diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 15d316b..021a4d7 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ var (
 	connectCaPath   = connect.Flag("ca", "Path to CA bundle (system default if unspecified).").ExistingFile()
 	connectCert     = connect.Flag("cert", "Client certificate chain for connecting to server (PEM).").ExistingFile()
 	connectKey      = connect.Flag("key", "Private key for client certificate, if not in same file (PEM).").ExistingFile()
-	connectStartTLS = connect.Flag("start-tls", "Enable StartTLS protocol (supports 'ldap', 'mysql', 'postgres' and 'smtp').").Short('t').PlaceHolder("PROTOCOL").Enum("mysql", "postgres", "psql", "smtp", "ldap")
+	connectStartTLS = connect.Flag("start-tls", "Enable StartTLS protocol ('ldap', 'mysql', 'postgres', 'smtp' or 'ftp').").Short('t').PlaceHolder("PROTOCOL").Enum("mysql", "postgres", "psql", "smtp", "ldap", "ftp")
 	connectPem      = connect.Flag("pem", "Write output as PEM blocks instead of human-readable format.").Short('m').Bool()
 	connectJSON     = connect.Flag("json", "Write output as machine-readable JSON format.").Short('j').Bool()
 
diff --git a/starttls/ftp.go b/starttls/ftp.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3953fff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/starttls/ftp.go
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+/*-
+ * Copyright 2017 Square Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package starttls
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"crypto/tls"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"net"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+func dumpAuthTLSFromFTP(address string, config *tls.Config) (*tls.ConnectionState, error) {
+	c, err := net.Dial("tcp", address)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	conn := c.(*net.TCPConn)
+	status, err := readFTP(conn)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if status != "220" {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("FTP server responded with status %s, was expecting 220", status)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Fprintf(conn, "AUTH TLS\r\n")
+	status, err = readFTP(conn)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if status != "234" {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("FTP server responded with status %s, was expecting 234", status)
+	}
+
+	tlsConn := tls.Client(conn, config)
+	err = tlsConn.Handshake()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	state := tlsConn.ConnectionState()
+	return &state, nil
+}
+
+func readFTP(conn *net.TCPConn) (string, error) {
+	reader := bufio.NewReader(conn)
+	response, err := reader.ReadString('\n')
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	status := strings.Split(response, " ")
+	if len(status) == 0 {
+		return "", errors.New("garbled response from FTP server after AUTH TLS command")
+	}
+	return status[0], nil
+}
diff --git a/starttls/starttls.go b/starttls/starttls.go
index a1308db..4c36039 100644
--- a/starttls/starttls.go
+++ b/starttls/starttls.go
@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ func GetConnectionState(startTLSType, connectName, connectTo, clientCert, client
 			panic("SMTP Connection isn't TLS after we successfully called StartTLS")
 		}
 		state = &smtpState
+	case "ftp":
+		state, err = dumpAuthTLSFromFTP(connectTo, tlsConfig)
 	default:
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error connecting: unknown StartTLS protocol '%s'\n", startTLSType)
 	}