diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e35c4416..81a83e84 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.22 // indirect
 	github.com/nathanaelle/password v1.0.0
 	github.com/pelletier/go-toml v1.6.0 // indirect
-	github.com/pkg/sftp v1.10.2-0.20191102210727-6d50bf4a2122
+	github.com/pkg/sftp v1.10.2-0.20191111234405-8488d36edee7
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.2.1
 	github.com/rs/xid v1.2.1
 	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.16.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 797bbf5f..a2a9cb4a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ github.com/pelletier/go-toml v1.6.0/go.mod h1:5N711Q9dKgbdkxHL+MEfF31hpT7l0S0s/t
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.8.0/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.8.1 h1:iURUrRGxPUNPdy5/HRSm+Yj6okJ6UtLINN0Q9M4+h3I=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.8.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
-github.com/pkg/sftp v1.10.2-0.20191102210727-6d50bf4a2122 h1:sb1Pv18vtpHTpRq4zlPIaiBw815nIkFIrARKIRSVBjM=
-github.com/pkg/sftp v1.10.2-0.20191102210727-6d50bf4a2122/go.mod h1:lYOWFsE0bwd1+KfKJaKeuokY15vzFx25BLbzYYoAxZI=
+github.com/pkg/sftp v1.10.2-0.20191111234405-8488d36edee7 h1:0aliGCO3gzhJZYrCyPwl/H631u53ol99CoxH1Xx3ROk=
+github.com/pkg/sftp v1.10.2-0.20191111234405-8488d36edee7/go.mod h1:lYOWFsE0bwd1+KfKJaKeuokY15vzFx25BLbzYYoAxZI=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v0.9.1/go.mod h1:7SWBe2y4D6OKWSNQJUaRYU/AaXPKyh/dDVn+NZz0KFw=
diff --git a/sftpd/internal_test.go b/sftpd/internal_test.go
index 9f0ab73a..fea3677c 100644
--- a/sftpd/internal_test.go
+++ b/sftpd/internal_test.go
@@ -802,3 +802,18 @@ func TestConnectionStatusStruct(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("error getting connection info")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestSFTPExtensions(t *testing.T) {
+	initialSFTPExtensions := sftpExtensions
+	c := Configuration{}
+	err := c.configureSFTPExtensions()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("error configuring SFTP extensions")
+	}
+	sftpExtensions = append(sftpExtensions, "invalid@example.com")
+	err = c.configureSFTPExtensions()
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Errorf("configuring invalid SFTP extensions must fail")
+	}
+	sftpExtensions = initialSFTPExtensions
+}
diff --git a/sftpd/server.go b/sftpd/server.go
index f7f161cd..ac503ca7 100644
--- a/sftpd/server.go
+++ b/sftpd/server.go
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ import (
 
 const defaultPrivateKeyName = "id_rsa"
 
+var sftpExtensions = []string{"posix-rename@openssh.com"}
+
 // Configuration for the SFTP server
 type Configuration struct {
 	// Identification string used by the server
@@ -153,6 +155,7 @@ func (c Configuration) Initialize(configDir string) error {
 
 	c.configureSecurityOptions(serverConfig)
 	c.configureLoginBanner(serverConfig, configDir)
+	c.configureSFTPExtensions()
 
 	listener, err := net.Listen("tcp", fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", c.BindAddress, c.BindPort))
 	if err != nil {
@@ -208,6 +211,15 @@ func (c Configuration) configureLoginBanner(serverConfig *ssh.ServerConfig, conf
 	return err
 }
 
+func (c Configuration) configureSFTPExtensions() error {
+	err := sftp.SetSFTPExtensions(sftpExtensions...)
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.WarnToConsole("unable to configure SFTP extensions: %v", err)
+		logger.Warn(logSender, "", "unable to configure SFTP extensions: %v", err)
+	}
+	return err
+}
+
 // AcceptInboundConnection handles an inbound connection to the server instance and determines if the request should be served or not.
 func (c Configuration) AcceptInboundConnection(conn net.Conn, config *ssh.ServerConfig) {