diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 6e0fc21..c8766aa 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+remote-backup (1.3.0) stable; urgency=low
+
+  * Catch protocol mismatch, retry with less options (multiple --link-dest requires protocol >= 29)
+
+ -- Vincent Riquer <v.riquer@b2f-concept.com>  Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:45:51 +0100
+
 remote-backup (1.2.2) stable; urgency=low
 
   * fix rotation
diff --git a/remote-backup b/remote-backup
index 8b7cb87..2f33077 100755
--- a/remote-backup
+++ b/remote-backup
@@ -157,6 +157,11 @@ runBackup() {
 # identical.
 	RSYNC_OPTS="-a --exclude-from=$EXCLUDES --bwlimit=$BWLIMIT"
 	
+	if [[ $2 == PROTOCOLMISMATCH ]]
+	then
+		proto29=1
+		MAX_ROTATE=1
+	fi
 	for (( backup_num=0 ; backup_num <= MAX_ROTATE ; backup_num++ ))
 	do
 		if [ -d "$SNAPSHOT_RW/$NAME/daily.$backup_num" ]
@@ -182,13 +187,22 @@ runBackup() {
 		$RSYNC_OPTS					\
 		"${REMOTE_LOCATION}"		\
 		"$SNAPSHOT_RW/$NAME/$1"
-	if	   (( $? == 10 ))	\
-		|| (( $? == 12 ))	\
-		|| (( $? == 20 ))	\
-		|| (( $? == 21 ))	\
-		|| (( $? == 22 ))	\
-		|| (( $? == 23 ))	\
-		|| (( $? == 30 ))
+	if	   (( $? == 2 ))
+	then
+		if (( proto29 ))
+		then
+			echo "Still failing, giving up"
+		else
+			echo "Rsync protocol mismatch, trying with only one --link-dest"
+			runBackup "$1" PROTOCOLMISMATCH
+		fi
+	elif (( $? == 10 ))	\
+	||   (( $? == 12 ))	\
+	||   (( $? == 20 ))	\
+	||   (( $? == 21 ))	\
+	||   (( $? == 22 ))	\
+	||   (( $? == 23 ))	\
+	||   (( $? == 30 ))
 	then
 		if [ -d "$SNAPSHOT_RW/$NAME/$1" ]
 		then
@@ -200,6 +214,7 @@ runBackup() {
 	$TOUCH "$SNAPSHOT_RW/$NAME/$1"
 
 # and thats it
+	unset proto29
 }
 
 # make sure we're running as root