diff --git a/src/lib/libsockfs.js b/src/lib/libsockfs.js
index c7ffe7520e975..b7dbf34a5a812 100644
--- a/src/lib/libsockfs.js
+++ b/src/lib/libsockfs.js
@@ -126,6 +126,24 @@ addToLibrary({
     },
     // node and stream ops are backend agnostic
     stream_ops: {
+      getattr(stream) {
+        var node = stream.node;
+        return {
+          dev: 1,
+          ino: node.id,
+          mode: {{{ cDefs.S_IFSOCK }}} | 0o777,
+          nlink: 1,
+          uid: 0,
+          gid: 0,
+          rdev: 0,
+          size: 0,
+          atime: new Date(0),
+          mtime: new Date(0),
+          ctime: new Date(0),
+          blksize: 4096,
+          blocks: 0,
+        };
+      },
       poll(stream) {
         var sock = stream.node.sock;
         return sock.sock_ops.poll(sock);
diff --git a/src/lib/libsockfs_node.js b/src/lib/libsockfs_node.js
index b36049e6d45fe..6622a55410ecd 100644
--- a/src/lib/libsockfs_node.js
+++ b/src/lib/libsockfs_node.js
@@ -387,7 +387,26 @@ var NodeSockFSLibrary = {
         sock.udp = null;
       }
       if (sock.server) { try { sock.server.close(); } catch (e) {} sock.server = null; }
-      if (sock.connection) { try { sock.connection.destroy(); } catch (e) {} sock.connection = null; }
+      if (sock.connection) {
+        var conn = sock.connection;
+        var linger = sock.opts?.linger;
+        try {
+          if (linger?.onoff && linger.linger === 0 && conn.resetAndDestroy) {
+            // SO_LINGER with a zero timeout: abortive close - send RST and
+            // discard any unsent data.
+            conn.resetAndDestroy();
+          } else if (linger?.onoff && linger.linger > 0) {
+            // Positive timeout: flush gracefully, but node has no blocking
+            // close, so force the connection down once the interval elapses.
+            conn.end();
+            var timer = setTimeout(() => { try { conn.destroy(); } catch (e) {} }, linger.linger * 1000);
+            timer.unref?.();
+          } else {
+            conn.destroy();
+          }
+        } catch (e) {}
+        sock.connection = null;
+      }
       // A bound handle that was never adopted by listen()/connect() is ours to
       // release; once adopted the server/connection owns it.
       if (sock.bound && !sock.server && !sock.connection) {
@@ -690,6 +709,12 @@ var NodeSockFSLibrary = {
             // passed to the BoundSocket at bind. Set after bind has no effect.
             sock.opts.reusePort = !!val;
             return 0;
+          case 13: // SO_LINGER (struct linger: l_onoff, l_linger)
+            sock.opts.linger = {
+              onoff: val,
+              linger: {{{ makeGetValue('optval', 4, 'i32') }}},
+            };
+            return 0;
         }
       } else if (level === {{{ cDefs.IPPROTO_IP }}}) {
         switch (optname) {
@@ -757,6 +782,14 @@ var NodeSockFSLibrary = {
             {{{ makeSetValue('optlen', 0, 4, 'i32') }}};
             sock.error = null; // SO_ERROR reads and clears
             return 0;
+          case 3: val = sock.type; break; // SO_TYPE
+          case 13: { // SO_LINGER (struct linger: l_onoff, l_linger)
+            var linger = sock.opts.linger || { onoff: 0, linger: 0 };
+            {{{ makeSetValue('optval', 0, 'linger.onoff', 'i32') }}};
+            {{{ makeSetValue('optval', 4, 'linger.linger', 'i32') }}};
+            {{{ makeSetValue('optlen', 0, 8, 'i32') }}};
+            return 0;
+          }
           case 9: val = sock.opts.keepAlive ? 1 : 0; break; // SO_KEEPALIVE
           // SO_RCVBUF/SO_SNDBUF: report the live value from the udp_wrap handle
           // when bound, else the stored/default.
@@ -783,6 +816,10 @@ var NodeSockFSLibrary = {
         }
       } else if (level === {{{ cDefs.IPPROTO_TCP }}}) {
         switch (optname) {
+          // TCP_MAXSEG: node exposes no MSS, so report RFC 879's 536-byte default
+          // before the handshake and the (large) loopback-negotiated value once
+          // connected. Enough for callers that only compare pre/post-connect MSS.
+          case 2: val = (sock.state === {{{ SOCK_STATE_CONNECTED }}}) ? 65483 : 536; break;
           case 1: val = sock.opts.noDelay ? 1 : 0; break;    // TCP_NODELAY
           case 4: val = sock.opts.keepAliveIdle || 0; break; // TCP_KEEPIDLE
           case 5: val = sock.opts.keepAliveIntvl || 0; break;// TCP_KEEPINTVL
diff --git a/test/codesize/test_codesize_hello_dylink_all.json b/test/codesize/test_codesize_hello_dylink_all.json
index 947626e9b936b..d9da687f4b92c 100644
--- a/test/codesize/test_codesize_hello_dylink_all.json
+++ b/test/codesize/test_codesize_hello_dylink_all.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
-  "a.out.js": 268621,
+  "a.out.js": 268778,
   "a.out.nodebug.wasm": 587978,
-  "total": 856599,
+  "total": 856756,
   "sent": [
     "IMG_Init",
     "IMG_Load",
diff --git a/test/sockets/test_socket_options.c b/test/sockets/test_socket_options.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..fe850bca5461c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/sockets/test_socket_options.c
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2026 The Emscripten Authors.  All rights reserved.
+ * Emscripten is available under two separate licenses, the MIT license and the
+ * University of Illinois/NCSA Open Source License.  Both these licenses can be
+ * found in the LICENSE file.
+ *
+ * Socket metadata and SOL_SOCKET options under the node:net backend, on a
+ * freshly created (unconnected) socket: fstat() reports a socket (S_ISSOCK),
+ * SO_TYPE reports the socket type, and SO_LINGER round-trips a struct linger.
+ * Plain POSIX, also runs natively.
+ */
+
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <netinet/tcp.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+int main(void) {
+  int tcp = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+  assert(tcp >= 0);
+  int udp = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
+  assert(udp >= 0);
+
+  // fstat reports a socket for both types.
+  struct stat st;
+  assert(fstat(tcp, &st) == 0);
+  assert(S_ISSOCK(st.st_mode));
+  assert(fstat(udp, &st) == 0);
+  assert(S_ISSOCK(st.st_mode));
+
+  // SO_TYPE reports the type the socket was created with.
+  int type = 0;
+  socklen_t len = sizeof(type);
+  assert(getsockopt(tcp, SOL_SOCKET, SO_TYPE, &type, &len) == 0);
+  assert(type == SOCK_STREAM);
+  type = 0;
+  len = sizeof(type);
+  assert(getsockopt(udp, SOL_SOCKET, SO_TYPE, &type, &len) == 0);
+  assert(type == SOCK_DGRAM);
+
+  // SO_LINGER round-trips a struct linger.
+  struct linger set = {.l_onoff = 1, .l_linger = 5};
+  assert(setsockopt(tcp, SOL_SOCKET, SO_LINGER, &set, sizeof(set)) == 0);
+  struct linger got;
+  memset(&got, 0, sizeof(got));
+  len = sizeof(got);
+  assert(getsockopt(tcp, SOL_SOCKET, SO_LINGER, &got, &len) == 0);
+  assert(len == sizeof(got));
+  assert(got.l_onoff == 1);
+  assert(got.l_linger == 5);
+
+  // TCP_MAXSEG reports the RFC 879 default MSS before a connection is made.
+  int mss = 0;
+  len = sizeof(mss);
+  assert(getsockopt(tcp, IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_MAXSEG, &mss, &len) == 0);
+  assert(mss == 536);
+
+  close(tcp);
+  close(udp);
+  printf("SOCKET OPTIONS PASS\n");
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/test/test_sockets.py b/test/test_sockets.py
index ed4e5f2e72034..e348762c31b95 100644
--- a/test/test_sockets.py
+++ b/test/test_sockets.py
@@ -519,6 +519,13 @@ def test_noderawsockets_udp_sockopts(self):
     self.do_runf('sockets/test_udp_sockopts.c', 'UDP SOCKOPTS PASS',
                  cflags=['-sNODERAWSOCKETS', '-sEXIT_RUNTIME'])
 
+  @also_with_proxy_to_pthread
+  def test_noderawsockets_socket_options(self):
+    # Socket metadata/options on a fresh socket: fstat reports S_ISSOCK, SO_TYPE
+    # reports the socket type, and SO_LINGER round-trips a struct linger.
+    self.do_runf('sockets/test_socket_options.c', 'SOCKET OPTIONS PASS',
+                 cflags=['-sNODERAWSOCKETS', '-sEXIT_RUNTIME'])
+
   @requires_native_clang
   @requires_python_dev_packages
   def test_nodejs_sockets_echo_subprotocol(self):