diff --git a/include/amiconf.h b/include/amiconf.h
index 593f3e470..51342e44f 100644
--- a/include/amiconf.h
+++ b/include/amiconf.h
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ extern void ami_wininit_data(int);
 #define HACKFONT  /* Use special hack.font */
 #define MAIL      /* Get mail at unexpected occasions */
 #define AMIFLUSH /* toss typeahead (select flush in .cnf) */
+#define SFSTRUCT_BUFFERING /* buffered stdio writes for structlevel files */
 
 /* new window system options */
 /* WRONG - AMIGA_INTUITION should go away */
diff --git a/outdated/include/tosconf.h b/outdated/include/tosconf.h
index 1ea893f4d..90ffb4fcb 100644
--- a/outdated/include/tosconf.h
+++ b/outdated/include/tosconf.h
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #ifdef MINT
 #define SUSPEND /* allow suspending the game	*/
 #endif
+#define SFSTRUCT_BUFFERING /* buffered stdio writes for structlevel files */
 
 #ifndef TERMLIB
 #define ANSI_DEFAULT /* use vt52 by default		*/
diff --git a/src/sfstruct.c b/src/sfstruct.c
index 00888d8d8..4eb9a8ed2 100644
--- a/src/sfstruct.c
+++ b/src/sfstruct.c
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ static long floc = 0L;
 
 staticfn int getidx(int, int);
 
-#if defined(UNIX) || defined(WIN32)
+#if defined(UNIX) || defined(WIN32) || defined(SFSTRUCT_BUFFERING)
 #define USE_BUFFERING
 #endif
 
@@ -329,6 +329,9 @@ struct restore_info restoreinfo = {
 };
 
 #define MAXFD 5
+#ifdef SFSTRUCT_BUFFERING
+#define BWBUFSZ 16384
+#endif
 enum {NOFLG = 0, NOSLOT = 1};
 static int bw_sticky[MAXFD] = {-1,-1,-1,-1,-1};
 static int bw_buffered[MAXFD] = {0,0,0,0,0};
@@ -431,6 +434,10 @@ bufon(int fd)
         if (!bw_FILE[idx]) {
             if ((bw_FILE[idx] = fdopen(fd, "w")) == 0)
                 panic("buffering of file %d failed", fd);
+#ifdef SFSTRUCT_BUFFERING
+            (void) setvbuf(bw_FILE[idx], (char *) 0, _IOFBF,
+                           (size_t) BWBUFSZ);
+#endif
         }
         bw_buffered[idx] = (bw_FILE[idx] != 0);
 #else