diff --git a/src/shrpx.cc b/src/shrpx.cc
index 19516c81..ec7d3947 100644
--- a/src/shrpx.cc
+++ b/src/shrpx.cc
@@ -329,6 +329,10 @@ const char *DEFAULT_NPN_LIST = NGHTTP2_PROTO_VERSION_ID ","
   "http/1.1";
 } // namespace
 
+namespace {
+const char *DEFAULT_TLS_PROTO_LIST = "TLSv1.2,TLSv1.1,TLSv1.0";
+} // namespace
+
 namespace {
 void fill_default_config()
 {
@@ -622,6 +626,17 @@ void print_help(std::ostream& out)
       << "                       Path to file that contains client\n"
       << "                       certificate used in backend client\n"
       << "                       authentication.\n"
+      << "    --tls-proto-list=<LIST>\n"
+      << "                       Comma delimited list of SSL/TLS protocol to\n"
+      << "                       be enabled.\n"
+      << "                       The following protocols are available:\n"
+      << "                       TLSv1.2, TLSv1.1, TLSv1.0, SSLv3\n"
+      << "                       The name matching is done in case-insensitive\n"
+      << "                       manner.\n"
+      << "                       The parameter must be delimited by a single\n"
+      << "                       comma only and any white spaces are treated\n"
+      << "                       as a part of protocol string.\n"
+      << "                       Default: " << DEFAULT_TLS_PROTO_LIST << "\n"
       << "\n"
       << "  HTTP/2.0 and SPDY:\n"
       << "    -c, --http2-max-concurrent-streams=<NUM>\n"
@@ -798,6 +813,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
       {"http2-no-cookie-crumbling", no_argument, &flag, 45},
       {"frontend-http2-connection-window-bits", required_argument, &flag, 46},
       {"backend-http2-connection-window-bits", required_argument, &flag, 47},
+      {"tls-proto-list", required_argument, &flag, 48},
       {nullptr, 0, nullptr, 0 }
     };
 
@@ -1049,6 +1065,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
                           (SHRPX_OPT_BACKEND_HTTP2_CONNECTION_WINDOW_BITS,
                            optarg));
         break;
+      case 48:
+        // --tls-proto-list
+        cmdcfgs.push_back(std::make_pair(SHRPX_OPT_TLS_PROTO_LIST, optarg));
+        break;
       default:
         break;
       }
@@ -1091,6 +1111,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     mod_config()->npn_list = parse_config_str_list(&mod_config()->npn_list_len,
                                                    DEFAULT_NPN_LIST);
   }
+  if(!get_config()->tls_proto_list) {
+    mod_config()->tls_proto_list = parse_config_str_list
+      (&mod_config()->tls_proto_list_len, DEFAULT_TLS_PROTO_LIST);
+  }
 
   if(!get_config()->subcerts.empty()) {
     mod_config()->cert_tree = ssl::cert_lookup_tree_new();
diff --git a/src/shrpx_config.cc b/src/shrpx_config.cc
index b60e02ac..9312d6e2 100644
--- a/src/shrpx_config.cc
+++ b/src/shrpx_config.cc
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ const char SHRPX_OPT_READ_BURST[] = "read-burst";
 const char SHRPX_OPT_WRITE_RATE[] = "write-rate";
 const char SHRPX_OPT_WRITE_BURST[] = "write-burst";
 const char SHRPX_OPT_NPN_LIST[] = "npn-list";
+const char SHRPX_OPT_TLS_PROTO_LIST[] = "tls-proto-list";
 const char SHRPX_OPT_VERIFY_CLIENT[] = "verify-client";
 const char SHRPX_OPT_VERIFY_CLIENT_CACERT[] = "verify-client-cacert";
 const char SHRPX_OPT_CLIENT_PRIVATE_KEY_FILE[] = "client-private-key-file";
@@ -453,6 +454,10 @@ int parse_config(const char *opt, const char *optarg)
     delete [] mod_config()->npn_list;
     mod_config()->npn_list = parse_config_str_list(&mod_config()->npn_list_len,
                                                    optarg);
+  } else if(util::strieq(opt, SHRPX_OPT_TLS_PROTO_LIST)) {
+    delete [] mod_config()->tls_proto_list;
+    mod_config()->tls_proto_list = parse_config_str_list
+      (&mod_config()->tls_proto_list_len, optarg);
   } else if(util::strieq(opt, SHRPX_OPT_VERIFY_CLIENT)) {
     mod_config()->verify_client = util::strieq(optarg, "yes");
   } else if(util::strieq(opt, SHRPX_OPT_VERIFY_CLIENT_CACERT)) {
diff --git a/src/shrpx_config.h b/src/shrpx_config.h
index 6534a0db..b801e7bb 100644
--- a/src/shrpx_config.h
+++ b/src/shrpx_config.h
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ extern const char SHRPX_OPT_READ_BURST[];
 extern const char SHRPX_OPT_WRITE_RATE[];
 extern const char SHRPX_OPT_WRITE_BURST[];
 extern const char SHRPX_OPT_NPN_LIST[];
+extern const char SHRPX_OPT_TLS_PROTO_LIST[];
 extern const char SHRPX_OPT_VERIFY_CLIENT[];
 extern const char SHRPX_OPT_VERIFY_CLIENT_CACERT[];
 extern const char SHRPX_OPT_CLIENT_PRIVATE_KEY_FILE[];
@@ -151,6 +152,9 @@ struct Config {
   // preference. The each element of this list is a NULL-terminated
   // string.
   char **npn_list;
+  // list of supported SSL/TLS protocol strings. The each element of
+  // this list is a NULL-terminated string.
+  char **tls_proto_list;
   // Path to file containing CA certificate solely used for client
   // certificate validation
   char *verify_client_cacert;
@@ -173,6 +177,8 @@ struct Config {
   size_t write_burst;
   // The number of elements in npn_list
   size_t npn_list_len;
+  // The number of elements in tls_proto_list
+  size_t tls_proto_list_len;
   // downstream protocol; this will be determined by given options.
   shrpx_proto downstream_proto;
   int syslog_facility;
diff --git a/src/shrpx_ssl.cc b/src/shrpx_ssl.cc
index 14f5860d..f71b4799 100644
--- a/src/shrpx_ssl.cc
+++ b/src/shrpx_ssl.cc
@@ -149,6 +149,29 @@ int alpn_select_proto_cb(SSL* ssl,
 } // namespace
 #endif // OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x10002000L
 
+namespace {
+const char *names[] = { "TLSv1.2", "TLSv1.1", "TLSv1.0", "SSLv3" };
+const size_t namelen = sizeof(names)/sizeof(names[0]);
+const long int masks[] = { SSL_OP_NO_TLSv1_2, SSL_OP_NO_TLSv1_1,
+                           SSL_OP_NO_TLSv1, SSL_OP_NO_SSLv3 };
+long int create_tls_proto_mask(char **tls_proto_list, size_t len)
+{
+  long int res = 0;
+  for(size_t i = 0; i < namelen; ++i) {
+    size_t j;
+    for(j = 0; j < len; ++j) {
+      if(strcasecmp(names[i], tls_proto_list[j]) == 0) {
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+    if(j == len) {
+      res |= masks[i];
+    }
+  }
+  return res;
+}
+} // namespace
+
 SSL_CTX* create_ssl_context(const char *private_key_file,
                             const char *cert_file)
 {
@@ -158,11 +181,14 @@ SSL_CTX* create_ssl_context(const char *private_key_file,
     LOG(FATAL) << ERR_error_string(ERR_get_error(), nullptr);
     DIE();
   }
+
   SSL_CTX_set_options(ssl_ctx,
                       SSL_OP_ALL | SSL_OP_NO_SSLv2 | SSL_OP_NO_COMPRESSION |
                       SSL_OP_NO_SESSION_RESUMPTION_ON_RENEGOTIATION |
                       SSL_OP_SINGLE_ECDH_USE | SSL_OP_SINGLE_DH_USE |
-                      SSL_OP_NO_TICKET);
+                      SSL_OP_NO_TICKET |
+                      create_tls_proto_mask(get_config()->tls_proto_list,
+                                            get_config()->tls_proto_list_len));
 
   const unsigned char sid_ctx[] = "shrpx";
   SSL_CTX_set_session_id_context(ssl_ctx, sid_ctx, sizeof(sid_ctx)-1);
@@ -295,7 +321,9 @@ SSL_CTX* create_ssl_client_context()
   }
   SSL_CTX_set_options(ssl_ctx,
                       SSL_OP_ALL | SSL_OP_NO_SSLv2 | SSL_OP_NO_COMPRESSION |
-                      SSL_OP_NO_SESSION_RESUMPTION_ON_RENEGOTIATION);
+                      SSL_OP_NO_SESSION_RESUMPTION_ON_RENEGOTIATION |
+                      create_tls_proto_mask(get_config()->tls_proto_list,
+                                            get_config()->tls_proto_list_len));
 
   if(get_config()->ciphers) {
     if(SSL_CTX_set_cipher_list(ssl_ctx, get_config()->ciphers) == 0) {