diff --git a/backend/ftp/ftp.go b/backend/ftp/ftp.go
index bfa0ee44f..f034d2346 100644
--- a/backend/ftp/ftp.go
+++ b/backend/ftp/ftp.go
@@ -85,6 +85,11 @@ to an encrypted one. Cannot be used in combination with implicit FTP.`,
 			Help:     "Disable using EPSV even if server advertises support",
 			Default:  false,
 			Advanced: true,
+		}, {
+			Name:     "disable_mlsd",
+			Help:     "Disable using MLSD even if server advertises support",
+			Default:  false,
+			Advanced: true,
 		}, {
 			Name:     config.ConfigEncoding,
 			Help:     config.ConfigEncodingHelp,
@@ -111,6 +116,7 @@ type Options struct {
 	Concurrency       int                  `config:"concurrency"`
 	SkipVerifyTLSCert bool                 `config:"no_check_certificate"`
 	DisableEPSV       bool                 `config:"disable_epsv"`
+	DisableMLSD       bool                 `config:"disable_mlsd"`
 	Enc               encoder.MultiEncoder `config:"encoding"`
 }
 
@@ -226,6 +232,9 @@ func (f *Fs) ftpConnection() (*ftp.ServerConn, error) {
 	if f.opt.DisableEPSV {
 		ftpConfig = append(ftpConfig, ftp.DialWithDisabledEPSV(true))
 	}
+	if f.opt.DisableMLSD {
+		ftpConfig = append(ftpConfig, ftp.DialWithDisabledMLSD(true))
+	}
 	if fs.Config.Dump&(fs.DumpHeaders|fs.DumpBodies|fs.DumpRequests|fs.DumpResponses) != 0 {
 		ftpConfig = append(ftpConfig, ftp.DialWithDebugOutput(&debugLog{auth: fs.Config.Dump&fs.DumpAuth != 0}))
 	}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 701529ffb..12b7513be 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/go-querystring v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/hanwen/go-fuse/v2 v2.0.3
 	github.com/iguanesolutions/go-systemd/v5 v5.0.0
-	github.com/jlaffaye/ftp v0.0.0-20201021201046-0de5c29d4555
+	github.com/jlaffaye/ftp v0.0.0-20201112195030-9aae4d151126
 	github.com/jzelinskie/whirlpool v0.0.0-20201016144138-0675e54bb004
 	github.com/kardianos/osext v0.0.0-20190222173326-2bc1f35cddc0 // indirect
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.11.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2648d2f98..c9d81869a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -328,6 +328,8 @@ github.com/jessevdk/go-flags v0.0.0-20141203071132-1679536dcc89/go.mod h1:4FA24M
 github.com/jlaffaye/ftp v0.0.0-20190624084859-c1312a7102bf/go.mod h1:lli8NYPQOFy3O++YmYbqVgOcQ1JPCwdOy+5zSjKJ9qY=
 github.com/jlaffaye/ftp v0.0.0-20201021201046-0de5c29d4555 h1:bd2tFFziQpwjrRcj7seCELvu08uplHN7Fs5t2/9kQNE=
 github.com/jlaffaye/ftp v0.0.0-20201021201046-0de5c29d4555/go.mod h1:2lmrmq866uF2tnje75wQHzmPXhmSWUt7Gyx2vgK1RCU=
+github.com/jlaffaye/ftp v0.0.0-20201112195030-9aae4d151126 h1:ly2C51IMpCCV8RpTDRXgzG/L9iZXb8ePEixaew/HwBs=
+github.com/jlaffaye/ftp v0.0.0-20201112195030-9aae4d151126/go.mod h1:2lmrmq866uF2tnje75wQHzmPXhmSWUt7Gyx2vgK1RCU=
 github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.0.0-20180206201540-c2b33e8439af/go.mod h1:Nht3zPeWKUH0NzdCt2Blrr5ys8VGpn0CEB0cQHVjt7k=
 github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.4.0 h1:BEgLn5cpjn8UN1mAw4NjwDrS35OdebyEtFe+9YPoQUg=
 github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.4.0/go.mod h1:T8mJZnbsbmF+m6zOOFylbeCJqk5+pHWvzYPziyZiYoo=