diff --git a/cmd/flags.go b/cmd/flags.go
index 78040be..3c9aef6 100644
--- a/cmd/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/flags.go
@@ -69,6 +69,17 @@ var ServeFlags = []cli.Flag{
 		// TODO: desc
 		EnvVars: []string{"ENABLE_HTTP_SERVER"},
 	},
+	// Server Options
+	&cli.BoolFlag{
+		Name:    "enable-lfs-support",
+		Usage:   "enable lfs support, require gitea v1.17.0 as backend",
+		EnvVars: []string{"ENABLE_LFS_SUPPORT"},
+	},
+	&cli.BoolFlag{
+		Name:    "enable-symlink-support",
+		Usage:   "follow symlinks if enabled, require gitea v1.18.0 as backend",
+		EnvVars: []string{"ENABLE_SYMLINK_SUPPORT"},
+	},
 
 	// ACME
 	&cli.StringFlag{
diff --git a/cmd/main.go b/cmd/main.go
index 80fb666..a76b7db 100644
--- a/cmd/main.go
+++ b/cmd/main.go
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func Serve(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	// TODO: make this an MRU cache with a size limit
 	fileResponseCache := cache.NewKeyValueCache()
 
-	giteaClient, err := gitea.NewClient(giteaRoot, giteaAPIToken)
+	giteaClient, err := gitea.NewClient(giteaRoot, giteaAPIToken, ctx.Bool("enable-symlink-support"), ctx.Bool("enable-lfs-support"))
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("could not create new gitea client: %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/integration/get_test.go b/integration/get_test.go
index 332096f..ccb8b6b 100644
--- a/integration/get_test.go
+++ b/integration/get_test.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/cookiejar"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
diff --git a/server/gitea/client.go b/server/gitea/client.go
index 747bd6a..56e1221 100644
--- a/server/gitea/client.go
+++ b/server/gitea/client.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func joinURL(baseURL string, paths ...string) string {
 	return baseURL + "/" + strings.Join(p, "/")
 }
 
-func NewClient(giteaRoot, giteaAPIToken string) (*Client, error) {
+func NewClient(giteaRoot, giteaAPIToken string, followSymlinks, supportLFS bool) (*Client, error) {
 	rootURL, err := url.Parse(giteaRoot)
 	giteaRoot = strings.Trim(rootURL.String(), "/")
 
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ func NewClient(giteaRoot, giteaAPIToken string) (*Client, error) {
 		contentTimeout: 10 * time.Second,
 		fastClient:     getFastHTTPClient(),
 
-		followSymlinks: true,
-		supportLFS:     true,
+		followSymlinks: followSymlinks,
+		supportLFS:     supportLFS,
 	}, err
 }
 
diff --git a/server/handler_test.go b/server/handler_test.go
index 23d9af5..f9a721a 100644
--- a/server/handler_test.go
+++ b/server/handler_test.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 
 func TestHandlerPerformance(t *testing.T) {
 	giteaRoot := "https://codeberg.org"
-	giteaClient, _ := gitea.NewClient(giteaRoot, "")
+	giteaClient, _ := gitea.NewClient(giteaRoot, "", false, false)
 	testHandler := Handler(
 		[]byte("codeberg.page"), []byte("raw.codeberg.org"),
 		giteaClient,