diff --git a/caddytls/config.go b/caddytls/config.go
index ea5205a0..82c2d654 100644
--- a/caddytls/config.go
+++ b/caddytls/config.go
@@ -9,11 +9,12 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/mholt/caddy"
-	"github.com/xenolf/lego/acme"
 	"log"
 	"net/url"
 	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/mholt/caddy"
+	"github.com/xenolf/lego/acme"
 )
 
 // Config describes how TLS should be configured and used.
@@ -322,10 +323,10 @@ func MakeTLSConfig(configs []*Config) (*tls.Config, error) {
 		}
 
 		// Go with the widest range of protocol versions
-		if cfg.ProtocolMinVersion < config.MinVersion {
+		if config.MinVersion == 0 || cfg.ProtocolMinVersion < config.MinVersion {
 			config.MinVersion = cfg.ProtocolMinVersion
 		}
-		if cfg.ProtocolMaxVersion < config.MaxVersion {
+		if cfg.ProtocolMaxVersion > config.MaxVersion {
 			config.MaxVersion = cfg.ProtocolMaxVersion
 		}
 
diff --git a/caddytls/config_test.go b/caddytls/config_test.go
index 4ca22c6a..7152d76d 100644
--- a/caddytls/config_test.go
+++ b/caddytls/config_test.go
@@ -1,12 +1,34 @@
 package caddytls
 
 import (
+	"crypto/tls"
 	"errors"
 	"net/url"
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 )
 
+func TestMakeTLSConfig(t *testing.T) {
+	// same min and max protocol versions
+	configs := []*Config{
+		{
+			Enabled:            true,
+			ProtocolMinVersion: tls.VersionTLS12,
+			ProtocolMaxVersion: tls.VersionTLS12,
+		},
+	}
+	result, err := MakeTLSConfig(configs)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Did not expect an error, but got %v", err)
+	}
+	if got, want := result.MinVersion, uint16(tls.VersionTLS12); got != want {
+		t.Errorf("Expected min version to be %x, got %x", want, got)
+	}
+	if got, want := result.MaxVersion, uint16(tls.VersionTLS12); got != want {
+		t.Errorf("Expected max version to be %x, got %x", want, got)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestStorageForNoURL(t *testing.T) {
 	c := &Config{}
 	if _, err := c.StorageFor(""); err == nil {
diff --git a/caddytls/setup.go b/caddytls/setup.go
index b0635e6f..7269eea2 100644
--- a/caddytls/setup.go
+++ b/caddytls/setup.go
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ func setupTLS(c *caddy.Controller) error {
 					return c.Errf("Wrong protocol name or protocol not supported: '%s'", args[1])
 				}
 				config.ProtocolMaxVersion = value
+				if config.ProtocolMinVersion > config.ProtocolMaxVersion {
+					return c.Errf("Minimum protocol version cannot be higher than maximum (reverse the order)")
+				}
 			case "ciphers":
 				for c.NextArg() {
 					value, ok := supportedCiphersMap[strings.ToUpper(c.Val())]