diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a565e9a4f5..b35b1d124b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -393,6 +393,9 @@ Options:
 
           [default: 3]
 
+      --min-tls <MIN_TLS>
+          Minimum accepted TLS Version
+
       --max-concurrency <MAX_CONCURRENCY>
           Maximum number of concurrent network requests
 
diff --git a/lychee-bin/src/client.rs b/lychee-bin/src/client.rs
index 7c9e81270b..7cedc91f9f 100644
--- a/lychee-bin/src/client.rs
+++ b/lychee-bin/src/client.rs
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ pub(crate) fn create(cfg: &Config, cookie_jar: Option<&Arc<CookieStoreMutex>>) -
         .accepted(accepted)
         .require_https(cfg.require_https)
         .cookie_jar(cookie_jar.cloned())
+        .min_tls_version(cfg.min_tls.clone().map(Into::into))
         .include_fragments(cfg.include_fragments)
         .fallback_extensions(cfg.fallback_extensions.clone())
         .build()
diff --git a/lychee-bin/src/options.rs b/lychee-bin/src/options.rs
index 8eb038b360..4d343ee9d2 100644
--- a/lychee-bin/src/options.rs
+++ b/lychee-bin/src/options.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use lychee_lib::{
     StatusCodeSelector, DEFAULT_MAX_REDIRECTS, DEFAULT_MAX_RETRIES, DEFAULT_RETRY_WAIT_TIME_SECS,
     DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_SECS, DEFAULT_USER_AGENT,
 };
+use reqwest::tls;
 use secrecy::{ExposeSecret, SecretString};
 use serde::Deserialize;
 use std::path::Path;
@@ -46,6 +47,34 @@ const HELP_MSG_CONFIG_FILE: &str = formatcp!(
 const TIMEOUT_STR: &str = concatcp!(DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_SECS);
 const RETRY_WAIT_TIME_STR: &str = concatcp!(DEFAULT_RETRY_WAIT_TIME_SECS);
 
+#[derive(Debug, Display, Deserialize, Default, Clone, EnumString)]
+#[non_exhaustive]
+pub(crate) enum TlsVersion {
+    #[serde(rename = "TLSv1_0")]
+    #[strum(serialize = "TLSv1_0")]
+    V1_0,
+    #[serde(rename = "TLSv1_1")]
+    #[strum(serialize = "TLSv1_1")]
+    V1_1,
+    #[serde(rename = "TLSv1_2")]
+    #[strum(serialize = "TLSv1_2")]
+    #[default]
+    V1_2,
+    #[serde(rename = "TLSv1_3")]
+    #[strum(serialize = "TLSv1_3")]
+    V1_3,
+}
+impl From<TlsVersion> for tls::Version {
+    fn from(ver: TlsVersion) -> Self {
+        match ver {
+            TlsVersion::V1_0 => tls::Version::TLS_1_0,
+            TlsVersion::V1_1 => tls::Version::TLS_1_1,
+            TlsVersion::V1_2 => tls::Version::TLS_1_2,
+            TlsVersion::V1_3 => tls::Version::TLS_1_3,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// The format to use for the final status report
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Default, Clone, Display, EnumIter, VariantNames, PartialEq)]
 #[non_exhaustive]
@@ -319,6 +348,11 @@ and 501."
     #[serde(default = "max_retries")]
     pub(crate) max_retries: u64,
 
+    /// Minimum accepted TLS Version
+    #[arg(long)]
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub(crate) min_tls: Option<TlsVersion>,
+
     /// Maximum number of concurrent network requests
     #[arg(long, default_value = &MAX_CONCURRENCY_STR)]
     #[serde(default = "max_concurrency")]
diff --git a/lychee-lib/src/client.rs b/lychee-lib/src/client.rs
index 7fe8f08ca0..cd30cbb6dc 100644
--- a/lychee-lib/src/client.rs
+++ b/lychee-lib/src/client.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ use http::{
 use log::{debug, warn};
 use octocrab::Octocrab;
 use regex::RegexSet;
-use reqwest::{header, redirect};
+use reqwest::{header, redirect, tls};
 use reqwest_cookie_store::CookieStoreMutex;
 use secrecy::{ExposeSecret, SecretString};
 use typed_builder::TypedBuilder;
@@ -192,6 +192,9 @@ pub struct ClientBuilder {
     #[builder(default = DEFAULT_MAX_RETRIES)]
     max_retries: u64,
 
+    /// Minimum accepted TLS version.
+    min_tls_version: Option<tls::Version>,
+
     /// User-agent used for checking links.
     ///
     /// Defaults to [`DEFAULT_USER_AGENT`].
@@ -352,6 +355,10 @@ impl ClientBuilder {
             builder = builder.cookie_provider(cookie_jar);
         }
 
+        if let Some(min_tls) = self.min_tls_version {
+            builder = builder.min_tls_version(min_tls);
+        }
+
         let reqwest_client = match self.timeout {
             Some(t) => builder.timeout(t),
             None => builder,