcpTransport::getSendQueueLength()
+{
+  int queueLength = getSendQueueBytes();
+
+  // We want to obtain the amount of "not sent" bytes instead of the amount of "not sent" + "not
+  // acked" bytes. On Linux, we use SIOCOUTQNSD for this reason. However, macOS does not provide an
+  // efficient mechanism to obtain this value (SO_NWRITE includes both "not sent" and "not acked").
+#if defined(__linux__)
+  int nsd;
+  if (ioctl(m_socket.native_handle(), SIOCOUTQNSD, &nsd) < 0) {
+    NFD_LOG_FACE_WARN("Failed to obtain send queue length from socket: " << std::strerror(errno));
+  }
+  else if (nsd > 0) {
+    NFD_LOG_FACE_TRACE("SIOCOUTQNSD=" << nsd);
+    queueLength += nsd;
+  }
+#endif
+
+  return queueLength;
+}
+
 bool
 TcpTransport::canChangePersistencyToImpl(ndn::nfd::FacePersistency newPersistency) const
 {
diff --git a/daemon/face/tcp-transport.hpp b/daemon/face/tcp-transport.hpp
index ffd05a8..d6b0890 100644
--- a/daemon/face/tcp-transport.hpp
+++ b/daemon/face/tcp-transport.hpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
-/**
- * Copyright (c) 2014-2017,  Regents of the University of California,
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2018,  Regents of the University of California,
  *                           Arizona Board of Regents,
  *                           Colorado State University,
  *                           University Pierre & Marie Curie, Sorbonne University,
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@
 public:
   TcpTransport(protocol::socket&& socket, ndn::nfd::FacePersistency persistency);
 
+  ssize_t
+  getSendQueueLength() final;
+
 protected:
   bool
   canChangePersistencyToImpl(ndn::nfd::FacePersistency newPersistency) const final;
diff --git a/daemon/face/transport.cpp b/daemon/face/transport.cpp
index 9c054fa..863b2b3 100644
--- a/daemon/face/transport.cpp
+++ b/daemon/face/transport.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
-/**
- * Copyright (c) 2014-2017,  Regents of the University of California,
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2018,  Regents of the University of California,
  *                           Arizona Board of Regents,
  *                           Colorado State University,
  *                           University Pierre & Marie Curie, Sorbonne University,
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
   , m_persistency(ndn::nfd::FACE_PERSISTENCY_NONE)
   , m_linkType(ndn::nfd::LINK_TYPE_NONE)
   , m_mtu(MTU_INVALID)
+  , m_sendQueueCapacity(QUEUE_UNSUPPORTED)
   , m_state(TransportState::UP)
   , m_expirationTime(time::steady_clock::TimePoint::max())
 {
@@ -125,6 +126,12 @@
   m_service->receivePacket(std::move(packet));
 }
 
+ssize_t
+Transport::getSendQueueLength()
+{
+  return QUEUE_UNSUPPORTED;
+}
+
 bool
 Transport::canChangePersistencyTo(ndn::nfd::FacePersistency newPersistency) const
 {
diff --git a/daemon/face/transport.hpp b/daemon/face/transport.hpp
index 85a0fd7..a9768e5 100644
--- a/daemon/face/transport.hpp
+++ b/daemon/face/transport.hpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
-/**
- * Copyright (c) 2014-2017,  Regents of the University of California,
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2018,  Regents of the University of California,
  *                           Arizona Board of Regents,
  *                           Colorado State University,
  *                           University Pierre & Marie Curie, Sorbonne University,
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 
 #include "core/counter.hpp"
 #include "face-log.hpp"
+
 #include <ndn-cxx/encoding/nfd-constants.hpp>
 
 namespace nfd {
@@ -98,6 +99,14 @@
  */
 const ssize_t MTU_INVALID = -2;
 
+/** \brief indicates that the transport does not support reading the queue capacity/length
+ */
+const ssize_t QUEUE_UNSUPPORTED = -1;
+
+/** \brief indicates that the transport was unable to retrieve the queue capacity/length
+ */
+const ssize_t QUEUE_ERROR = -2;
+
 /** \brief the lower part of a Face
  *  \sa Face
  */
@@ -254,6 +263,13 @@
   ssize_t
   getMtu() const;
 
+  /** \return capacity of the send queue (in bytes)
+   *  \retval QUEUE_UNSUPPORTED transport does not support queue capacity retrieval
+   *  \retval QUEUE_ERROR transport was unable to retrieve the queue capacity
+   */
+  ssize_t
+  getSendQueueCapacity() const;
+
 public: // dynamic properties
   /** \return transport state
    */
@@ -270,6 +286,13 @@
   time::steady_clock::TimePoint
   getExpirationTime() const;
 
+  /** \return current send queue length of the transport (in octets)
+   *  \retval QUEUE_UNSUPPORTED transport does not support queue length retrieval
+   *  \retval QUEUE_ERROR transport was unable to retrieve the queue length
+   */
+  virtual ssize_t
+  getSendQueueLength();
+
 protected: // properties to be set by subclass
   void
   setLocalUri(const FaceUri& uri);
@@ -286,6 +309,9 @@
   void
   setMtu(ssize_t mtu);
 
+  void
+  setSendQueueCapacity(ssize_t sendQueueCapacity);
+
   /** \brief set transport state
    *
    *  Only the following transitions are valid:
@@ -346,6 +372,7 @@
   ndn::nfd::FacePersistency m_persistency;
   ndn::nfd::LinkType m_linkType;
   ssize_t m_mtu;
+  size_t m_sendQueueCapacity;
   TransportState m_state;
   time::steady_clock::TimePoint m_expirationTime;
 };
@@ -441,6 +468,18 @@
   m_mtu = mtu;
 }
 
+inline ssize_t
+Transport::getSendQueueCapacity() const
+{
+  return m_sendQueueCapacity;
+}
+
+inline void
+Transport::setSendQueueCapacity(ssize_t sendQueueCapacity)
+{
+  m_sendQueueCapacity = sendQueueCapacity;
+}
+
 inline TransportState
 Transport::getState() const
 {