diff --git a/src/libug.cpp b/src/libug.cpp
index f1d1729fc..d333a3798 100644
--- a/src/libug.cpp
+++ b/src/libug.cpp
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ struct ug_sender *ug_sender_init(const struct ug_sender_parameters *init_params)
                 LOG(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR) << "Receiver must be set!\n";
                 return nullptr;
         }
-        int connections = max<int>(init_params->connections, 1);
-        if (connections > 1) {
+        int connections = max<int>(init_params->connections, 0);
+        if (connections >= 1) {
                 commandline_params["rtp-multithreaded"] = to_string(connections);
         }
 
@@ -252,10 +252,16 @@ struct ug_receiver *ug_receiver_start(struct ug_receiver_parameters *init_params
         char display[128] = "vrg";
         const char *display_cfg = "";
 
-        init_params->connections = max<int>(init_params->connections, 1);
-        if (init_params->connections > 1) {
+        init_params->connections = max<int>(init_params->connections, 0);
+        if (init_params->connections >= 1) {
                 commandline_params["rtp-multithreaded"] = to_string(init_params->connections);
         }
+        if (init_params->udp_packet_pool) {
+                if (init_params->connections == 0) {
+                        fprintf(stderr, "WARNING: UDP packet pool requires \"rtp-multithreaded\"!\n");
+                }
+                commandline_params["udp-packet-pool"] = string();
+        }
 
         if (init_params->display != nullptr) {
                 strncpy(display, init_params->display, sizeof display - 1);
diff --git a/src/libug.h b/src/libug.h
index a00134ebb..28b1bd63f 100644
--- a/src/libug.h
+++ b/src/libug.h
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ struct ug_receiver_parameters {
         int verbose;                             ///< verbosity level (optional, default 0, 1 - verbose, 2 - debug)
         int enable_strips;                       ///< enable 8x1 strips (to improve compression), default 0 (disable)
         int connections;                         ///< number of connections (default 1), must match with sender
+        int udp_packet_pool;                     ///< use UDP packet pool (default 0 - no) to increase recv performance, implies connections >= 1
 };
 LIBUG_DLL struct ug_receiver *ug_receiver_start(struct ug_receiver_parameters *init_params);
 LIBUG_DLL void ug_receiver_done(struct ug_receiver *state);