diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a9f0d4bdc..e0f7aca83 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ There are some config settings you need to change in the files below.
 | `CMD_GITLAB_BASEURL` | no example | GitLab authentication endpoint, set to use other endpoint than GitLab.com (optional) |
 | `CMD_GITLAB_CLIENTID` | no example | GitLab API client id |
 | `CMD_GITLAB_CLIENTSECRET` | no example | GitLab API client secret |
+| `CMD_GITLAB_VERSION` | no example | GitLab API version (v3 or v4) |
 | `CMD_MATTERMOST_BASEURL` | no example | Mattermost authentication endpoint |
 | `CMD_MATTERMOST_CLIENTID` | no example | Mattermost API client id |
 | `CMD_MATTERMOST_CLIENTSECRET` | no example | Mattermost API client secret |
diff --git a/config.json.example b/config.json.example
index 1f2ec3d55..16c95509a 100644
--- a/config.json.example
+++ b/config.json.example
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@
             "baseURL": "change this",
             "clientID": "change this",
             "clientSecret": "change this",
-            "scope": "use 'read_user' scope for auth user only or remove this property if you need gitlab snippet import/export support (will result to be default scope 'api')"
+            "scope": "use 'read_user' scope for auth user only or remove this property if you need gitlab snippet import/export support (will result to be default scope 'api')",
+            "version": "use 'v4' if gitlab version > 11, 'v3' otherwise. Default to 'v4'"
         },
         "mattermost": {
             "baseURL": "change this",
diff --git a/lib/config/index.js b/lib/config/index.js
index ac03fcd45..e66c513d9 100644
--- a/lib/config/index.js
+++ b/lib/config/index.js
@@ -103,6 +103,12 @@ config.isSAMLEnable = config.saml.idpSsoUrl
 config.isOAuth2Enable = config.oauth2.clientID && config.oauth2.clientSecret
 config.isPDFExportEnable = config.allowPDFExport
 
+// Check gitlab api version
+if (config.gitlab.version !== 'v4' || config.gitlab.version !== 'v3') {
+  logger.warn('config.js contains wrong version (' + config.gitlab.version + ') for gitlab api; it should be \'v3\' or \'v4\'. Defaulting to v3')
+  config.gitlab.version = 'v4'
+}
+
 // Only update i18n files in development setups
 config.updateI18nFiles = (env === Environment.development)
 
diff --git a/lib/response.js b/lib/response.js
index 3a31c5118..372119980 100644
--- a/lib/response.js
+++ b/lib/response.js
@@ -573,11 +573,11 @@ function gitlabActionProjects (req, res, note) {
       }
     }).then(function (user) {
       if (!user) { return response.errorNotFound(res) }
-      var ret = { baseURL: config.gitlab.baseURL }
+      var ret = { baseURL: config.gitlab.baseURL, version: config.gitlab.version }
       ret.accesstoken = user.accessToken
       ret.profileid = user.profileid
       request(
-                config.gitlab.baseURL + '/api/v3/projects?access_token=' + user.accessToken,
+                config.gitlab.baseURL + '/api/' + config.gitlab.version + '/projects?access_token=' + user.accessToken,
                 function (error, httpResponse, body) {
                   if (!error && httpResponse.statusCode === 200) {
                     ret.projects = JSON.parse(body)
diff --git a/public/js/index.js b/public/js/index.js
index 6e13fe9cf..1330deac0 100644
--- a/public/js/index.js
+++ b/public/js/index.js
@@ -970,6 +970,7 @@ ui.toolbar.export.snippet.click(function () {
         .done(function (data) {
           $('#snippetExportModalAccessToken').val(data.accesstoken)
           $('#snippetExportModalBaseURL').val(data.baseURL)
+          $('#snippetExportModalVersion').val(data.version)
           $('#snippetExportModalLoading').hide()
           $('#snippetExportModal').modal('toggle')
           $('#snippetExportModalProjects').find('option').remove().end().append('<option value="init" selected="selected" disabled="disabled">Select From Available Projects</option>')
@@ -1021,6 +1022,7 @@ ui.toolbar.import.snippet.click(function () {
         .done(function (data) {
           $('#snippetImportModalAccessToken').val(data.accesstoken)
           $('#snippetImportModalBaseURL').val(data.baseURL)
+          $('#snippetImportModalVersion').val(data.version)
           $('#snippetImportModalContent').prop('disabled', false)
           $('#snippetImportModalConfirm').prop('disabled', false)
           $('#snippetImportModalLoading').hide()
@@ -1243,10 +1245,10 @@ ui.modal.snippetImportProjects.change(function () {
   var accesstoken = $('#snippetImportModalAccessToken').val()
   var baseURL = $('#snippetImportModalBaseURL').val()
   var project = $('#snippetImportModalProjects').val()
-
+  var version = $('#snippetImportModalVersion').val()
   $('#snippetImportModalLoading').show()
   $('#snippetImportModalContent').val('/projects/' + project)
-  $.get(baseURL + '/api/v3/projects/' + project + '/snippets?access_token=' + accesstoken)
+  $.get(baseURL + '/api/' + version + '/projects/' + project + '/snippets?access_token=' + accesstoken)
         .done(function (data) {
           $('#snippetImportModalSnippets').find('option').remove().end().append('<option value="init" selected="selected" disabled="disabled">Select From Available Snippets</option>')
           data.forEach(function (snippet) {
@@ -1433,7 +1435,7 @@ $('#snippetImportModalConfirm').click(function () {
   } else {
     ui.spinner.show()
     var accessToken = '?access_token=' + $('#snippetImportModalAccessToken').val()
-    var fullURL = $('#snippetImportModalBaseURL').val() + '/api/v3' + snippeturl
+    var fullURL = $('#snippetImportModalBaseURL').val() + '/api/' + $('#snippetImportModalVersion').val() + snippeturl
     $.get(fullURL + accessToken)
             .done(function (data) {
               var content = '# ' + (data.title || 'Snippet Import')
@@ -1470,15 +1472,19 @@ $('#snippetImportModalConfirm').click(function () {
 $('#snippetExportModalConfirm').click(function () {
   var accesstoken = $('#snippetExportModalAccessToken').val()
   var baseURL = $('#snippetExportModalBaseURL').val()
+  var version = $('#snippetExportModalVersion').val()
+
   var data = {
     title: $('#snippetExportModalTitle').val(),
     file_name: $('#snippetExportModalFileName').val(),
     code: editor.getValue(),
-    visibility_level: $('#snippetExportModalVisibility').val()
+    visibility_level: $('#snippetExportModalVisibility').val(),
+    visibility: $('#snippetExportModalVisibility').val() === 0 ? 'private' : ($('#snippetExportModalVisibility').val() === 10 ? 'internal' : '')
   }
+
   if (!data.title || !data.file_name || !data.code || !data.visibility_level || !$('#snippetExportModalProjects').val()) return
   $('#snippetExportModalLoading').show()
-  var fullURL = baseURL + '/api/v3/projects/' + $('#snippetExportModalProjects').val() + '/snippets?access_token=' + accesstoken
+  var fullURL = baseURL + '/api/' + version + '/projects/' + $('#snippetExportModalProjects').val() + '/snippets?access_token=' + accesstoken
   $.post(fullURL
         , data
         , function (ret) {
@@ -1487,7 +1493,6 @@ $('#snippetExportModalConfirm').click(function () {
           var redirect = baseURL + '/' + $("#snippetExportModalProjects option[value='" + $('#snippetExportModalProjects').val() + "']").text() + '/snippets/' + ret.id
           showMessageModal('<i class="fa fa-gitlab"></i> Export to Snippet', 'Export Successful!', redirect, 'View Snippet Here', true)
         }
-        , 'json'
     )
 })
 
diff --git a/public/views/codimd/body.ejs b/public/views/codimd/body.ejs
index b5932a614..d4f27a934 100644
--- a/public/views/codimd/body.ejs
+++ b/public/views/codimd/body.ejs
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@
             <div class="modal-body">
                 <input type="hidden" id="snippetImportModalAccessToken" />
                 <input type="hidden" id="snippetImportModalBaseURL" />
+                <input type="hidden" id="snippetImportModalVersion" />
                 <div class="ui-field-contain" style="display:table;margin-bottom:10px;width:100%;">
                     <div style="display:table-row;margin-bottom:5px;">
                         <label style="display:table-cell;">Project:</label>
@@ -191,6 +192,7 @@
             <div class="modal-body">
                 <input type="hidden" id="snippetExportModalAccessToken" />
                 <input type="hidden" id="snippetExportModalBaseURL" />
+                <input type="hidden" id="snippetExportModalVersion" />
                 <div class="ui-field-contain" style="display:table;margin-bottom:10px;width:100%;">
                     <div style="display:table-row;margin-bottom:5px;">
                         <label style="display:table-cell;">Title:</label>