diff --git a/lib/vtls/polarssl.c b/lib/vtls/polarssl.c
index f9484866a265d7832425f88dec404cae61e5fa31..2d1b7ee08571faf4a8ea2d5049414c87355c9f05 100644
--- a/lib/vtls/polarssl.c
+++ b/lib/vtls/polarssl.c
@@ -270,6 +270,29 @@ polarssl_connect_step1(struct connectdata *conn,
     return CURLE_SSL_CONNECT_ERROR;
   }
 
+  switch(data->set.ssl.version) {
+  case CURL_SSLVERSION_SSLv3:
+    ssl_set_min_version(&connssl->ssl, SSL_MAJOR_VERSION_3,
+                        SSL_MINOR_VERSION_0);
+    infof(data, "PolarSSL: Forced min. SSL Version to be SSLv3\n");
+    break;
+  case CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1_0:
+    ssl_set_min_version(&connssl->ssl, SSL_MAJOR_VERSION_3,
+                        SSL_MINOR_VERSION_1);
+    infof(data, "PolarSSL: Forced min. SSL Version to be TLS 1.0\n");
+    break;
+  case CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1_1:
+    ssl_set_min_version(&connssl->ssl, SSL_MAJOR_VERSION_3,
+                        SSL_MINOR_VERSION_2);
+    infof(data, "PolarSSL: Forced min. SSL Version to be TLS 1.1\n");
+    break;
+  case CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1_2:
+    ssl_set_min_version(&connssl->ssl, SSL_MAJOR_VERSION_3,
+                        SSL_MINOR_VERSION_3);
+    infof(data, "PolarSSL: Forced min. SSL Version to be TLS 1.2\n");
+    break;
+  }
+
   ssl_set_endpoint(&connssl->ssl, SSL_IS_CLIENT);
   ssl_set_authmode(&connssl->ssl, SSL_VERIFY_OPTIONAL);