diff --git a/docs-xml/manpages/smbcquotas.1.xml b/docs-xml/manpages/smbcquotas.1.xml
index bbdb9fdbb51..bff24a4a2b8 100644
--- a/docs-xml/manpages/smbcquotas.1.xml
+++ b/docs-xml/manpages/smbcquotas.1.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 		<arg choice="opt">-V</arg>
 
 		<arg choice="opt">-U username</arg>
+		<arg choice="opt">-m|--max-protocol LEVEL</arg>
 		<arg choice="opt">-N</arg>
 		<arg choice="opt">-k</arg>
 		<arg choice="opt">-A</arg>
@@ -95,6 +96,17 @@
 		to a readable string format.</para></listitem>
 		</varlistentry>
 
+		<varlistentry>
+		<term>-m|--max-protocol PROTOCOL_NAME</term>
+		<listitem><para>This allows the user to select the
+		highest SMB protocol level that smbcquotas will use to
+		connect to the server. By default this is set to
+		NT1, which is the highest available SMB1 protocol.
+		To connect using SMB2 or SMB3 protocol, use the
+		strings SMB2 or SMB3 respectively.
+		</para></listitem>
+		</varlistentry>
+
 		<varlistentry>
 		<term>-t|--test-args</term>
 		<listitem><para>
diff --git a/source3/utils/smbcquotas.c b/source3/utils/smbcquotas.c
index c1224573541..06ecea15661 100644
--- a/source3/utils/smbcquotas.c
+++ b/source3/utils/smbcquotas.c
@@ -598,6 +598,8 @@ FSQFLAGS:QUOTA_ENABLED/DENY_DISK/LOG_SOFTLIMIT/LOG_HARD_LIMIT", "SETSTRING" },
 		{ "numeric", 'n', POPT_ARG_NONE, NULL, 'n', "Don't resolve sids or limits to names" },
 		{ "verbose", 'v', POPT_ARG_NONE, NULL, 'v', "be verbose" },
 		{ "test-args", 't', POPT_ARG_NONE, NULL, 't', "Test arguments"},
+		{"max-protocol", 'm', POPT_ARG_STRING, NULL, 'm',
+		 "Set the max protocol level", "LEVEL"},
 		POPT_COMMON_SAMBA
 		POPT_COMMON_CREDENTIALS
 		{ NULL }
@@ -679,6 +681,10 @@ FSQFLAGS:QUOTA_ENABLED/DENY_DISK/LOG_SOFTLIMIT/LOG_HARD_LIMIT", "SETSTRING" },
 			}
 			todo = SET_QUOTA;
 			break;
+		case 'm':
+			lp_set_cmdline("client max protocol",
+				       poptGetOptArg(pc));
+			break;
 		}
 	}