diff --git a/src/gui/folder.cpp b/src/gui/folder.cpp
index 54a08ec2e8f54..d68a2196367f9 100644
--- a/src/gui/folder.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/folder.cpp
@@ -1151,7 +1151,11 @@ SyncOptions Folder::initializeSyncOptions() const
     opt._confirmExternalStorage = cfgFile.confirmExternalStorage();
     opt._moveFilesToTrash = cfgFile.moveToTrash();
     opt._vfs = _vfs;
-    opt._parallelNetworkJobs = account->isHttp2Supported() ? 20 : 6;
+
+    const auto capsMaxConcurrentChunkUploads = account->capabilities().maxConcurrentChunkUploads();
+    opt._parallelNetworkJobs = capsMaxConcurrentChunkUploads > 0
+        ? capsMaxConcurrentChunkUploads
+        : account->isHttp2Supported() ? 20 : 6;
 
     // Chunk V2: Size of chunks must be between 5MB and 5GB, except for the last chunk which can be smaller
     const auto cfgMinChunkSize = cfgFile.minChunkSize();