diff --git a/storage/maria/aria_s3_copy.cc b/storage/maria/aria_s3_copy.cc
index ac72242ff1c..ad2032d3fe2 100644
--- a/storage/maria/aria_s3_copy.cc
+++ b/storage/maria/aria_s3_copy.cc
@@ -77,9 +77,9 @@ static struct my_option my_long_options[] =
    &opt_block_size, &opt_block_size, 0, GET_ULONG, REQUIRED_ARG,
    4*1024*1024, 64*1024, 16*1024*1024, MALLOC_OVERHEAD, 1024, 0 },
   {"s3_protocol_version", 'L',
-   "Protocol used to communication with S3. One of \"Amazon\" or \"Original\".",
+   "Protocol used to communication with S3. One of \"Auto\", \"Amazon\" or \"Original\".",
    &opt_protocol_version, &opt_protocol_version, &s3_protocol_typelib,
-   GET_ENUM, REQUIRED_ARG, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
+   GET_ENUM, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"force", 'f', "Force copy even if target exists",
    &opt_force, &opt_force, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"verbose", 'v', "Write more information", &opt_verbose, &opt_verbose,
@@ -209,10 +209,12 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
 
   {
     size_t block_size= opt_block_size;
-    uint8_t protocol_version= (uint8_t) opt_protocol_version+1;
+    uint8_t protocol_version= (uint8_t) opt_protocol_version;
     ms3_set_option(global_s3_client, MS3_OPT_BUFFER_CHUNK_SIZE, &block_size);
-    ms3_set_option(global_s3_client, MS3_OPT_FORCE_PROTOCOL_VERSION,
-                   &protocol_version);
+
+    if (protocol_version)
+      ms3_set_option(global_s3_client, MS3_OPT_FORCE_PROTOCOL_VERSION,
+                     &protocol_version);
   }
 
   for (; *argv ; argv++)
diff --git a/storage/maria/ha_s3.cc b/storage/maria/ha_s3.cc
index 66f1acd047a..1e5e68d7267 100644
--- a/storage/maria/ha_s3.cc
+++ b/storage/maria/ha_s3.cc
@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@ static MYSQL_SYSVAR_BOOL(debug, s3_debug,
 static MYSQL_SYSVAR_ENUM(protocol_version, s3_protocol_version,
                          PLUGIN_VAR_RQCMDARG,
                          "Protocol used to communication with S3. One of "
-                         "\"Amazon\" or \"Original\".",
-                         NULL, NULL, 1, &s3_protocol_typelib);
+                         "\"Auto\", \"Amazon\" or \"Original\".",
+                         NULL, NULL, 0, &s3_protocol_typelib);
 
 static MYSQL_SYSVAR_ULONG(pagecache_age_threshold,
        s3_pagecache_age_threshold, PLUGIN_VAR_RQCMDARG,
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ static my_bool s3_info_init(S3_INFO *info)
 {
   if (!s3_usable())
     return 1;
-  info->protocol_version= (uint8_t) s3_protocol_version+1;
+  info->protocol_version= (uint8_t) s3_protocol_version;
   lex_string_set(&info->host_name,  s3_host_name);
   lex_string_set(&info->access_key, s3_access_key);
   lex_string_set(&info->secret_key, s3_secret_key);
diff --git a/storage/maria/s3_func.c b/storage/maria/s3_func.c
index 29491557df9..8600b0ec7db 100644
--- a/storage/maria/s3_func.c
+++ b/storage/maria/s3_func.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ static int s3_read_frm_from_disk(const char *filename, uchar **to,
 
 /* Used by ha_s3.cc and tools to define different protocol options */
 
-static const char *protocol_types[]= {"Original", "Amazon", NullS};
+static const char *protocol_types[]= {"Auto", "Original", "Amazon", NullS};
 TYPELIB s3_protocol_typelib= {array_elements(protocol_types)-1,"",
                               protocol_types, NULL};
 
@@ -149,8 +149,9 @@ ms3_st *s3_open_connection(S3_INFO *s3)
                     errno, ms3_error(errno));
     my_errno= HA_ERR_NO_SUCH_TABLE;
   }
-  ms3_set_option(s3_client, MS3_OPT_FORCE_PROTOCOL_VERSION,
-                 &s3->protocol_version);
+  if (s3->protocol_version)
+    ms3_set_option(s3_client, MS3_OPT_FORCE_PROTOCOL_VERSION,
+                   &s3->protocol_version);
   return s3_client;
 }