diff --git a/owncloud/owncloud.py b/owncloud/owncloud.py
index cb92787..6e3fdd6 100644
--- a/owncloud/owncloud.py
+++ b/owncloud/owncloud.py
@@ -320,6 +320,8 @@ def __init__(self, url, **kwargs):
 
         :param url: URL of the target ownCloud instance
         :param verify_certs: True (default) to verify SSL certificates, False otherwise
+        :param dav_endpoint_version: None (default) to force using a specific endpoint version
+        instead of relying on capabilities
         :param debug: set to True to print debugging messages to stdout, defaults to False
         """
         if not url.endswith('/'):
@@ -329,14 +331,11 @@ def __init__(self, url, **kwargs):
         self._session = None
         self._debug = kwargs.get('debug', False)
         self._verify_certs = kwargs.get('verify_certs', True)
+        self._dav_endpoint_version = kwargs.get('dav_endpoint_version', True)
 
         self._capabilities = None
         self._version = None
 
-        url_components = parse.urlparse(url)
-        self._davpath = url_components.path + 'remote.php/webdav'
-        self._webdav_url = url + 'remote.php/webdav'
-
     def login(self, user_id, password):
         """Authenticate to ownCloud.
         This will create a session on the server.
@@ -352,6 +351,15 @@ def login(self, user_id, password):
 
         try:
             self._update_capabilities()
+
+            url_components = parse.urlparse(self.url)
+            if self._dav_endpoint_version == 1:
+                self._davpath = url_components.path + 'remote.php/dav/files/' + parse.quote(user_id)
+                self._webdav_url = self.url + 'remote.php/dav/files/' + parse.quote(user_id)
+            else:
+                self._davpath = url_components.path + 'remote.php/webdav'
+                self._webdav_url = self.url + 'remote.php/webdav'
+
         except HTTPResponseError as e:
             self._session.close()
             self._session = None
@@ -1814,5 +1822,15 @@ def _update_capabilities(self):
             if edition_el.text is not None:
                 self._version += '-' + edition_el.text
 
+            if 'dav' in apps and 'chunking' in apps['dav']:
+                chunking_version = float(apps['dav']['chunking'])
+                if self._dav_endpoint_version > chunking_version:
+                    self._dav_endpoint_version = None
+
+                if self._dav_endpoint_version is None and chunking_version >= 1.0:
+                    self._dav_endpoint_version = 1
+                else:
+                    self._dav_endpoint_version = 0
+
             return self._capabilities
         raise HTTPResponseError(res)
diff --git a/owncloud/test/test.py b/owncloud/test/test.py
index bce0e5c..e8d28db 100644
--- a/owncloud/test/test.py
+++ b/owncloud/test/test.py
@@ -9,13 +9,35 @@
 import datetime
 import time
 import tempfile
+import random
 import six
 
 from config import Config
 
+def getSupportedDavVersion():
+    # connect just to check supported DAV version
+    client = owncloud.Client(Config['owncloud_url'])
+    client.login(Config['owncloud_login'], Config['owncloud_password'])
+
+    caps = client.get_capabilities()
+    dav_version = None
+
+    if 'dav' in caps and 'chunking' in caps['dav']:
+        dav_version = float(caps['dav']['chunking'])
+
+    return dav_version
+
+def skipIfDavVersionLessThan(expected_version):
+    dav_version = getSupportedDavVersion()
+    if dav_version is None or dav_version < expected_version:
+        return unittest.skip("Expected DAV version %s not supported in this ownCloud version" % expected_version)
+    return lambda func: func
 
 class TestFileAccess(unittest.TestCase):
 
+    def get_dav_endpoint_version(self):
+        return 0
+
     def files():
         return (
             ['test.txt'],
@@ -31,10 +53,10 @@ def files_content():
         )
 
     def setUp(self):
-        self.temp_dir = tempfile.gettempdir() + '/pyocclient_test%s/' % int(time.time())
+        self.temp_dir = tempfile.gettempdir() + '/pyocclient_test%s-%s/' % (int(time.time()), random.randint(1, 1000))
         os.mkdir(self.temp_dir)
 
-        self.client = owncloud.Client(Config['owncloud_url'])
+        self.client = owncloud.Client(Config['owncloud_url'], dav_endpoint_version=self.get_dav_endpoint_version())
         self.client.login(Config['owncloud_login'], Config['owncloud_password'])
         self.test_root = Config['test_root']
         if not self.test_root[-1] == '/':
@@ -862,6 +884,10 @@ def test_update_share_password(self):
         self.assertTrue(type(share_info.get_share_with_displayname()) is str)
         self.assertTrue(self.client.delete_share(share_id))
 
+@skipIfDavVersionLessThan(1.0)
+class TestFileAccessDav1(TestFileAccess):
+    def get_dav_endpoint_version(self):
+        return 1
 
 class TestPrivateDataAccess(unittest.TestCase):