diff --git a/psftp.c b/psftp.c
index 218d363c..079a61f3 100644
--- a/psftp.c
+++ b/psftp.c
@@ -1846,6 +1846,15 @@ static int psftp_connect(char *userhost, char *user, int portnumber)
         cfg.port = 22;
     }
 
+    /*
+     * If saved session / Default Settings says SSH-1 (`1 only' or `1'),
+     * then change it to SSH-2, on the grounds that that's more likely to
+     * work for SFTP. (Can be overridden with `-1' option.)
+     * But if it says `2 only' or `2', respect which.
+     */
+    if (cfg.sshprot != 2 && cfg.sshprot != 3)
+	cfg.sshprot = 2;
+
     /*
      * Enact command-line overrides.
      */
@@ -1913,9 +1922,6 @@ static int psftp_connect(char *userhost, char *user, int portnumber)
     if (portnumber)
 	cfg.port = portnumber;
 
-    /* SFTP uses SSH2 by default always */
-    cfg.sshprot = 2;
-
     /*
      * Disable scary things which shouldn't be enabled for simple
      * things like SCP and SFTP: agent forwarding, port forwarding,