diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION.3 b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION.3
index aed7c0efe3d178daf2c64a6870d556010dbcf620..262365e06f3f6c4563110babb2cb934d3ffc2211 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION.3
@@ -45,8 +45,15 @@ Enforce HTTP 1.0 requests.
 .IP CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1
 Enforce HTTP 1.1 requests.
 .IP CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2_0
-Attempt HTTP 2 requests. libcurl will fall back to HTTP 1.x if HTTP 2 can't be
+Attempt HTTP 2 requests. libcurl will fall back to HTTP 1.1 if HTTP 2 can't be
 negotiated with the server. (Added in 7.33.0)
+
+The alias \fICURL_HTTP_VERSION_2\fI was added in 7.43.0 to better reflect the
+actual protocol name.
+.IP CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2TLS
+Attempt HTTP 2 over TLS (HTTPS) only. libcurl will fall back to HTTP 1.1 if
+HTTP 2 can't be negotiated with the HTTPS server. For clear text HTTP servers,
+libcurl will use 1.1. (Added in 7.47.0)
 .SH DEFAULT
 CURL_HTTP_VERSION_NONE
 .SH PROTOCOLS
diff --git a/docs/libcurl/symbols-in-versions b/docs/libcurl/symbols-in-versions
index ef7981fd94753933d61c910c6344c07a1eb94c72..629d2241cea2bfb1d720961db7b653ff00d02f58 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/symbols-in-versions
+++ b/docs/libcurl/symbols-in-versions
@@ -692,6 +692,7 @@ CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_0           7.9.1
 CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1           7.9.1
 CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2             7.43.0
 CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2_0           7.33.0
+CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2TLS          7.47.0
 CURL_HTTP_VERSION_NONE          7.9.1
 CURL_IPRESOLVE_V4               7.10.8
 CURL_IPRESOLVE_V6               7.10.8
diff --git a/include/curl/curl.h b/include/curl/curl.h
index 7fd533e51408f3a411cde9b17be627beee50ba54..84229bb698b77a5ed5d67057772ed23188e191e8 100644
--- a/include/curl/curl.h
+++ b/include/curl/curl.h
@@ -1722,7 +1722,8 @@ enum {
                              for us! */
   CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_0,  /* please use HTTP 1.0 in the request */
   CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,  /* please use HTTP 1.1 in the request */
-  CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2_0,  /* please use HTTP 2.0 in the request */
+  CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2_0,  /* please use HTTP 2 in the request */
+  CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2TLS, /* use version 2 for HTTPS, version 1.1 for HTTP */
 
   CURL_HTTP_VERSION_LAST /* *ILLEGAL* http version */
 };
diff --git a/lib/http.c b/lib/http.c
index 3c9fde54a412c9ae8ba6e518d179e521a3ee1ed2..b77003fe7978020f9f6f4da3da042f99f3f17f2e 100644
--- a/lib/http.c
+++ b/lib/http.c
@@ -1539,11 +1539,13 @@ CURLcode Curl_http_done(struct connectdata *conn,
 static bool use_http_1_1plus(const struct SessionHandle *data,
                              const struct connectdata *conn)
 {
-  return ((data->set.httpversion >= CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1) ||
-         ((data->set.httpversion != CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_0) &&
-          ((conn->httpversion == 11) ||
-           ((conn->httpversion != 10) &&
-            (data->state.httpversion != 10))))) ? TRUE : FALSE;
+  if((data->state.httpversion == 10) || (conn->httpversion == 10))
+    return FALSE;
+  if((data->set.httpversion == CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_0) &&
+     (conn->httpversion <= 10))
+    return FALSE;
+  return ((data->set.httpversion == CURL_HTTP_VERSION_NONE) ||
+          (data->set.httpversion >= CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1));
 }
 
 /* check and possibly add an Expect: header */
@@ -1785,7 +1787,7 @@ CURLcode Curl_http(struct connectdata *conn, bool *done)
   if(conn->httpversion < 20) { /* unless the connection is re-used and already
                                   http2 */
     switch(conn->negnpn) {
-    case CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2_0:
+    case CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2:
       conn->httpversion = 20; /* we know we're on HTTP/2 now */
       result = Curl_http2_init(conn);
       if(result)
@@ -2338,7 +2340,7 @@ CURLcode Curl_http(struct connectdata *conn, bool *done)
 
   if(!(conn->handler->flags&PROTOPT_SSL) &&
      conn->httpversion != 20 &&
-     (data->set.httpversion == CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2_0)) {
+     (data->set.httpversion == CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2)) {
     /* append HTTP2 upgrade magic stuff to the HTTP request if it isn't done
        over SSL */
     result = Curl_http2_request_upgrade(req_buffer, conn);
diff --git a/lib/url.c b/lib/url.c
index 13e95f42c902ff73546ede74c42dded8a474aedd..5a83207da72d918c00b9a06dd622833f2d46c3c7 100644
--- a/lib/url.c
+++ b/lib/url.c
@@ -1294,7 +1294,7 @@ CURLcode Curl_setopt(struct SessionHandle *data, CURLoption option,
      */
     arg = va_arg(param, long);
 #ifndef USE_NGHTTP2
-    if(arg == CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2_0)
+    if(arg >= CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2)
       return CURLE_UNSUPPORTED_PROTOCOL;
 #endif
     data->set.httpversion = arg;
@@ -2865,7 +2865,7 @@ static bool IsPipeliningPossible(const struct SessionHandle *handle,
       return TRUE;
 
     if(Curl_pipeline_wanted(handle->multi, CURLPIPE_MULTIPLEX) &&
-       (handle->set.httpversion == CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2_0))
+       (handle->set.httpversion >= CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2))
       /* allows HTTP/2 */
       return TRUE;
   }
diff --git a/lib/vtls/gtls.c b/lib/vtls/gtls.c
index 1c1cc2f7be359baebb333347582638e89f549d2a..59cd7fb1133a6ca4c7252a8cdee5e462dd8522c9 100644
--- a/lib/vtls/gtls.c
+++ b/lib/vtls/gtls.c
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ gtls_connect_step1(struct connectdata *conn,
     gnutls_datum_t protocols[2];
 
 #ifdef USE_NGHTTP2
-    if(data->set.httpversion == CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2_0) {
+    if(data->set.httpversion >= CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2) {
       protocols[cur].data = (unsigned char *)NGHTTP2_PROTO_VERSION_ID;
       protocols[cur].size = NGHTTP2_PROTO_VERSION_ID_LEN;
       cur++;
@@ -1242,7 +1242,7 @@ gtls_connect_step3(struct connectdata *conn,
       if(proto.size == NGHTTP2_PROTO_VERSION_ID_LEN &&
          !memcmp(NGHTTP2_PROTO_VERSION_ID, proto.data,
                  NGHTTP2_PROTO_VERSION_ID_LEN)) {
-        conn->negnpn = CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2_0;
+        conn->negnpn = CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2;
       }
       else
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/vtls/mbedtls.c b/lib/vtls/mbedtls.c
index 0616e6836d75d13c7388efe6cd95eb0fb33996c7..2fbf9b8d2d93be79c99756b713065904be879753 100644
--- a/lib/vtls/mbedtls.c
+++ b/lib/vtls/mbedtls.c
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ mbedtls_connect_step1(struct connectdata *conn,
   }
 
 #ifdef HAS_ALPN
-  if(data->set.httpversion == CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2_0) {
+  if(data->set.httpversion >= CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2) {
     if(data->set.ssl_enable_alpn) {
       static const char* protocols[] = {
         NGHTTP2_PROTO_VERSION_ID, ALPN_HTTP_1_1, NULL
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ mbedtls_connect_step2(struct connectdata *conn,
 
       if(strncmp(next_protocol, NGHTTP2_PROTO_VERSION_ID,
                   NGHTTP2_PROTO_VERSION_ID_LEN)) {
-        conn->negnpn = CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2_0;
+        conn->negnpn = CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2;
       }
       else if(strncmp(next_protocol, ALPN_HTTP_1_1, ALPN_HTTP_1_1_LENGTH)) {
         conn->negnpn = CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1;
diff --git a/lib/vtls/nss.c b/lib/vtls/nss.c
index c8bd0cef6077a1c7c4df3279b1f8722efa28c853..aacdd6c851e100dddd72ffd48746ccd24c1dd7b5 100644
--- a/lib/vtls/nss.c
+++ b/lib/vtls/nss.c
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ static void HandshakeCallback(PRFileDesc *sock, void *arg)
 #ifdef USE_NGHTTP2
     if(buflen == NGHTTP2_PROTO_VERSION_ID_LEN &&
        !memcmp(NGHTTP2_PROTO_VERSION_ID, buf, NGHTTP2_PROTO_VERSION_ID_LEN)) {
-      conn->negnpn = CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2_0;
+      conn->negnpn = CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2;
     }
     else
 #endif
@@ -1779,7 +1779,7 @@ static CURLcode nss_setup_connect(struct connectdata *conn, int sockindex)
     unsigned char protocols[128];
 
 #ifdef USE_NGHTTP2
-    if(data->set.httpversion == CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2_0) {
+    if(data->set.httpversion >= CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2) {
       protocols[cur++] = NGHTTP2_PROTO_VERSION_ID_LEN;
       memcpy(&protocols[cur], NGHTTP2_PROTO_VERSION_ID,
           NGHTTP2_PROTO_VERSION_ID_LEN);
diff --git a/lib/vtls/openssl.c b/lib/vtls/openssl.c
index fdc27b04d97a1fadd45897e1bfe23904bda12525..e5b0bb99bdea02069dea2213327398a91dbaf0e2 100644
--- a/lib/vtls/openssl.c
+++ b/lib/vtls/openssl.c
@@ -1582,12 +1582,12 @@ select_next_proto_cb(SSL *ssl,
   (void)ssl;
 
 #ifdef USE_NGHTTP2
-  if(conn->data->set.httpversion == CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2_0 &&
+  if(conn->data->set.httpversion >= CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2 &&
      !select_next_protocol(out, outlen, in, inlen, NGHTTP2_PROTO_VERSION_ID,
                            NGHTTP2_PROTO_VERSION_ID_LEN)) {
     infof(conn->data, "NPN, negotiated HTTP2 (%s)\n",
           NGHTTP2_PROTO_VERSION_ID);
-    conn->negnpn = CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2_0;
+    conn->negnpn = CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2;
     return SSL_TLSEXT_ERR_OK;
   }
 #endif
@@ -1859,7 +1859,7 @@ static CURLcode ossl_connect_step1(struct connectdata *conn, int sockindex)
     unsigned char protocols[128];
 
 #ifdef USE_NGHTTP2
-    if(data->set.httpversion == CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2_0) {
+    if(data->set.httpversion >= CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2) {
       protocols[cur++] = NGHTTP2_PROTO_VERSION_ID_LEN;
 
       memcpy(&protocols[cur], NGHTTP2_PROTO_VERSION_ID,
@@ -2185,7 +2185,7 @@ static CURLcode ossl_connect_step2(struct connectdata *conn, int sockindex)
 #ifdef USE_NGHTTP2
         if(len == NGHTTP2_PROTO_VERSION_ID_LEN &&
            !memcmp(NGHTTP2_PROTO_VERSION_ID, neg_protocol, len)) {
-          conn->negnpn = CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2_0;
+          conn->negnpn = CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2;
         }
         else
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/vtls/polarssl.c b/lib/vtls/polarssl.c
index cf7c344a5a0c55f05c4feee249df4e00c0f39855..e7bcf2f9be4ec36e84baad07cb7db4d0ed09ff98 100644
--- a/lib/vtls/polarssl.c
+++ b/lib/vtls/polarssl.c
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ polarssl_connect_step1(struct connectdata *conn,
     int cur = 0;
 
 #ifdef USE_NGHTTP2
-    if(data->set.httpversion == CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2_0) {
+    if(data->set.httpversion >= CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2) {
       protocols[cur++] = NGHTTP2_PROTO_VERSION_ID;
       infof(data, "ALPN, offering %s\n", NGHTTP2_PROTO_VERSION_ID);
     }
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ polarssl_connect_step2(struct connectdata *conn,
 #ifdef USE_NGHTTP2
       if(!strncmp(next_protocol, NGHTTP2_PROTO_VERSION_ID,
                   NGHTTP2_PROTO_VERSION_ID_LEN)) {
-        conn->negnpn = CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2_0;
+        conn->negnpn = CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2;
       }
       else
 #endif