diff --git a/config_examples/config_full.example.json b/config_examples/config_full.example.json
index d0f3f0df6..c415d70b0 100644
--- a/config_examples/config_full.example.json
+++ b/config_examples/config_full.example.json
@@ -149,7 +149,9 @@
             },
             "sell_fill": "on",
             "buy_cancel": "on",
-            "sell_cancel": "on"
+            "sell_cancel": "on",
+            "protection_trigger": "off",
+            "protection_trigger_global": "on"
         },
         "reload": true,
         "balance_dust_level": 0.01
diff --git a/docs/telegram-usage.md b/docs/telegram-usage.md
index b020b00db..1e6fa9dae 100644
--- a/docs/telegram-usage.md
+++ b/docs/telegram-usage.md
@@ -93,7 +93,9 @@ Example configuration showing the different settings:
         "buy_cancel": "silent",
         "sell_cancel": "on",
         "buy_fill": "off",
-        "sell_fill": "off"
+        "sell_fill": "off",
+        "protection_trigger": "off",
+        "protection_trigger_global": "on"
     },
     "reload": true,
     "balance_dust_level": 0.01
diff --git a/freqtrade/enums/rpcmessagetype.py b/freqtrade/enums/rpcmessagetype.py
index 889d67cf4..4e3f693e5 100644
--- a/freqtrade/enums/rpcmessagetype.py
+++ b/freqtrade/enums/rpcmessagetype.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ class RPCMessageType(Enum):
     SELL_FILL = 'sell_fill'
     SELL_CANCEL = 'sell_cancel'
     PROTECTION_TRIGGER = 'protection_trigger'
+    PROTECTION_TRIGGER_GLOBAL = 'protection_trigger_global'
 
     def __repr__(self):
         return self.value
diff --git a/freqtrade/freqtradebot.py b/freqtrade/freqtradebot.py
index 451b5764a..37be3173a 100644
--- a/freqtrade/freqtradebot.py
+++ b/freqtrade/freqtradebot.py
@@ -1309,7 +1309,7 @@ class FreqtradeBot(LoggingMixin):
 
         prot_trig_glb = self.protections.global_stop()
         if prot_trig_glb:
-            msg = {'type': RPCMessageType.PROTECTION_TRIGGER, }
+            msg = {'type': RPCMessageType.PROTECTION_TRIGGER_GLOBAL, }
             msg.update(prot_trig_glb.to_json())
             self.rpc.send_msg(msg)
 
diff --git a/freqtrade/rpc/telegram.py b/freqtrade/rpc/telegram.py
index 934a5182a..0687f95a2 100644
--- a/freqtrade/rpc/telegram.py
+++ b/freqtrade/rpc/telegram.py
@@ -286,7 +286,11 @@ class Telegram(RPCHandler):
                 "*Protection* triggered due to {reason}. "
                 "{pair} will be locked until {lock_end_time}."
             ).format(**msg)
-
+        elif msg_type == RPCMessageType.PROTECTION_TRIGGER_GLOBAL:
+            message = (
+                "*Protection* triggered due to {reason}. "
+                "All pairs will be locked until {lock_end_time}."
+            ).format(**msg)
         elif msg_type == RPCMessageType.STATUS:
             message = '*Status:* `{status}`'.format(**msg)
 
diff --git a/tests/rpc/test_rpc_telegram.py b/tests/rpc/test_rpc_telegram.py
index 0675e4d5f..d37a74187 100644
--- a/tests/rpc/test_rpc_telegram.py
+++ b/tests/rpc/test_rpc_telegram.py
@@ -1326,6 +1326,19 @@ def test_send_msg_protection_notification(default_conf, mocker, time_machine) ->
     assert (msg_mock.call_args[0][0] == "*Protection* triggered due to randreason. "
             "ETH/BTC will be locked until 2021-09-01 05:10:00.")
 
+    msg_mock.reset_mock()
+    # Test global protection
+
+    msg = {
+        'type': RPCMessageType.PROTECTION_TRIGGER_GLOBAL,
+    }
+    lock = PairLocks.lock_pair('*', arrow.utcnow().shift(minutes=100).datetime, 'randreason')
+    msg.update(lock.to_json())
+    telegram.send_msg(msg)
+    assert (msg_mock.call_args[0][0] == "*Protection* triggered due to randreason. "
+            "All pairs will be locked until 2021-09-01 06:45:00.")
+
+
 
 def test_send_msg_buy_fill_notification(default_conf, mocker) -> None: