diff --git a/lib/vquic/ngtcp2.c b/lib/vquic/ngtcp2.c
index 7f076759b8..d1cd63dfbe 100644
--- a/lib/vquic/ngtcp2.c
+++ b/lib/vquic/ngtcp2.c
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ struct h3out {
 #define QUIC_PRIORITY \
   "NORMAL:-VERS-ALL:+VERS-TLS1.3:-CIPHER-ALL:+AES-128-GCM:+AES-256-GCM:" \
   "+CHACHA20-POLY1305:+AES-128-CCM:-GROUP-ALL:+GROUP-SECP256R1:" \
-  "+GROUP-X25519:+GROUP-SECP384R1:+GROUP-SECP521R1"
+  "+GROUP-X25519:+GROUP-SECP384R1:+GROUP-SECP521R1:" \
+  "%DISABLE_TLS13_COMPAT_MODE"
 #endif
 
 static CURLcode ng_process_ingress(struct Curl_easy *data,