diff --git a/hyper/common/connection.py b/hyper/common/connection.py
index 0d6ffb69..c8671133 100644
--- a/hyper/common/connection.py
+++ b/hyper/common/connection.py
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ class HTTPConnection(object):
         :meth:`get_pushes() <hyper.HTTP20Connection.get_pushes>`).
     :param ssl_context: (optional) A class with custom certificate settings.
         If not provided then hyper's default ``SSLContext`` is used instead.
+    :param force_proto: (optional) An optional parameter forcing the SSL/TLS
+        connection to a specific protocol, circumvents use of ALPN/NPN.
     :param proxy_host: (optional) The proxy to connect to.  This can be an IP address
         or a host name and may include a port.
     :param proxy_port: (optional) The proxy port to connect to. If not provided
@@ -52,6 +54,7 @@ def __init__(self,
                  window_manager=None,
                  enable_push=False,
                  ssl_context=None,
+                 force_proto=None,
                  proxy_host=None,
                  proxy_port=None,
                  **kwargs):
@@ -59,12 +62,12 @@ def __init__(self,
         self._host = host
         self._port = port
         self._h1_kwargs = {
-            'secure': secure, 'ssl_context': ssl_context,
+            'secure': secure, 'ssl_context': ssl_context, 'force_proto': force_proto,
             'proxy_host': proxy_host, 'proxy_port': proxy_port
         }
         self._h2_kwargs = {
             'window_manager': window_manager, 'enable_push': enable_push,
-            'secure': secure, 'ssl_context': ssl_context,
+            'secure': secure, 'ssl_context': ssl_context, 'force_proto': force_proto,
             'proxy_host': proxy_host, 'proxy_port': proxy_port
         }
 
diff --git a/hyper/contrib.py b/hyper/contrib.py
index 17a8b0d0..042aff5c 100644
--- a/hyper/contrib.py
+++ b/hyper/contrib.py
@@ -24,9 +24,10 @@ class HTTP20Adapter(HTTPAdapter):
     HTTP/2. This implements some degree of connection pooling to maximise the
     HTTP/2 gain.
     """
-    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+    def __init__(self, force_proto=None, *args, **kwargs):
         #: A mapping between HTTP netlocs and ``HTTP20Connection`` objects.
         self.connections = {}
+        self.force_proto = force_proto
 
     def get_connection(self, host, port, scheme):
         """
@@ -41,7 +42,8 @@ def get_connection(self, host, port, scheme):
         try:
             conn = self.connections[(host, port, scheme)]
         except KeyError:
-            conn = HTTPConnection(host, port, secure=secure)
+            conn = HTTPConnection(host, port, secure=secure,
+                force_proto=self.force_proto)
             self.connections[(host, port, scheme)] = conn
 
         return conn
diff --git a/hyper/http11/connection.py b/hyper/http11/connection.py
index 9a92c002..25536daa 100644
--- a/hyper/http11/connection.py
+++ b/hyper/http11/connection.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class HTTP11Connection(object):
         defaults to 8080.
     """
     def __init__(self, host, port=None, secure=None, ssl_context=None,
-                 proxy_host=None, proxy_port=None, **kwargs):
+                 force_proto=None, proxy_host=None, proxy_port=None, **kwargs):
         if port is None:
             self.host, self.port = to_host_port_tuple(host, default_port=80)
         else:
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ def __init__(self, host, port=None, secure=None, ssl_context=None,
         self._send_http_upgrade = not self.secure
 
         self.ssl_context = ssl_context
+        self.force_proto = force_proto
         self._sock = None
 
         # Setup proxy details if applicable.
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ def connect(self):
 
             if self.secure:
                 assert not self.proxy_host, "Using a proxy with HTTPS not yet supported."
-                sock, proto = wrap_socket(sock, host, self.ssl_context)
+                sock, proto = wrap_socket(sock, host, self.ssl_context, self.force_proto)
 
             log.debug("Selected protocol: %s", proto)
             sock = BufferedSocket(sock, self.network_buffer_size)
diff --git a/test/test_abstraction.py b/test/test_abstraction.py
index c0852db7..133efa9a 100644
--- a/test/test_abstraction.py
+++ b/test/test_abstraction.py
@@ -8,12 +8,13 @@ class TestHTTPConnection(object):
     def test_h1_kwargs(self):
         c = HTTPConnection(
             'test', 443, secure=False, window_manager=True, enable_push=True,
-            ssl_context=False, proxy_host=False, proxy_port=False, other_kwarg=True
+            ssl_context=False, force_proto=False, proxy_host=False, proxy_port=False, other_kwarg=True
         )
 
         assert c._h1_kwargs == {
             'secure': False,
             'ssl_context': False,
+            'force_proto': False,
             'proxy_host': False,
             'proxy_port': False,
             'other_kwarg': True,
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ def test_h1_kwargs(self):
     def test_h2_kwargs(self):
         c = HTTPConnection(
             'test', 443, secure=False, window_manager=True, enable_push=True,
-            ssl_context=True, proxy_host=False, proxy_port=False, other_kwarg=True
+            ssl_context=True, force_proto=False, proxy_host=False, proxy_port=False, other_kwarg=True
         )
 
         assert c._h2_kwargs == {
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ def test_h2_kwargs(self):
             'enable_push': True,
             'secure': False,
             'ssl_context': True,
+            'force_proto': False,
             'proxy_host': False,
             'proxy_port': False,
             'other_kwarg': True,