diff --git a/src/pocketmine/Player.php b/src/pocketmine/Player.php
index ce40e04fb9..d0d3ea45ca 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/Player.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/Player.php
@@ -204,6 +204,9 @@ class Player extends Human implements CommandSender, ChunkLoader, IPlayer{
 	 */
 	protected $sessionAdapter;
 
+	/** @var int */
+	protected $protocol = -1;
+
 	/** @var bool */
 	public $playedBefore;
 	public $spawned = false;
@@ -1970,6 +1973,8 @@ class Player extends Human implements CommandSender, ChunkLoader, IPlayer{
 			return false;
 		}
 
+		$this->protocol = $packet->protocol;
+
 		if($packet->protocol !== ProtocolInfo::CURRENT_PROTOCOL){
 			if($packet->protocol < ProtocolInfo::CURRENT_PROTOCOL){
 				$this->sendPlayStatus(PlayStatusPacket::LOGIN_FAILED_CLIENT, true);
@@ -2035,6 +2040,7 @@ class Player extends Human implements CommandSender, ChunkLoader, IPlayer{
 	public function sendPlayStatus(int $status, bool $immediate = false){
 		$pk = new PlayStatusPacket();
 		$pk->status = $status;
+		$pk->protocol = $this->protocol;
 		if($immediate){
 			$this->directDataPacket($pk);
 		}else{
diff --git a/src/pocketmine/network/mcpe/protocol/LoginPacket.php b/src/pocketmine/network/mcpe/protocol/LoginPacket.php
index 0e9eb77ecd..f74f48df13 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/network/mcpe/protocol/LoginPacket.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/network/mcpe/protocol/LoginPacket.php
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ class LoginPacket extends DataPacket{
 		$this->protocol = $this->getInt();
 
 		if($this->protocol !== ProtocolInfo::CURRENT_PROTOCOL){
+			if($this->protocol > 0xffff){ //guess MCPE <= 1.1
+				$this->offset -= 6;
+				$this->protocol = $this->getInt();
+			}
 			return; //Do not attempt to continue decoding for non-accepted protocols
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/pocketmine/network/mcpe/protocol/PlayStatusPacket.php b/src/pocketmine/network/mcpe/protocol/PlayStatusPacket.php
index 38b48e60ed..225540b8cc 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/network/mcpe/protocol/PlayStatusPacket.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/network/mcpe/protocol/PlayStatusPacket.php
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ class PlayStatusPacket extends DataPacket{
 	/** @var int */
 	public $status;
 
+	/**
+	 * @var int
+	 * Used to determine how to write the packet when we disconnect incompatible clients.
+	 */
+	public $protocol;
+
 	protected function decodePayload(){
 		$this->status = $this->getInt();
 	}
@@ -50,6 +56,14 @@ class PlayStatusPacket extends DataPacket{
 		return true;
 	}
 
+	protected function encodeHeader(){
+		if($this->protocol < 130){ //MCPE <= 1.1
+			$this->putByte(static::NETWORK_ID);
+		}else{
+			parent::encodeHeader();
+		}
+	}
+
 	protected function encodePayload(){
 		$this->putInt($this->status);
 	}