diff --git a/example/src/main/java/io/netty/example/sctp/NioSctpEchoClient.java b/example/src/main/java/io/netty/example/sctp/NioSctpEchoClient.java
index c94005953f..80bf904c39 100644
--- a/example/src/main/java/io/netty/example/sctp/NioSctpEchoClient.java
+++ b/example/src/main/java/io/netty/example/sctp/NioSctpEchoClient.java
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ package io.netty.example.sctp;
 import io.netty.bootstrap.Bootstrap;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelFuture;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelInitializer;
-import io.netty.channel.ChannelOption;
 import io.netty.channel.sctp.SctpChannel;
+import io.netty.channel.sctp.SctpChannelOption;
 import io.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioEventLoopGroup;
 import io.netty.channel.sctp.nio.NioSctpChannel;
 import io.netty.handler.logging.LogLevel;
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public class NioSctpEchoClient {
         try {
             b.group(new NioEventLoopGroup())
              .channel(NioSctpChannel.class)
-             .option(ChannelOption.SCTP_NODELAY, true)
+             .option(SctpChannelOption.SCTP_NODELAY, true)
              .remoteAddress(new InetSocketAddress(host, port))
              .handler(new ChannelInitializer<SctpChannel>() {
                  @Override
diff --git a/example/src/main/java/io/netty/example/sctp/NioSctpEchoServer.java b/example/src/main/java/io/netty/example/sctp/NioSctpEchoServer.java
index 93a68076af..0218d0264d 100644
--- a/example/src/main/java/io/netty/example/sctp/NioSctpEchoServer.java
+++ b/example/src/main/java/io/netty/example/sctp/NioSctpEchoServer.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import io.netty.channel.ChannelFuture;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelInitializer;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelOption;
 import io.netty.channel.sctp.SctpChannel;
+import io.netty.channel.sctp.SctpChannelOption;
 import io.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioEventLoopGroup;
 import io.netty.channel.sctp.nio.NioSctpServerChannel;
 import io.netty.handler.logging.LogLevel;
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ public class NioSctpEchoServer {
              .channel(NioSctpServerChannel.class)
              .option(ChannelOption.SO_BACKLOG, 100)
              .localAddress(new InetSocketAddress(port))
-             .childOption(ChannelOption.SCTP_NODELAY, true)
+             .childOption(SctpChannelOption.SCTP_NODELAY, true)
              .handler(new LoggingHandler(LogLevel.INFO))
              .childHandler(new ChannelInitializer<SctpChannel>() {
                  @Override
diff --git a/example/src/main/java/io/netty/example/sctp/OioSctpEchoClient.java b/example/src/main/java/io/netty/example/sctp/OioSctpEchoClient.java
index 5c0b7f01b4..ee0281054e 100644
--- a/example/src/main/java/io/netty/example/sctp/OioSctpEchoClient.java
+++ b/example/src/main/java/io/netty/example/sctp/OioSctpEchoClient.java
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ package io.netty.example.sctp;
 import io.netty.bootstrap.Bootstrap;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelFuture;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelInitializer;
-import io.netty.channel.ChannelOption;
 import io.netty.channel.sctp.SctpChannel;
+import io.netty.channel.sctp.SctpChannelOption;
 import io.netty.channel.socket.oio.OioEventLoopGroup;
 import io.netty.channel.sctp.oio.OioSctpChannel;
 import io.netty.handler.logging.LogLevel;
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public class OioSctpEchoClient {
         try {
             b.group(new OioEventLoopGroup())
              .channel(OioSctpChannel.class)
-             .option(ChannelOption.SCTP_NODELAY, true)
+             .option(SctpChannelOption.SCTP_NODELAY, true)
              .remoteAddress(new InetSocketAddress(host, port))
              .handler(new ChannelInitializer<SctpChannel>() {
                  @Override
diff --git a/example/src/main/java/io/netty/example/sctp/OioSctpEchoServer.java b/example/src/main/java/io/netty/example/sctp/OioSctpEchoServer.java
index d52e948615..5566cd1a5b 100644
--- a/example/src/main/java/io/netty/example/sctp/OioSctpEchoServer.java
+++ b/example/src/main/java/io/netty/example/sctp/OioSctpEchoServer.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import io.netty.channel.ChannelFuture;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelInitializer;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelOption;
 import io.netty.channel.sctp.SctpChannel;
+import io.netty.channel.sctp.SctpChannelOption;
 import io.netty.channel.socket.oio.OioEventLoopGroup;
 import io.netty.channel.sctp.oio.OioSctpServerChannel;
 import io.netty.handler.logging.LogLevel;
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ public class OioSctpEchoServer {
              .channel(OioSctpServerChannel.class)
              .option(ChannelOption.SO_BACKLOG, 100)
              .localAddress(new InetSocketAddress(port))
-             .childOption(ChannelOption.SCTP_NODELAY, true)
+             .childOption(SctpChannelOption.SCTP_NODELAY, true)
              .handler(new LoggingHandler(LogLevel.INFO))
              .childHandler(new ChannelInitializer<SctpChannel>() {
                  @Override
diff --git a/transport-rxtx/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/rxtx/RxtxChannel.java b/transport-rxtx/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/rxtx/RxtxChannel.java
index ef0f1752b0..a742447fb6 100644
--- a/transport-rxtx/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/rxtx/RxtxChannel.java
+++ b/transport-rxtx/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/rxtx/RxtxChannel.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import java.net.SocketAddress;
 import java.net.SocketTimeoutException;
 import java.nio.channels.NotYetConnectedException;
 
-import static io.netty.channel.rxtx.RxtxChannelOptions.*;
+import static io.netty.channel.rxtx.RxtxChannelOption.*;
 
 /**
  * A channel to a serial device using the RXTX library.
diff --git a/transport-rxtx/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/rxtx/RxtxChannelConfig.java b/transport-rxtx/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/rxtx/RxtxChannelConfig.java
index 318cec2592..f9989eca79 100644
--- a/transport-rxtx/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/rxtx/RxtxChannelConfig.java
+++ b/transport-rxtx/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/rxtx/RxtxChannelConfig.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import io.netty.channel.DefaultChannelConfig;
 
 import java.util.Map;
 
-import static io.netty.channel.rxtx.RxtxChannelOptions.*;
+import static io.netty.channel.rxtx.RxtxChannelOption.*;
 
 /**
  * A configuration class for RXTX device connections.
diff --git a/transport-rxtx/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/rxtx/RxtxChannelOptions.java b/transport-rxtx/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/rxtx/RxtxChannelOption.java
similarity index 89%
rename from transport-rxtx/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/rxtx/RxtxChannelOptions.java
rename to transport-rxtx/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/rxtx/RxtxChannelOption.java
index 8ec66fdb13..69cde11845 100644
--- a/transport-rxtx/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/rxtx/RxtxChannelOptions.java
+++ b/transport-rxtx/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/rxtx/RxtxChannelOption.java
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ import io.netty.channel.rxtx.RxtxChannelConfig.Paritybit;
 import io.netty.channel.rxtx.RxtxChannelConfig.Stopbits;
 
 /**
- * Options for configuring a serial port connection
+ * Option for configuring a serial port connection
  */
-public final class RxtxChannelOptions {
+public final class RxtxChannelOption<T> extends ChannelOption<T> {
     public static final ChannelOption<Integer> BAUD_RATE =
             new ChannelOption<Integer>("BAUD_RATE");
 
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ public final class RxtxChannelOptions {
     public static final ChannelOption<Paritybit> PARITY_BIT =
             new ChannelOption<Paritybit>("PARITY_BIT");
 
-    private RxtxChannelOptions() {
+    public RxtxChannelOption(String name) {
+        super(name);
     }
 }
diff --git a/transport-sctp/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/sctp/DefaultSctpChannelConfig.java b/transport-sctp/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/sctp/DefaultSctpChannelConfig.java
index e96bd2ac9c..2fec0f2331 100644
--- a/transport-sctp/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/sctp/DefaultSctpChannelConfig.java
+++ b/transport-sctp/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/sctp/DefaultSctpChannelConfig.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 package io.netty.channel.sctp;
 
+
 import com.sun.nio.sctp.SctpChannel;
 import com.sun.nio.sctp.SctpStandardSocketOptions;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBufAllocator;
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ import io.netty.channel.DefaultChannelConfig;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-import static io.netty.channel.ChannelOption.*;
+import static io.netty.channel.sctp.SctpChannelOption.*;
 
 /**
  * The default {@link SctpChannelConfig} implementation for SCTP.
diff --git a/transport-sctp/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/sctp/DefaultSctpServerChannelConfig.java b/transport-sctp/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/sctp/DefaultSctpServerChannelConfig.java
index 2cb3e2c897..b9b1c6a63a 100644
--- a/transport-sctp/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/sctp/DefaultSctpServerChannelConfig.java
+++ b/transport-sctp/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/sctp/DefaultSctpServerChannelConfig.java
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public class DefaultSctpServerChannelConfig extends DefaultChannelConfig impleme
     public Map<ChannelOption<?>, Object> getOptions() {
         return getOptions(
                 super.getOptions(),
-                ChannelOption.SO_RCVBUF, ChannelOption.SO_SNDBUF, ChannelOption.SCTP_INIT_MAXSTREAMS);
+                ChannelOption.SO_RCVBUF, ChannelOption.SO_SNDBUF, SctpChannelOption.SCTP_INIT_MAXSTREAMS);
     }
 
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ public class DefaultSctpServerChannelConfig extends DefaultChannelConfig impleme
             setReceiveBufferSize((Integer) value);
         } else if (option == ChannelOption.SO_SNDBUF) {
             setSendBufferSize((Integer) value);
-        } else if (option == ChannelOption.SCTP_INIT_MAXSTREAMS) {
+        } else if (option == SCTP_INIT_MAXSTREAMS) {
             setInitMaxStreams((InitMaxStreams) value);
         } else {
             return super.setOption(option, value);
diff --git a/transport-sctp/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/sctp/SctpChannelOption.java b/transport-sctp/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/sctp/SctpChannelOption.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f9c985223b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/transport-sctp/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/sctp/SctpChannelOption.java
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013 The Netty Project
+ *
+ * The Netty Project licenses this file to you under the Apache License,
+ * version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+ * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package io.netty.channel.sctp;
+
+import io.netty.channel.ChannelOption;
+
+import java.net.SocketAddress;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * Option for configuring the SCTP transport
+ */
+public class SctpChannelOption<T> extends ChannelOption<T> {
+    public static final ChannelOption<Boolean> SCTP_DISABLE_FRAGMENTS =
+            new ChannelOption<Boolean>("SCTP_DISABLE_FRAGMENTS");
+    public static final ChannelOption<Boolean> SCTP_EXPLICIT_COMPLETE =
+            new ChannelOption<Boolean>("SCTP_EXPLICIT_COMPLETE");
+    public static final ChannelOption<Integer> SCTP_FRAGMENT_INTERLEAVE =
+            new ChannelOption<Integer>("SCTP_FRAGMENT_INTERLEAVE");
+    public static final ChannelOption<List<Integer>> SCTP_INIT_MAXSTREAMS =
+            new ChannelOption<List<Integer>>("SCTP_INIT_MAXSTREAMS") {
+                @Override
+                public void validate(List<Integer> value) {
+                    super.validate(value);
+                    if (value.size() != 2) {
+                        throw new IllegalArgumentException("value must be a List of 2 Integers: " + value);
+                    }
+                    if (value.get(0) == null) {
+                        throw new NullPointerException("value[0]");
+                    }
+                    if (value.get(1) == null) {
+                        throw new NullPointerException("value[1]");
+                    }
+                }
+            };
+
+    public static final ChannelOption<Boolean> SCTP_NODELAY =
+            new ChannelOption<Boolean>("SCTP_NODELAY");
+    public static final ChannelOption<SocketAddress> SCTP_PRIMARY_ADDR =
+            new ChannelOption<SocketAddress>("SCTP_PRIMARY_ADDR");
+    public static final ChannelOption<SocketAddress> SCTP_SET_PEER_PRIMARY_ADDR =
+            new ChannelOption<SocketAddress>("SCTP_SET_PEER_PRIMARY_ADDR");
+
+    public SctpChannelOption(String name) {
+        super(name);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/transport-udt/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/udt/DefaultUdtChannelConfig.java b/transport-udt/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/udt/DefaultUdtChannelConfig.java
index ad5f85ceb5..681a876415 100644
--- a/transport-udt/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/udt/DefaultUdtChannelConfig.java
+++ b/transport-udt/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/udt/DefaultUdtChannelConfig.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import io.netty.channel.DefaultChannelConfig;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-import static io.netty.channel.ChannelOption.*;
+import static io.netty.channel.udt.UdtChannelOption.*;
 
 /**
  * The default {@link UdtChannelConfig} implementation.
diff --git a/transport-udt/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/udt/UdtChannelConfig.java b/transport-udt/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/udt/UdtChannelConfig.java
index 2e2b4e76b4..8b28bd60e2 100644
--- a/transport-udt/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/udt/UdtChannelConfig.java
+++ b/transport-udt/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/udt/UdtChannelConfig.java
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ import com.barchart.udt.nio.KindUDT;
  * </tr>
  * <tr>
  * <td>{@code "protocolReceiveBuferSize"}</td>
- * <td>{@link #setProtocolBufferSize(int)}</td>
+ * <td>{@link #setProtocolReceiveBufferSize(int)}</td>
  * <tr>
  * <tr>
  * <td>{@code "systemReceiveBufferSize"}</td>
- * <td>{@link #setSystemBufferSize(int)}</td>
+ * <td>{@link #setProtocolReceiveBufferSize(int)}</td>
  * <tr>
  * </table>
  * <p>
@@ -68,30 +68,6 @@ import com.barchart.udt.nio.KindUDT;
  */
 public interface UdtChannelConfig extends ChannelConfig {
 
-    /**
-     * See {@link OptionUDT#Protocol_Receive_Buffer_Size}.
-     */
-    ChannelOption<Integer> PROTOCOL_RECEIVE_BUFFER_SIZE = new ChannelOption<Integer>(
-            "PROTOCOL_RECEIVE_BUFFER_SIZE");
-
-    /**
-     * See {@link OptionUDT#Protocol_Send_Buffer_Size}.
-     */
-    ChannelOption<Integer> PROTOCOL_SEND_BUFFER_SIZE = new ChannelOption<Integer>(
-            "PROTOCOL_SEND_BUFFER_SIZE");
-
-    /**
-     * See {@link OptionUDT#System_Receive_Buffer_Size}.
-     */
-    ChannelOption<Integer> SYSTEM_RECEIVE_BUFFER_SIZE = new ChannelOption<Integer>(
-            "SYSTEM_RECEIVE_BUFFER_SIZE");
-
-    /**
-     * See {@link OptionUDT#System_Send_Buffer_Size}.
-     */
-    ChannelOption<Integer> SYSTEM_SEND_BUFFER_SIZE = new ChannelOption<Integer>(
-            "SYSTEM_SEND_BUFFER_SIZE");
-
     /**
      * Gets {@link KindUDT#ACCEPTOR} channel backlog.
      */
diff --git a/transport-udt/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/udt/UdtChannelOption.java b/transport-udt/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/udt/UdtChannelOption.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3a4bdf291c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/transport-udt/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/udt/UdtChannelOption.java
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013 The Netty Project
+ *
+ * The Netty Project licenses this file to you under the Apache License,
+ * version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+ * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package io.netty.channel.udt;
+
+import com.barchart.udt.OptionUDT;
+import io.netty.channel.ChannelOption;
+
+/**
+ * Options for the UDT transport
+ */
+public class UdtChannelOption<T> extends ChannelOption<T> {
+
+    /**
+     * See {@link OptionUDT#Protocol_Receive_Buffer_Size}.
+     */
+    public static final ChannelOption<Integer> PROTOCOL_RECEIVE_BUFFER_SIZE = new ChannelOption<Integer>(
+            "PROTOCOL_RECEIVE_BUFFER_SIZE");
+
+    /**
+     * See {@link OptionUDT#Protocol_Send_Buffer_Size}.
+     */
+    public static final ChannelOption<Integer> PROTOCOL_SEND_BUFFER_SIZE = new ChannelOption<Integer>(
+            "PROTOCOL_SEND_BUFFER_SIZE");
+
+    /**
+     * See {@link OptionUDT#System_Receive_Buffer_Size}.
+     */
+    public static final ChannelOption<Integer> SYSTEM_RECEIVE_BUFFER_SIZE = new ChannelOption<Integer>(
+            "SYSTEM_RECEIVE_BUFFER_SIZE");
+
+    /**
+     * See {@link OptionUDT#System_Send_Buffer_Size}.
+     */
+    public static final ChannelOption<Integer> SYSTEM_SEND_BUFFER_SIZE = new ChannelOption<Integer>(
+            "SYSTEM_SEND_BUFFER_SIZE");
+
+    public UdtChannelOption(String name) {
+        super(name);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/ChannelOption.java b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/ChannelOption.java
index 8ac4adb79f..369f07df2a 100644
--- a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/ChannelOption.java
+++ b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/ChannelOption.java
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ import io.netty.util.UniqueName;
 
 import java.net.InetAddress;
 import java.net.NetworkInterface;
-import java.net.SocketAddress;
-import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
 
@@ -79,35 +77,6 @@ public class ChannelOption<T> extends UniqueName {
     public static final ChannelOption<Boolean> TCP_NODELAY =
             new ChannelOption<Boolean>("TCP_NODELAY");
 
-    public static final ChannelOption<Boolean> SCTP_DISABLE_FRAGMENTS =
-            new ChannelOption<Boolean>("SCTP_DISABLE_FRAGMENTS");
-    public static final ChannelOption<Boolean> SCTP_EXPLICIT_COMPLETE =
-            new ChannelOption<Boolean>("SCTP_EXPLICIT_COMPLETE");
-    public static final ChannelOption<Integer> SCTP_FRAGMENT_INTERLEAVE =
-            new ChannelOption<Integer>("SCTP_FRAGMENT_INTERLEAVE");
-    public static final ChannelOption<List<Integer>> SCTP_INIT_MAXSTREAMS =
-            new ChannelOption<List<Integer>>("SCTP_INIT_MAXSTREAMS") {
-        @Override
-        public void validate(List<Integer> value) {
-            super.validate(value);
-            if (value.size() != 2) {
-                throw new IllegalArgumentException("value must be a List of 2 Integers: " + value);
-            }
-            if (value.get(0) == null) {
-                throw new NullPointerException("value[0]");
-            }
-            if (value.get(1) == null) {
-                throw new NullPointerException("value[1]");
-            }
-        }
-    };
-    public static final ChannelOption<Boolean> SCTP_NODELAY =
-            new ChannelOption<Boolean>("SCTP_NODELAY");
-    public static final ChannelOption<SocketAddress> SCTP_PRIMARY_ADDR =
-            new ChannelOption<SocketAddress>("SCTP_PRIMARY_ADDR");
-    public static final ChannelOption<SocketAddress> SCTP_SET_PEER_PRIMARY_ADDR =
-            new ChannelOption<SocketAddress>("SCTP_SET_PEER_PRIMARY_ADDR");
-
     public static final ChannelOption<Long> AIO_READ_TIMEOUT =
             new ChannelOption<Long>("AIO_READ_TIMEOUT");
     public static final ChannelOption<Long> AIO_WRITE_TIMEOUT =