diff --git a/contrib/vim/syntax/nginx.vim b/contrib/vim/syntax/nginx.vim
index 29eef7a23..ea7c58464 100644
--- a/contrib/vim/syntax/nginx.vim
+++ b/contrib/vim/syntax/nginx.vim
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ syn match ngxListenComment '#.*$'
     \ contained
     \ nextgroup=@ngxListenParams skipwhite skipempty
 syn keyword ngxListenOptions contained
-    \ default_server ssl quic proxy_protocol
+    \ default_server ssl quic proxy_protocol multipath
     \ setfib fastopen backlog rcvbuf sndbuf accept_filter deferred bind
     \ ipv6only reuseport so_keepalive
     \ nextgroup=@ngxListenParams skipwhite skipempty
diff --git a/src/http/ngx_http.c b/src/http/ngx_http.c
index d835f896e..c00b2e27b 100644
--- a/src/http/ngx_http.c
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http.c
@@ -1845,6 +1845,7 @@ ngx_http_add_listening(ngx_conf_t *cf, ngx_http_conf_addr_t *addr)
 #endif
 
     ls->type = addr->opt.type;
+    ls->protocol = addr->opt.protocol;
     ls->backlog = addr->opt.backlog;
     ls->rcvbuf = addr->opt.rcvbuf;
     ls->sndbuf = addr->opt.sndbuf;
diff --git a/src/http/ngx_http_core_module.c b/src/http/ngx_http_core_module.c
index 033a3bf64..9c539310a 100644
--- a/src/http/ngx_http_core_module.c
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http_core_module.c
@@ -4049,6 +4049,13 @@ ngx_http_core_listen(ngx_conf_t *cf, ngx_command_t *cmd, void *conf)
         }
 #endif
 
+#ifdef IPPROTO_MPTCP
+        if (ngx_strcmp(value[n].data, "multipath") == 0) {
+            lsopt.protocol = IPPROTO_MPTCP;
+            continue;
+        }
+#endif
+
         if (ngx_strncmp(value[n].data, "backlog=", 8) == 0) {
             lsopt.backlog = ngx_atoi(value[n].data + 8, value[n].len - 8);
             lsopt.set = 1;
@@ -4338,6 +4345,12 @@ ngx_http_core_listen(ngx_conf_t *cf, ngx_command_t *cmd, void *conf)
         }
 #endif
 
+#ifdef IPPROTO_MPTCP
+        if (lsopt.protocol == IPPROTO_MPTCP) {
+             return "\"multipath\" parameter is incompatible with \"quic\"";
+        }
+#endif
+
 #if (NGX_HTTP_V2)
         if (lsopt.http2) {
             return "\"http2\" parameter is incompatible with \"quic\"";
diff --git a/src/http/ngx_http_core_module.h b/src/http/ngx_http_core_module.h
index 765e7ff60..9862eaa27 100644
--- a/src/http/ngx_http_core_module.h
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http_core_module.h
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ typedef struct {
     int                        rcvbuf;
     int                        sndbuf;
     int                        type;
+    int                        protocol;
 #if (NGX_HAVE_SETFIB)
     int                        setfib;
 #endif