diff --git a/config/http_config.go b/config/http_config.go
index 37cb37ce..063edde0 100644
--- a/config/http_config.go
+++ b/config/http_config.go
@@ -36,25 +36,87 @@ import (
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 )
 
-// DefaultHTTPClientConfig is the default HTTP client configuration.
-var DefaultHTTPClientConfig = HTTPClientConfig{
-	FollowRedirects: true,
-	EnableHTTP2:     true,
-}
+var (
+	// DefaultHTTPClientConfig is the default HTTP client configuration.
+	DefaultHTTPClientConfig = HTTPClientConfig{
+		FollowRedirects: true,
+		EnableHTTP2:     true,
+	}
 
-// defaultHTTPClientOptions holds the default HTTP client options.
-var defaultHTTPClientOptions = httpClientOptions{
-	keepAlivesEnabled: true,
-	http2Enabled:      true,
-	// 5 minutes is typically above the maximum sane scrape interval. So we can
-	// use keepalive for all configurations.
-	idleConnTimeout: 5 * time.Minute,
-}
+	// defaultHTTPClientOptions holds the default HTTP client options.
+	defaultHTTPClientOptions = httpClientOptions{
+		keepAlivesEnabled: true,
+		http2Enabled:      true,
+		// 5 minutes is typically above the maximum sane scrape interval. So we can
+		// use keepalive for all configurations.
+		idleConnTimeout: 5 * time.Minute,
+	}
+)
 
 type closeIdler interface {
 	CloseIdleConnections()
 }
 
+type TLSVersion uint16
+
+var TLSVersions = map[string]TLSVersion{
+	"TLS13": (TLSVersion)(tls.VersionTLS13),
+	"TLS12": (TLSVersion)(tls.VersionTLS12),
+	"TLS11": (TLSVersion)(tls.VersionTLS11),
+	"TLS10": (TLSVersion)(tls.VersionTLS10),
+}
+
+func (tv *TLSVersion) UnmarshalYAML(unmarshal func(interface{}) error) error {
+	var s string
+	err := unmarshal((*string)(&s))
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if v, ok := TLSVersions[s]; ok {
+		*tv = v
+		return nil
+	}
+	return fmt.Errorf("unknown TLS version: %s", s)
+}
+
+func (tv *TLSVersion) MarshalYAML() (interface{}, error) {
+	if tv != nil || *tv == 0 {
+		return []byte("null"), nil
+	}
+	for s, v := range TLSVersions {
+		if *tv == v {
+			return s, nil
+		}
+	}
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown TLS version: %d", tv)
+}
+
+// MarshalJSON implements the json.Unmarshaler interface for TLSVersion.
+func (tv *TLSVersion) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
+	var s string
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &s); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if v, ok := TLSVersions[s]; ok {
+		*tv = v
+		return nil
+	}
+	return fmt.Errorf("unknown TLS version: %s", s)
+}
+
+// MarshalJSON implements the json.Marshaler interface for TLSVersion.
+func (tv *TLSVersion) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	if tv != nil || *tv == 0 {
+		return []byte("null"), nil
+	}
+	for s, v := range TLSVersions {
+		if *tv == v {
+			return []byte(s), nil
+		}
+	}
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown TLS version: %d", tv)
+}
+
 // BasicAuth contains basic HTTP authentication credentials.
 type BasicAuth struct {
 	Username     string `yaml:"username" json:"username"`
@@ -669,7 +731,10 @@ func cloneRequest(r *http.Request) *http.Request {
 
 // NewTLSConfig creates a new tls.Config from the given TLSConfig.
 func NewTLSConfig(cfg *TLSConfig) (*tls.Config, error) {
-	tlsConfig := &tls.Config{InsecureSkipVerify: cfg.InsecureSkipVerify}
+	tlsConfig := &tls.Config{
+		InsecureSkipVerify: cfg.InsecureSkipVerify,
+		MinVersion:         uint16(cfg.MinVersion),
+	}
 
 	// If a CA cert is provided then let's read it in so we can validate the
 	// scrape target's certificate properly.
@@ -714,6 +779,8 @@ type TLSConfig struct {
 	ServerName string `yaml:"server_name,omitempty" json:"server_name,omitempty"`
 	// Disable target certificate validation.
 	InsecureSkipVerify bool `yaml:"insecure_skip_verify" json:"insecure_skip_verify"`
+	// Minimum TLS version.
+	MinVersion TLSVersion `yaml:"min_version,omitempty" json:"min_version,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // SetDirectory joins any relative file paths with dir.
@@ -726,12 +793,6 @@ func (c *TLSConfig) SetDirectory(dir string) {
 	c.KeyFile = JoinDir(dir, c.KeyFile)
 }
 
-// UnmarshalYAML implements the yaml.Unmarshaler interface.
-func (c *TLSConfig) UnmarshalYAML(unmarshal func(interface{}) error) error {
-	type plain TLSConfig
-	return unmarshal((*plain)(c))
-}
-
 // getClientCertificate reads the pair of client cert and key from disk and returns a tls.Certificate.
 func (c *TLSConfig) getClientCertificate(*tls.CertificateRequestInfo) (*tls.Certificate, error) {
 	cert, err := tls.LoadX509KeyPair(c.CertFile, c.KeyFile)
diff --git a/config/http_config_test.go b/config/http_config_test.go
index 884f344c..06eb6d04 100644
--- a/config/http_config_test.go
+++ b/config/http_config_test.go
@@ -627,7 +627,8 @@ func TestTLSConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		CertFile:           ClientCertificatePath,
 		KeyFile:            ClientKeyNoPassPath,
 		ServerName:         "localhost",
-		InsecureSkipVerify: false}
+		InsecureSkipVerify: false,
+	}
 
 	tlsCAChain, err := ioutil.ReadFile(TLSCAChainPath)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -640,7 +641,8 @@ func TestTLSConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	expectedTLSConfig := &tls.Config{
 		RootCAs:            rootCAs,
 		ServerName:         configTLSConfig.ServerName,
-		InsecureSkipVerify: configTLSConfig.InsecureSkipVerify}
+		InsecureSkipVerify: configTLSConfig.InsecureSkipVerify,
+	}
 
 	tlsConfig, err := NewTLSConfig(&configTLSConfig)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/config/testdata/tls_config.empty.good.json b/config/testdata/tls_config.empty.good.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0967ef42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/testdata/tls_config.empty.good.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{}
diff --git a/config/testdata/tls_config.insecure.good.json b/config/testdata/tls_config.insecure.good.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..57fcd98f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/testdata/tls_config.insecure.good.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"insecure_skip_verify": true}
diff --git a/config/testdata/tls_config.tlsversion.good.json b/config/testdata/tls_config.tlsversion.good.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c8d41cde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/testdata/tls_config.tlsversion.good.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"min_version": "TLS11"}
diff --git a/config/testdata/tls_config.tlsversion.good.yml b/config/testdata/tls_config.tlsversion.good.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ee24ee67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/testdata/tls_config.tlsversion.good.yml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+min_version: TLS11
diff --git a/config/tls_config_test.go b/config/tls_config_test.go
index 2b965ea6..c759b86e 100644
--- a/config/tls_config_test.go
+++ b/config/tls_config_test.go
@@ -14,23 +14,39 @@
 package config
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"crypto/tls"
+	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 
+	"encoding/json"
+
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 )
 
-// LoadTLSConfig parses the given YAML file into a tls.Config.
+// LoadTLSConfig parses the given file into a tls.Config.
 func LoadTLSConfig(filename string) (*tls.Config, error) {
 	content, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filename)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	cfg := TLSConfig{}
-	if err = yaml.UnmarshalStrict(content, &cfg); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+	switch filepath.Ext(filename) {
+	case ".yml":
+		if err = yaml.UnmarshalStrict(content, &cfg); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	case ".json":
+		decoder := json.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader(content))
+		decoder.DisallowUnknownFields()
+		if err = decoder.Decode(&cfg); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	default:
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Unknown extension: %s", filepath.Ext(filename))
 	}
 	return NewTLSConfig(&cfg)
 }
@@ -39,12 +55,25 @@ var expectedTLSConfigs = []struct {
 	filename string
 	config   *tls.Config
 }{
+	{
+		filename: "tls_config.empty.good.json",
+		config:   &tls.Config{},
+	}, {
+		filename: "tls_config.insecure.good.json",
+		config:   &tls.Config{InsecureSkipVerify: true},
+	}, {
+		filename: "tls_config.tlsversion.good.json",
+		config:   &tls.Config{MinVersion: tls.VersionTLS11},
+	},
 	{
 		filename: "tls_config.empty.good.yml",
 		config:   &tls.Config{},
 	}, {
 		filename: "tls_config.insecure.good.yml",
 		config:   &tls.Config{InsecureSkipVerify: true},
+	}, {
+		filename: "tls_config.tlsversion.good.yml",
+		config:   &tls.Config{MinVersion: tls.VersionTLS11},
 	},
 }
 
@@ -52,7 +81,7 @@ func TestValidTLSConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, cfg := range expectedTLSConfigs {
 		got, err := LoadTLSConfig("testdata/" + cfg.filename)
 		if err != nil {
-			t.Errorf("Error parsing %s: %s", cfg.filename, err)
+			t.Fatalf("Error parsing %s: %s", cfg.filename, err)
 		}
 		// non-nil functions are never equal.
 		got.GetClientCertificate = nil