diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/default-upload-protocol.md b/changelog/unreleased/default-upload-protocol.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6ca035eb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/default-upload-protocol.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Enhancement: Use a default protocol parameter instead of explicitly disabling tus
+
+https://github.com/cs3org/reva/pull/1331
+https://github.com/owncloud/ocis/pull/1374
diff --git a/storage/pkg/command/frontend.go b/storage/pkg/command/frontend.go
index b656e9e6c..c657e85aa 100644
--- a/storage/pkg/command/frontend.go
+++ b/storage/pkg/command/frontend.go
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ func Frontend(cfg *config.Config) *cli.Command {
 					"versioning":        true,
 				}
 
-				if !cfg.Reva.UploadDisableTus {
+				if cfg.Reva.DefaultUploadProtocol == "tus" {
 					filesCfg["tus_support"] = map[string]interface{}{
 						"version":              "1.0.0",
 						"resumable":            "1.0.0",
@@ -131,12 +131,10 @@ func Frontend(cfg *config.Config) *cli.Command {
 							},
 							"ocdav": map[string]interface{}{
 								"prefix":           cfg.Reva.Frontend.OCDavPrefix,
-								"chunk_folder":     cfg.Reva.OCDav.ChunkFolder,
 								"files_namespace":  cfg.Reva.OCDav.DavFilesNamespace,
 								"webdav_namespace": cfg.Reva.OCDav.WebdavNamespace,
 								"timeout":          86400,
 								"insecure":         true,
-								"disable_tus":      cfg.Reva.UploadDisableTus,
 							},
 							"ocs": map[string]interface{}{
 								"share_prefix": cfg.Reva.Frontend.OCSSharePrefix,
@@ -148,7 +146,7 @@ func Frontend(cfg *config.Config) *cli.Command {
 									"contact": "admin@localhost",
 									"ssl":     "false",
 								},
-								"disable_tus": cfg.Reva.UploadDisableTus,
+								"default_upload_protocol": cfg.Reva.DefaultUploadProtocol,
 								"capabilities": map[string]interface{}{
 									"capabilities": map[string]interface{}{
 										"core": map[string]interface{}{
diff --git a/storage/pkg/config/config.go b/storage/pkg/config/config.go
index 02864be82..4c069a80c 100644
--- a/storage/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/storage/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -284,7 +284,6 @@ type LDAPSchema struct {
 
 // OCDav defines the available ocdav configuration.
 type OCDav struct {
-	ChunkFolder       string
 	WebdavNamespace   string
 	DavFilesNamespace string
 }
@@ -320,10 +319,10 @@ type Reva struct {
 	// chunking and resumable upload config (TUS)
 	UploadMaxChunkSize       int
 	UploadHTTPMethodOverride string
-	UploadDisableTus         bool
 	// checksumming capabilities
 	ChecksumSupportedTypes      []string
 	ChecksumPreferredUploadType string
+	DefaultUploadProtocol       string
 }
 
 // Tracing defines the available tracing configuration.
diff --git a/storage/pkg/flagset/frontend.go b/storage/pkg/flagset/frontend.go
index 336c182f5..8684abb3f 100644
--- a/storage/pkg/flagset/frontend.go
+++ b/storage/pkg/flagset/frontend.go
@@ -128,12 +128,12 @@ func FrontendWithConfig(cfg *config.Config) []cli.Flag {
 		},
 
 		// Chunking
-		&cli.BoolFlag{
-			Name:        "upload-disable-tus",
-			Value:       false,
-			Usage:       "Disables TUS upload mechanism",
-			EnvVars:     []string{"STORAGE_FRONTEND_UPLOAD_DISABLE_TUS"},
-			Destination: &cfg.Reva.UploadDisableTus,
+		&cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:        "default-upload-protocol",
+			Value:       "tus",
+			Usage:       "Default upload chunking protocol to be used out of tus/v1/ng",
+			EnvVars:     []string{"STORAGE_FRONTEND_DEFAULT_UPLOAD_PROTOCOL"},
+			Destination: &cfg.Reva.DefaultUploadProtocol,
 		},
 		&cli.IntFlag{
 			Name:        "upload-max-chunk-size",