diff --git a/src/protocol/curl/ftp.c b/src/protocol/curl/ftp.c
index 88ce7bd4..706fee1c 100644
--- a/src/protocol/curl/ftp.c
+++ b/src/protocol/curl/ftp.c
@@ -446,6 +446,8 @@ do_ftpes(struct connection *conn)
 		curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PRIVATE, conn);
 		curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_RESUME_FROM_LARGE, offset);
 		curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS, 1L);
+		curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_MAX_RECV_SPEED_LARGE, (curl_off_t)get_opt_long("protocol.ftp.curl_max_recv_speed", NULL));
+		curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_MAX_SEND_SPEED_LARGE, (curl_off_t)get_opt_long("protocol.ftp.curl_max_send_speed", NULL));
 
 		//curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_XFERINFODATA, conn);
 		//curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_XFERINFOFUNCTION, progress_callback);
diff --git a/src/protocol/curl/http.c b/src/protocol/curl/http.c
index f73a2ab2..3d0549c3 100644
--- a/src/protocol/curl/http.c
+++ b/src/protocol/curl/http.c
@@ -199,6 +199,8 @@ do_http(struct connection *conn)
 		curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING, "");
 		curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 0L);
 		curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_RESUME_FROM_LARGE, offset);
+		curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_MAX_RECV_SPEED_LARGE, (curl_off_t)get_opt_long("protocol.http.curl_max_recv_speed", NULL));
+		curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_MAX_SEND_SPEED_LARGE, (curl_off_t)get_opt_long("protocol.http.curl_max_send_speed", NULL));
 
 		if (bundle) {
 			curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CAINFO, bundle);
diff --git a/src/protocol/ftp/ftp.c b/src/protocol/ftp/ftp.c
index 44b4cd02..379b9eea 100644
--- a/src/protocol/ftp/ftp.c
+++ b/src/protocol/ftp/ftp.c
@@ -80,6 +80,14 @@ union option_info ftp_options[] = {
 	INIT_OPT_BOOL("protocol.ftp", N_("Use libcurl"),
 		"use_curl", OPT_ZERO, 0,
 		N_("Use libcurl implementation of ftp.")),
+
+	INIT_OPT_LONG("protocol.ftp", N_("Curl max receive speed"),
+		"curl_max_recv_speed", OPT_ZERO, 0, LONG_MAX, 0,
+		N_("Max download speed in bytes/s. 0 means unlimited.")),
+
+	INIT_OPT_LONG("protocol.ftp", N_("Curl max send speed"),
+		"curl_max_send_speed", OPT_ZERO, 0, LONG_MAX, 0,
+		N_("Max upload speed in bytes/s. 0 means unlimited.")),
 #endif
 
 	INIT_OPT_BOOL("protocol.ftp", N_("Use passive mode (IPv4)"),
diff --git a/src/protocol/http/http.c b/src/protocol/http/http.c
index 8531b337..c396d66c 100644
--- a/src/protocol/http/http.c
+++ b/src/protocol/http/http.c
@@ -201,6 +201,14 @@ static union option_info http_options[] = {
 	INIT_OPT_BOOL("protocol.http", N_("Use libcurl"),
 		"use_curl", OPT_ZERO, 0,
 		N_("Use libcurl implementation of http(s).")),
+
+	INIT_OPT_LONG("protocol.http", N_("Curl max receive speed"),
+		"curl_max_recv_speed", OPT_ZERO, 0, LONG_MAX, 0,
+		N_("Max download speed in bytes/s. 0 means unlimited.")),
+
+	INIT_OPT_LONG("protocol.http", N_("Curl max send speed"),
+		"curl_max_send_speed", OPT_ZERO, 0, LONG_MAX, 0,
+		N_("Max upload speed in bytes/s. 0 means unlimited.")),
 #endif
 	/* OSNews.com is supposed to be relying on the textmode token, at least. */
 	INIT_OPT_STRING("protocol.http", N_("User-agent identification"),