diff --git a/Build/MQTTnet.nuspec b/Build/MQTTnet.nuspec
index fbcd355a..82536191 100644
--- a/Build/MQTTnet.nuspec
+++ b/Build/MQTTnet.nuspec
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     <requireLicenseAcceptance>false</requireLicenseAcceptance>
     <description>MQTTnet is a high performance .NET library for MQTT based communication. It provides a MQTT client and a MQTT server (broker).</description>
     <releaseNotes>* [Client] Fixed a deadlock when an exception is fired while connecting (thanks to @malibVB).
+ * [Server] Added ability to specify tls protocol version
     </releaseNotes>
     <copyright>Copyright Christian Kratky 2016-2018</copyright>
     <tags>MQTT Message Queue Telemetry Transport MQTTClient MQTTServer Server MQTTBroker Broker NETStandard IoT InternetOfThings Messaging Hardware Arduino Sensor Actuator M2M ESP Smart Home Cities Automation Xamarin</tags> 
diff --git a/Source/MQTTnet/Implementations/MqttTcpServerListener.cs b/Source/MQTTnet/Implementations/MqttTcpServerListener.cs
index e3522979..e72c831d 100644
--- a/Source/MQTTnet/Implementations/MqttTcpServerListener.cs
+++ b/Source/MQTTnet/Implementations/MqttTcpServerListener.cs
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Implementations
         private readonly CancellationToken _cancellationToken;
         private readonly AddressFamily _addressFamily;
         private readonly MqttServerTcpEndpointBaseOptions _options;
+        private readonly MqttServerTlsTcpEndpointOptions _tlsOptions;
         private readonly X509Certificate2 _tlsCertificate;
-
         private Socket _socket;
 
         public MqttTcpServerListener(
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Implementations
             _tlsCertificate = tlsCertificate;
             _cancellationToken = cancellationToken;
             _logger = logger.CreateChildLogger(nameof(MqttTcpServerListener));
+            
+            if (_options is MqttServerTlsTcpEndpointOptions tlsOptions)
+            {
+                _tlsOptions = tlsOptions;
+            }
         }
 
         public event EventHandler<MqttServerAdapterClientAcceptedEventArgs> ClientAccepted;
@@ -75,7 +80,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Implementations
                     if (_tlsCertificate != null)
                     {
                         sslStream = new SslStream(new NetworkStream(clientSocket), false);
-                        await sslStream.AuthenticateAsServerAsync(_tlsCertificate, false, SslProtocols.Tls12, false).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                        await sslStream.AuthenticateAsServerAsync(_tlsCertificate, false, _tlsOptions.SslProtocol, false).ConfigureAwait(false);
                     }
 
                     _logger.Verbose("Client '{0}' accepted by TCP listener '{1}, {2}'.",
diff --git a/Source/MQTTnet/Server/MqttServerOptionsBuilder.cs b/Source/MQTTnet/Server/MqttServerOptionsBuilder.cs
index f54f379f..45400620 100644
--- a/Source/MQTTnet/Server/MqttServerOptionsBuilder.cs
+++ b/Source/MQTTnet/Server/MqttServerOptionsBuilder.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.Net;
+using System.Security.Authentication;
 
 namespace MQTTnet.Server
 {
@@ -80,6 +81,12 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Server
             return this;
         }
 
+        public MqttServerOptionsBuilder WithEncryptionSslProtocol(SslProtocols value)
+        {
+            _options.TlsEndpointOptions.SslProtocol = value;
+            return this;
+        }
+
         public MqttServerOptionsBuilder WithoutEncryptedEndpoint()
         {
             _options.TlsEndpointOptions.IsEnabled = false;
diff --git a/Source/MQTTnet/Server/MqttServerTlsTcpEndpointOptions.cs b/Source/MQTTnet/Server/MqttServerTlsTcpEndpointOptions.cs
index 76d6c862..88d2f86d 100644
--- a/Source/MQTTnet/Server/MqttServerTlsTcpEndpointOptions.cs
+++ b/Source/MQTTnet/Server/MqttServerTlsTcpEndpointOptions.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-namespace MQTTnet.Server
+using System.Security.Authentication;
+
+namespace MQTTnet.Server
 {
     public class MqttServerTlsTcpEndpointOptions : MqttServerTcpEndpointBaseOptions
     {
@@ -8,5 +10,8 @@
         }
 
         public byte[] Certificate { get; set; }
+
+
+        public SslProtocols SslProtocol { get; set; } = SslProtocols.Tls12;
     }
 }