diff --git a/cmd/tusd/cli/flags.go b/cmd/tusd/cli/flags.go
index 1e1a647..8e2441c 100644
--- a/cmd/tusd/cli/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/tusd/cli/flags.go
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ var Flags struct {
 	TLSCertFile             string
 	TLSKeyFile              string
 	TLSMode                 string
+	TusV2                   bool
 
 	CPUProfile string
 }
@@ -102,6 +103,7 @@ func ParseFlags() {
 	flag.StringVar(&Flags.TLSCertFile, "tls-certificate", "", "Path to the file containing the x509 TLS certificate to be used. The file should also contain any intermediate certificates and the CA certificate.")
 	flag.StringVar(&Flags.TLSKeyFile, "tls-key", "", "Path to the file containing the key for the TLS certificate.")
 	flag.StringVar(&Flags.TLSMode, "tls-mode", "tls12", "Specify which TLS mode to use; valid modes are tls13, tls12, and tls12-strong.")
+	flag.BoolVar(&Flags.TusV2, "enable-tus-v2", false, "Enable support for the tus v2 protocol, next to support for v1 (experimental and may be removed/changed in the future)")
 
 	flag.StringVar(&Flags.CPUProfile, "cpuprofile", "", "write cpu profile to file")
 	flag.Parse()
diff --git a/cmd/tusd/cli/serve.go b/cmd/tusd/cli/serve.go
index 3cbd718..9170530 100644
--- a/cmd/tusd/cli/serve.go
+++ b/cmd/tusd/cli/serve.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ func Serve() {
 		MaxSize:                 Flags.MaxSize,
 		BasePath:                Flags.Basepath,
 		RespectForwardedHeaders: Flags.BehindProxy,
+		EnableTusV2:             Flags.TusV2,
 		StoreComposer:           Composer,
 		NotifyCompleteUploads:   true,
 		NotifyTerminatedUploads: true,
diff --git a/pkg/handler/config.go b/pkg/handler/config.go
index ae9676b..75fbada 100644
--- a/pkg/handler/config.go
+++ b/pkg/handler/config.go
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ type Config struct {
 	// absolute URL containing a scheme, e.g. "http://tus.io"
 	BasePath string
 	isAbs    bool
+	// EnableTusV2 controls whether the new and experimental tus v2 protocol is
+	// accepted, next to the current tus v1 protocol.
+	EnableTusV2 bool
 	// NotifyCompleteUploads indicates whether sending notifications about
 	// completed uploads using the CompleteUploads channel should be enabled.
 	NotifyCompleteUploads bool
diff --git a/pkg/handler/unrouted_handler.go b/pkg/handler/unrouted_handler.go
index 6c5f52b..718d405 100644
--- a/pkg/handler/unrouted_handler.go
+++ b/pkg/handler/unrouted_handler.go
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ func (handler *UnroutedHandler) Middleware(h http.Handler) http.Handler {
 		// Test if the version sent by the client is supported
 		// GET and HEAD methods are not checked since a browser may visit this URL and does
 		// not include this header. GET requests are not part of the specification.
-		if r.Method != "GET" && r.Method != "HEAD" && r.Header.Get("Tus-Resumable") != "1.0.0" {
+		if r.Method != "GET" && r.Method != "HEAD" && r.Header.Get("Tus-Resumable") != "1.0.0" && !handler.config.EnableTusV2 {
 			handler.sendError(w, r, ErrUnsupportedVersion)
 			return
 		}