diff --git a/configuration/configuration.go b/configuration/configuration.go
index b347d63b98..690b8ae397 100644
--- a/configuration/configuration.go
+++ b/configuration/configuration.go
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@ type Configuration struct {
 			// A file may contain multiple CA certificates encoded as PEM
 			ClientCAs []string `yaml:"clientcas,omitempty"`
 
+			// Specifies the lowest TLS version allowed
+			MinimumTLS string `yaml:"minimumtls,omitempty"`
+
 			// LetsEncrypt is used to configuration setting up TLS through
 			// Let's Encrypt instead of manually specifying certificate and
 			// key. If a TLS certificate is specified, the Let's Encrypt
diff --git a/configuration/configuration_test.go b/configuration/configuration_test.go
index e5f714867e..d57fbf4fc5 100644
--- a/configuration/configuration_test.go
+++ b/configuration/configuration_test.go
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ var configStruct = Configuration{
 			Certificate string   `yaml:"certificate,omitempty"`
 			Key         string   `yaml:"key,omitempty"`
 			ClientCAs   []string `yaml:"clientcas,omitempty"`
+			MinimumTLS  string   `yaml:"minimumtls,omitempty"`
 			LetsEncrypt struct {
 				CacheFile string   `yaml:"cachefile,omitempty"`
 				Email     string   `yaml:"email,omitempty"`
@@ -105,6 +106,7 @@ var configStruct = Configuration{
 			Certificate string   `yaml:"certificate,omitempty"`
 			Key         string   `yaml:"key,omitempty"`
 			ClientCAs   []string `yaml:"clientcas,omitempty"`
+			MinimumTLS  string   `yaml:"minimumtls,omitempty"`
 			LetsEncrypt struct {
 				CacheFile string   `yaml:"cachefile,omitempty"`
 				Email     string   `yaml:"email,omitempty"`
diff --git a/docs/configuration.md b/docs/configuration.md
index 23aaa81c83..cd70891e85 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/configuration.md
@@ -782,6 +782,7 @@ http:
     clientcas:
       - /path/to/ca.pem
       - /path/to/another/ca.pem
+    minimumtls: tls1.0
     letsencrypt:
       cachefile: /path/to/cache-file
       email: emailused@letsencrypt.com
@@ -818,8 +819,9 @@ and proxy connections to the registry server.
 | Parameter | Required | Description                                           |
 |-----------|----------|-------------------------------------------------------|
 | `certificate` | yes  | Absolute path to the x509 certificate file.           |
-| `key`     | yes      | Absolute path to the x509 private key file.           |
-| `clientcas` | no     | An array of absolute paths to x509 CA files.          |
+| `key`         | yes  | Absolute path to the x509 private key file.           |
+| `clientcas`   | no   | An array of absolute paths to x509 CA files.          |
+| `minimumtls`  | no   | Minimum TLS version allowed (tls1.0, tls1.1, tls1.2). Defaults to tls1.0 |
 
 ### `letsencrypt`
 
diff --git a/registry/registry.go b/registry/registry.go
index 18698f5bf7..fd50b46a39 100644
--- a/registry/registry.go
+++ b/registry/registry.go
@@ -135,10 +135,26 @@ func (registry *Registry) ListenAndServe() error {
 	}
 
 	if config.HTTP.TLS.Certificate != "" || config.HTTP.TLS.LetsEncrypt.CacheFile != "" {
+		var tlsMinVersion uint16
+		if config.HTTP.TLS.MinimumTLS == "" {
+			tlsMinVersion = tls.VersionTLS10
+		} else {
+			switch config.HTTP.TLS.MinimumTLS {
+			case "tls1.0":
+				tlsMinVersion = tls.VersionTLS10
+			case "tls1.1":
+				tlsMinVersion = tls.VersionTLS11
+			case "tls1.2":
+				tlsMinVersion = tls.VersionTLS12
+			default:
+				return fmt.Errorf("unknown minimum TLS level '%s' specified for http.tls.minimumtls", config.HTTP.TLS.MinimumTLS)
+			}
+			dcontext.GetLogger(registry.app).Infof("restricting TLS to %s or higher", config.HTTP.TLS.MinimumTLS)
+		}
 		tlsConf := &tls.Config{
 			ClientAuth:               tls.NoClientCert,
 			NextProtos:               nextProtos(config),
-			MinVersion:               tls.VersionTLS10,
+			MinVersion:               tlsMinVersion,
 			PreferServerCipherSuites: true,
 			CipherSuites: []uint16{
 				tls.TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256,