x25->facilities.winsize_out = X25_DEFAULT_WINDOW_SIZE;
        x25->facilities.pacsize_in  = X25_DEFAULT_PACKET_SIZE;
        x25->facilities.pacsize_out = X25_DEFAULT_PACKET_SIZE;
-       x25->facilities.throughput  = X25_DEFAULT_THROUGHPUT;
+       x25->facilities.throughput  = 0;        /* by default don't negotiate
+                                                  throughput */
        x25->facilities.reverse     = X25_DEFAULT_REVERSE;
        x25->dte_facilities.calling_len = 0;
        x25->dte_facilities.called_len = 0;
                        if (facilities.winsize_in < 1 ||
                            facilities.winsize_in > 127)
                                break;
-                       if (facilities.throughput < 0x03 ||
-                           facilities.throughput > 0xDD)
-                               break;
+                       if (facilities.throughput) {
+                               int out = facilities.throughput & 0xf0;
+                               int in  = facilities.throughput & 0x0f;
+                               if (!out)
+                                       facilities.throughput |=
+                                               X25_DEFAULT_THROUGHPUT << 4;
+                               else if (out < 0x30 || out > 0xD0)
+                                       break;
+                               if (!in)
+                                       facilities.throughput |=
+                                               X25_DEFAULT_THROUGHPUT;
+                               else if (in < 0x03 || in > 0x0D)
+                                       break;
+                       }
                        if (facilities.reverse &&
                                (facilities.reverse & 0x81) != 0x81)
                                break;
 
        new->reverse = theirs.reverse;
 
        if (theirs.throughput) {
-               if (theirs.throughput < ours->throughput) {
-                       SOCK_DEBUG(sk, "X.25: throughput negotiated down\n");
-                       new->throughput = theirs.throughput;
+               int theirs_in =  theirs.throughput & 0x0f;
+               int theirs_out = theirs.throughput & 0xf0;
+               int ours_in  = ours->throughput & 0x0f;
+               int ours_out = ours->throughput & 0xf0;
+               if (!ours_in || theirs_in < ours_in) {
+                       SOCK_DEBUG(sk, "X.25: inbound throughput negotiated\n");
+                       new->throughput = (new->throughput & 0xf0) | theirs_in;
+               }
+               if (!ours_out || theirs_out < ours_out) {
+                       SOCK_DEBUG(sk,
+                               "X.25: outbound throughput negotiated\n");
+                       new->throughput = (new->throughput & 0x0f) | theirs_out;
                }
        }