diff --git a/share/man/man4/tcp.4 b/share/man/man4/tcp.4
--- a/share/man/man4/tcp.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/tcp.4
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.Dd January 10, 2025
+.Dd June 13, 2025
 .Dt TCP 4
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -780,6 +780,13 @@
 from an unreasonably low MSS.
 .It Va msl
 The Maximum Segment Lifetime, in milliseconds, for a packet.
+.It Va msl_local
+The Maximum Segment Lifetime, in milliseconds, for a packet when both endpoints
+are local.
+.Va msl_local
+is only used if
+.Va nolocaltimewait
+is zero.
 .It Va mssdflt
 The default value used for the TCP Maximum Segment Size
 .Pq Dq MSS
diff --git a/sys/netinet/tcp_subr.c b/sys/netinet/tcp_subr.c
--- a/sys/netinet/tcp_subr.c
+++ b/sys/netinet/tcp_subr.c
@@ -1454,6 +1454,7 @@
 	VNET_PCPUSTAT_ALLOC(tcpstat, M_WAITOK);
 
 	V_tcp_msl = TCPTV_MSL;
+	V_tcp_msl_local = TCPTV_MSL_LOCAL;
 	arc4rand(&V_ts_offset_secret, sizeof(V_ts_offset_secret), 0);
 }
 VNET_SYSINIT(tcp_vnet_init, SI_SUB_PROTO_DOMAIN, SI_ORDER_FOURTH,
diff --git a/sys/netinet/tcp_timer.h b/sys/netinet/tcp_timer.h
--- a/sys/netinet/tcp_timer.h
+++ b/sys/netinet/tcp_timer.h
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
  * Time constants.
  */
 #define	TCPTV_MSL	( 30*hz)		/* max seg lifetime (hah!) */
+#define	TCPTV_MSL_LOCAL	( hz/100)		/* max seg lifetime for local comm */
 #define	TCPTV_SRTTBASE	0			/* base roundtrip time;
 						   if 0, no idea yet */
 #define	TCPTV_RTOBASE	(  1*hz)		/* assumed RTO if no info */
@@ -184,6 +185,8 @@
 #define V_tcp_v6pmtud_blackhole_mss	VNET(tcp_v6pmtud_blackhole_mss)
 VNET_DECLARE(int, tcp_msl);
 #define V_tcp_msl			VNET(tcp_msl)
+VNET_DECLARE(int, tcp_msl_local);
+#define V_tcp_msl_local			VNET(tcp_msl_local)
 
 #endif /* _KERNEL */
 
diff --git a/sys/netinet/tcp_timer.c b/sys/netinet/tcp_timer.c
--- a/sys/netinet/tcp_timer.c
+++ b/sys/netinet/tcp_timer.c
@@ -115,6 +115,12 @@
     &VNET_NAME(tcp_msl), 0, sysctl_msec_to_ticks, "I",
     "Maximum segment lifetime");
 
+VNET_DEFINE(int, tcp_msl_local);
+SYSCTL_PROC(_net_inet_tcp, OID_AUTO, msl_local,
+    CTLTYPE_INT | CTLFLAG_RW | CTLFLAG_VNET,
+    &VNET_NAME(tcp_msl_local), 0, sysctl_msec_to_ticks, "I",
+    "Maximum segment lifetime for local communication");
+
 int	tcp_rexmit_initial;
 SYSCTL_PROC(_net_inet_tcp, OID_AUTO, rexmit_initial,
    CTLTYPE_INT | CTLFLAG_RW | CTLFLAG_NEEDGIANT,
diff --git a/sys/netinet/tcp_timewait.c b/sys/netinet/tcp_timewait.c
--- a/sys/netinet/tcp_timewait.c
+++ b/sys/netinet/tcp_timewait.c
@@ -93,6 +93,28 @@
     CTLFLAG_VNET | CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(nolocaltimewait), true,
     "Do not create TCP TIME_WAIT state for local connections");
 
+static u_int
+tcp_msl(struct tcpcb *tp)
+{
+	struct inpcb *inp = tptoinpcb(tp);
+#ifdef INET6
+	bool isipv6 = inp->inp_inc.inc_flags & INC_ISIPV6;
+#endif
+
+	if (
+#ifdef INET6
+	    isipv6 ? in6_localip(&inp->in6p_faddr) :
+#endif
+#ifdef INET
+	    in_localip(inp->inp_faddr))
+#else
+	    false)
+#endif
+		return (V_tcp_msl_local);
+	else
+		return (V_tcp_msl);
+}
+
 /*
  * Move a TCP connection into TIME_WAIT state.
  *    inp is locked, and is unlocked before returning.
@@ -140,7 +162,7 @@
 		return;
 	}
 
-	tcp_timer_activate(tp, TT_2MSL, 2 * V_tcp_msl);
+	tcp_timer_activate(tp, TT_2MSL, 2 * tcp_msl(tp));
 	INP_WUNLOCK(inp);
 }
 
@@ -283,7 +305,7 @@
 	if (thflags & TH_FIN) {
 		seq = th->th_seq + tlen + (thflags & TH_SYN ? 1 : 0);
 		if (seq + 1 == tp->rcv_nxt)
-			tcp_timer_activate(tp, TT_2MSL, 2 * V_tcp_msl);
+			tcp_timer_activate(tp, TT_2MSL, 2 * tcp_msl(tp));
 	}
 
 	/*