diff --git a/include/openvswitch/ofp-monitor.h b/include/openvswitch/ofp-monitor.h
index 237cef85e..835efd0f3 100644
--- a/include/openvswitch/ofp-monitor.h
+++ b/include/openvswitch/ofp-monitor.h
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ struct ofputil_flow_monitor_request {
 int ofputil_decode_flow_monitor_request(struct ofputil_flow_monitor_request *,
                                         struct ofpbuf *msg);
 void ofputil_append_flow_monitor_request(
-    const struct ofputil_flow_monitor_request *, struct ofpbuf *msg);
+    const struct ofputil_flow_monitor_request *, struct ofpbuf *msg,
+    enum ofputil_protocol protocol);
 void ofputil_flow_monitor_request_format(
     struct ds *, const struct ofputil_flow_monitor_request *,
     const struct ofputil_port_map *, const struct ofputil_table_map *);
@@ -103,7 +104,8 @@ struct ofputil_flow_update {
 
 int ofputil_decode_flow_update(struct ofputil_flow_update *,
                                struct ofpbuf *msg, struct ofpbuf *ofpacts);
-void ofputil_start_flow_update(struct ovs_list *replies);
+void ofputil_start_flow_update(struct ovs_list *replies,
+                               enum ofputil_protocol protocol);
 void ofputil_append_flow_update(const struct ofputil_flow_update *,
                                 struct ovs_list *replies,
                                 const struct tun_table *);
@@ -114,7 +116,8 @@ void ofputil_flow_update_format(struct ds *,
 
 /* Abstract nx_flow_monitor_cancel. */
 uint32_t ofputil_decode_flow_monitor_cancel(const struct ofp_header *);
-struct ofpbuf *ofputil_encode_flow_monitor_cancel(uint32_t id);
+struct ofpbuf *ofputil_encode_flow_monitor_cancel(
+    uint32_t id, enum ofputil_protocol protocol);
 
 struct ofputil_requestforward {
     ovs_be32 xid;
diff --git a/include/openvswitch/ofp-msgs.h b/include/openvswitch/ofp-msgs.h
index 8457bc7d0..be1bc2745 100644
--- a/include/openvswitch/ofp-msgs.h
+++ b/include/openvswitch/ofp-msgs.h
@@ -453,12 +453,12 @@ enum ofpraw {
 
     /* OFPST 1.4+ (16): uint8_t[8][]. */
     OFPRAW_OFPST14_FLOW_MONITOR_REQUEST,
-    /* NXST 1.0 (2): uint8_t[8][]. */
+    /* NXST 1.0+ (2): uint8_t[8][]. */
     OFPRAW_NXST_FLOW_MONITOR_REQUEST,
 
     /* OFPST 1.4+ (16): uint8_t[8][]. */
     OFPRAW_OFPST14_FLOW_MONITOR_REPLY,
-    /* NXST 1.0 (2): uint8_t[8][]. */
+    /* NXST 1.0+ (2): uint8_t[8][]. */
     OFPRAW_NXST_FLOW_MONITOR_REPLY,
 
 /* Nicira extension messages.
diff --git a/lib/ofp-monitor.c b/lib/ofp-monitor.c
index e12fa6d2b..51f01b100 100644
--- a/lib/ofp-monitor.c
+++ b/lib/ofp-monitor.c
@@ -386,14 +386,16 @@ ofputil_decode_flow_monitor_request(struct ofputil_flow_monitor_request *rq,
 
 void
 ofputil_append_flow_monitor_request(
-    const struct ofputil_flow_monitor_request *rq, struct ofpbuf *msg)
+    const struct ofputil_flow_monitor_request *rq, struct ofpbuf *msg,
+    enum ofputil_protocol protocol)
 {
     struct nx_flow_monitor_request *nfmr;
     size_t start_ofs;
     int match_len;
+    enum ofp_version version = ofputil_protocol_to_ofp_version(protocol);
 
     if (!msg->size) {
-        ofpraw_put(OFPRAW_NXST_FLOW_MONITOR_REQUEST, OFP10_VERSION, msg);
+        ofpraw_put(OFPRAW_NXST_FLOW_MONITOR_REQUEST, version, msg);
     }
 
     start_ofs = msg->size;
@@ -517,9 +519,6 @@ parse_flow_monitor_request__(struct ofputil_flow_monitor_request *fmr,
         if (error) {
             return error;
         }
-        /* Flow Monitor is supported in OpenFlow 1.0 or can be further reduced
-         * to a few 1.0 flavors by a match field. */
-        *usable_protocols &= OFPUTIL_P_OF10_ANY;
     }
     return NULL;
 }
@@ -661,23 +660,26 @@ ofputil_decode_flow_monitor_cancel(const struct ofp_header *oh)
 }
 
 struct ofpbuf *
-ofputil_encode_flow_monitor_cancel(uint32_t id)
+ofputil_encode_flow_monitor_cancel(uint32_t id, enum ofputil_protocol protocol)
 {
     struct nx_flow_monitor_cancel *nfmc;
+    enum ofp_version version = ofputil_protocol_to_ofp_version(protocol);
     struct ofpbuf *msg;
 
-    msg = ofpraw_alloc(OFPRAW_NXT_FLOW_MONITOR_CANCEL, OFP10_VERSION, 0);
+    msg = ofpraw_alloc(OFPRAW_NXT_FLOW_MONITOR_CANCEL, version, 0);
     nfmc = ofpbuf_put_uninit(msg, sizeof *nfmc);
     nfmc->id = htonl(id);
     return msg;
 }
 
 void
-ofputil_start_flow_update(struct ovs_list *replies)
+ofputil_start_flow_update(struct ovs_list *replies,
+                          enum ofputil_protocol protocol)
 {
     struct ofpbuf *msg;
+    enum ofp_version version = ofputil_protocol_to_ofp_version(protocol);
 
-    msg = ofpraw_alloc_xid(OFPRAW_NXST_FLOW_MONITOR_REPLY, OFP10_VERSION,
+    msg = ofpraw_alloc_xid(OFPRAW_NXST_FLOW_MONITOR_REPLY, version,
                            htonl(0), 1024);
 
     ovs_list_init(replies);
diff --git a/ofproto/connmgr.c b/ofproto/connmgr.c
index fa8f6cd0e..c14834f84 100644
--- a/ofproto/connmgr.c
+++ b/ofproto/connmgr.c
@@ -2193,7 +2193,8 @@ ofmonitor_report(struct connmgr *mgr, struct rule *rule,
 
         if (flags) {
             if (ovs_list_is_empty(&ofconn->updates)) {
-                ofputil_start_flow_update(&ofconn->updates);
+                ofputil_start_flow_update(&ofconn->updates,
+                                          ofconn_get_protocol(ofconn));
                 ofconn->sent_abbrev_update = false;
             }
 
@@ -2243,6 +2244,7 @@ ofmonitor_flush(struct connmgr *mgr)
     OVS_REQUIRES(ofproto_mutex)
 {
     struct ofconn *ofconn;
+    enum ofputil_protocol protocol;
 
     if (!mgr) {
         return;
@@ -2260,8 +2262,10 @@ ofmonitor_flush(struct connmgr *mgr)
             && rconn_packet_counter_n_bytes(counter) > 128 * 1024) {
             COVERAGE_INC(ofmonitor_pause);
             ofconn->monitor_paused = monitor_seqno++;
+            protocol = ofconn_get_protocol(ofconn);
             struct ofpbuf *pause = ofpraw_alloc_xid(
-                OFPRAW_NXT_FLOW_MONITOR_PAUSED, OFP10_VERSION, htonl(0), 0);
+                OFPRAW_NXT_FLOW_MONITOR_PAUSED,
+                ofputil_protocol_to_ofp_version(protocol), htonl(0), 0);
             ofconn_send(ofconn, pause, counter);
         }
     }
@@ -2271,6 +2275,7 @@ static void
 ofmonitor_resume(struct ofconn *ofconn)
     OVS_REQUIRES(ofproto_mutex)
 {
+    enum ofputil_protocol protocol;
     struct rule_collection rules;
     rule_collection_init(&rules);
 
@@ -2280,10 +2285,13 @@ ofmonitor_resume(struct ofconn *ofconn)
     }
 
     struct ovs_list msgs = OVS_LIST_INITIALIZER(&msgs);
-    ofmonitor_compose_refresh_updates(&rules, &msgs);
+    ofmonitor_compose_refresh_updates(&rules, &msgs,
+                                      ofconn_get_protocol(ofconn));
 
-    struct ofpbuf *resumed = ofpraw_alloc_xid(OFPRAW_NXT_FLOW_MONITOR_RESUMED,
-                                              OFP10_VERSION, htonl(0), 0);
+    protocol = ofconn_get_protocol(ofconn);
+    struct ofpbuf *resumed = ofpraw_alloc_xid(
+            OFPRAW_NXT_FLOW_MONITOR_RESUMED,
+            ofputil_protocol_to_ofp_version(protocol), htonl(0), 0);
     ovs_list_push_back(&msgs, &resumed->list_node);
     ofconn_send_replies(ofconn, &msgs);
 
diff --git a/ofproto/connmgr.h b/ofproto/connmgr.h
index e299386c7..56fdc3504 100644
--- a/ofproto/connmgr.h
+++ b/ofproto/connmgr.h
@@ -199,7 +199,8 @@ void ofmonitor_collect_resume_rules(struct ofmonitor *, uint64_t seqno,
                                     struct rule_collection *)
     OVS_REQUIRES(ofproto_mutex);
 void ofmonitor_compose_refresh_updates(struct rule_collection *rules,
-                                       struct ovs_list *msgs)
+                                       struct ovs_list *msgs,
+                                       enum ofputil_protocol protocol)
     OVS_REQUIRES(ofproto_mutex);
 
 void connmgr_send_table_status(struct connmgr *,
diff --git a/ofproto/ofproto.c b/ofproto/ofproto.c
index b91517cd2..fdae5c462 100644
--- a/ofproto/ofproto.c
+++ b/ofproto/ofproto.c
@@ -6351,7 +6351,8 @@ static void
 ofproto_compose_flow_refresh_update(const struct rule *rule,
                                     enum nx_flow_monitor_flags flags,
                                     struct ovs_list *msgs,
-                                    const struct tun_table *tun_table)
+                                    const struct tun_table *tun_table,
+                                    enum ofputil_protocol protocol)
     OVS_REQUIRES(ofproto_mutex)
 {
     const struct rule_actions *actions;
@@ -6374,14 +6375,15 @@ ofproto_compose_flow_refresh_update(const struct rule *rule,
     fu.ofpacts_len = actions ? actions->ofpacts_len : 0;
 
     if (ovs_list_is_empty(msgs)) {
-        ofputil_start_flow_update(msgs);
+        ofputil_start_flow_update(msgs, protocol);
     }
     ofputil_append_flow_update(&fu, msgs, tun_table);
 }
 
 void
 ofmonitor_compose_refresh_updates(struct rule_collection *rules,
-                                  struct ovs_list *msgs)
+                                  struct ovs_list *msgs,
+                                  enum ofputil_protocol protocol)
     OVS_REQUIRES(ofproto_mutex)
 {
     struct rule *rule;
@@ -6391,7 +6393,7 @@ ofmonitor_compose_refresh_updates(struct rule_collection *rules,
         rule->monitor_flags = 0;
 
         ofproto_compose_flow_refresh_update(rule, flags, msgs,
-                ofproto_get_tun_tab(rule->ofproto));
+                ofproto_get_tun_tab(rule->ofproto), protocol);
     }
 }
 
@@ -6555,7 +6557,8 @@ handle_flow_monitor_request(struct ofconn *ofconn, const struct ovs_list *msgs)
 
     struct ovs_list replies;
     ofpmp_init(&replies, ofpbuf_from_list(ovs_list_back(msgs))->header);
-    ofmonitor_compose_refresh_updates(&rules, &replies);
+    ofmonitor_compose_refresh_updates(&rules, &replies,
+                                      ofconn_get_protocol(ofconn));
     ovs_mutex_unlock(&ofproto_mutex);
 
     rule_collection_destroy(&rules);
diff --git a/tests/ofproto.at b/tests/ofproto.at
index 08c0a20b6..99b01a00e 100644
--- a/tests/ofproto.at
+++ b/tests/ofproto.at
@@ -4911,6 +4911,7 @@ NXT_FLOW_MONITOR_RESUMED:
 OVS_VSWITCHD_STOP
 AT_CLEANUP
 
+# Test to show flow monitoring support on different OpenFlow protocols
 AT_SETUP([ofproto - flow monitoring usable protocols])
 AT_KEYWORDS([monitor])
 
@@ -4920,14 +4921,22 @@ on_exit 'kill `cat ovs-ofctl.pid`'
 ovs-ofctl -OOpenFlow14 monitor br0 watch:udp,udp_dst=8 --detach --no-chdir --pidfile >monitor.log 2>&1
 AT_CAPTURE_FILE([monitor.log])
 
-# ovs-ofctl should exit because monitor is not supported in OpenFlow 1.4
-OVS_WAIT_UNTIL([grep "ovs-ofctl: none of the usable flow formats (OpenFlow10,NXM) is among the allowed flow formats (OXM-OpenFlow14)" monitor.log])
+# Wait till reply comes backs with OF 1.4
+OVS_WAIT_UNTIL([grep "NXST_FLOW_MONITOR reply (OF1.4)" monitor.log])
+ovs-appctl -t ovs-ofctl exit
+
+# Make sure protocol type in messages from vswitchd, matches that of requested protocol
+ovs-ofctl -OOpenFlow13 monitor br0 watch:sctp,sctp_dst=9 --detach --no-chdir --pidfile >monitor.log 2>&1
+ovs-ofctl add-flow br0 sctp,sctp_dst=9,action=normal
 
-# check that only NXM flag is returned as usable protocols for sctp_dst
-# and ovs-ofctl should exit since monitor is not supported in OpenFlow 1.4
-ovs-ofctl -OOpenFlow14 monitor br0 watch:sctp,sctp_dst=9 --detach --no-chdir --pidfile >monitor.log 2>&1
-OVS_WAIT_UNTIL([grep "ovs-ofctl: none of the usable flow formats (NXM) is among the allowed flow formats (OXM-OpenFlow14)" monitor.log])
+OVS_WAIT_UNTIL([grep "event=ADDED " monitor.log])
+AT_CHECK([sed 's/ (xid=0x[[1-9a-fA-F]][[0-9a-fA-F]]*)//' monitor.log], [0], [dnl
+NXST_FLOW_MONITOR reply (OF1.3):
+NXST_FLOW_MONITOR reply (OF1.3) (xid=0x0):
+ event=ADDED table=0 cookie=0 sctp,tp_dst=9 actions=NORMAL
+])
 
+OVS_APP_EXIT_AND_WAIT([ovs-ofctl])
 OVS_VSWITCHD_STOP
 AT_CLEANUP
 
diff --git a/utilities/ovs-ofctl.c b/utilities/ovs-ofctl.c
index 62059e962..d551f6639 100644
--- a/utilities/ovs-ofctl.c
+++ b/utilities/ovs-ofctl.c
@@ -2239,6 +2239,7 @@ ofctl_monitor(struct ovs_cmdl_context *ctx)
 {
     struct vconn *vconn;
     int i;
+    enum ofputil_protocol protocol;
     enum ofputil_protocol usable_protocols;
 
     /* If the user wants the invalid_ttl_to_controller feature, limit the
@@ -2263,7 +2264,7 @@ ofctl_monitor(struct ovs_cmdl_context *ctx)
         }
     }
 
-    open_vconn(ctx->argv[1], &vconn);
+    protocol = open_vconn(ctx->argv[1], &vconn);
     bool resume_continuations = false;
     for (i = 2; i < ctx->argc; i++) {
         const char *arg = ctx->argv[i];
@@ -2298,7 +2299,7 @@ ofctl_monitor(struct ovs_cmdl_context *ctx)
             }
 
             msg = ofpbuf_new(0);
-            ofputil_append_flow_monitor_request(&fmr, msg);
+            ofputil_append_flow_monitor_request(&fmr, msg, protocol);
             dump_transaction(vconn, msg);
             fflush(stdout);
         } else if (!strcmp(arg, "resume")) {
