diff --git a/src/protocol/curl/ftp.c b/src/protocol/curl/ftp.c
index 706fee1c..5f3d462a 100644
--- a/src/protocol/curl/ftp.c
+++ b/src/protocol/curl/ftp.c
@@ -462,10 +462,14 @@ do_ftpes(struct connection *conn)
 		/* We activate SSL and we require it for control */
 		if (conn->uri->protocol == PROTOCOL_FTPES) {
 			char *bundle = getenv("CURL_CA_BUNDLE");
+			char *ciphers = get_opt_str("protocol.ftp.curl_tls13_ciphers", NULL);
 
 			if (bundle) {
 				curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CAINFO, bundle);
 			}
+			if (ciphers && *ciphers) {
+				curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TLS13_CIPHERS, ciphers);
+			}
 			curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_USE_SSL, CURLUSESSL_CONTROL);
 		}
 ///		curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_STDERR, stream);
diff --git a/src/protocol/ftp/ftp.c b/src/protocol/ftp/ftp.c
index 379b9eea..8afe2b34 100644
--- a/src/protocol/ftp/ftp.c
+++ b/src/protocol/ftp/ftp.c
@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ union option_info ftp_options[] = {
 	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.")),
+
+	INIT_OPT_STRING("protocol.ftp", N_("Curl TLS13 ciphers"),
+		"curl_tls13_ciphers", OPT_ZERO, "",
+		N_("Colon separated list of TLS13 ciphers. See https://curl.se/docs/ssl-ciphers.html")),
 #endif
 
 	INIT_OPT_BOOL("protocol.ftp", N_("Use passive mode (IPv4)"),