diff --git a/script/download-file/customize.py b/script/download-file/customize.py
index 6200cc223..a638d083f 100644
--- a/script/download-file/customize.py
+++ b/script/download-file/customize.py
@@ -159,7 +159,8 @@ def preprocess(i):
                             "return": 1, "error": f"Permission denied to delete file {env['MLC_DOWNLOAD_FILENAME']}."}
                     mlcutil_require_download = 1
                 elif "no such file" in checksum_result.stderr.lower():
-                    # print(f"No file {env['MLC_DOWNLOAD_FILENAME']}. Downloading through mlcutil.")
+                    # print(f"No file {env['MLC_DOWNLOAD_FILENAME']}.
+                    # Downloading through mlcutil.")
                     mlcutil_require_download = 1
                 elif checksum_result.returncode > 0:
                     return {
@@ -234,6 +235,16 @@ def preprocess(i):
                 pre_clean = False
             if not verify_ssl:
                 extra_download_options += " --no-check-certificate "
+            # rlone fix : check rclone version to add --multi-thread-streams=0
+            tmp_rclone_version = env.get('MLC_RCLONE_VERSION', '')
+            if tmp_rclone_version == '':
+                logger.warning(
+                    "MLC_RCLONE_VERSION not set, was get-rclone called as dependency?")
+            else:
+                ref_version = list(map(int, "1.60.0".split('.')))
+                rclone_version = list(map(int, tmp_rclone_version.split('.')))
+                if rclone_version >= ref_version:
+                    extra_download_options += " --multi-thread-streams=0 "
             if env["MLC_HOST_OS_TYPE"] == "windows":
                 # have to modify the variable from url to temp_url if it is
                 # going to be used anywhere after this point
diff --git a/script/get-rclone/customize.py b/script/get-rclone/customize.py
index 91fa9b685..b664a8fe0 100644
--- a/script/get-rclone/customize.py
+++ b/script/get-rclone/customize.py
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ def preprocess(i):
     automation = i['automation']
 
     need_version = env.get('MLC_VERSION', '')
+    if need_version != '':
+        env['MLC_RCLONE_CUSTOM_VERSION'] = need_version
+        env['MLC_RCLONE_CUSTOM_VERSION_FLAG'] = '--version'
 
     host_os_machine = ''
     if os_info['platform'] != 'windows':
diff --git a/script/get-rclone/install-system-macos.sh b/script/get-rclone/install-system-macos.sh
index 97f8f41ee..c8d24e980 100644
--- a/script/get-rclone/install-system-macos.sh
+++ b/script/get-rclone/install-system-macos.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-brew install rclone
+
+if [ -n "$MLC_RCLONE_CUSTOM_VERSION" ]; then
+    brew install rclone@$MLC_RCLONE_CUSTOM_VERSION
+else
+    brew install rclone
+fi
+
 test $? -eq 0 || exit 1
diff --git a/script/get-rclone/install-system.sh b/script/get-rclone/install-system.sh
index a08dd54fb..04c826f28 100644
--- a/script/get-rclone/install-system.sh
+++ b/script/get-rclone/install-system.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-sudo -v ; curl -k https://rclone.org/install.sh | sudo bash
+sudo -v ; chmod +x "${MLC_TMP_CURRENT_SCRIPT_PATH}/rclone-custom-install.sh" ; sudo "${MLC_TMP_CURRENT_SCRIPT_PATH}/rclone-custom-install.sh" ${MLC_RCLONE_CUSTOM_VERSION_FLAG} ${MLC_RCLONE_CUSTOM_VERSION} --force
 test $? -eq 0 || exit 1
diff --git a/script/get-rclone/rclone-custom-install.sh b/script/get-rclone/rclone-custom-install.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..d68e82b2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/get-rclone/rclone-custom-install.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,266 @@
+# This script is based on Rclone's original install script:
+# https://github.com/rclone/rclone/blob/master/docs/content/install.sh
+#
+# Rclone is licensed under the MIT License:
+# https://github.com/rclone/rclone/blob/master/COPYING
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2019 by Nick Craig-Wood https://www.craig-wood.com/nick/
+
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+# of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+# in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+# to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+# copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+# all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+# AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+# OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+# THE SOFTWARE.
+
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# error codes
+# 0 - exited without problems
+# 1 - parameters not supported were used or some unexpected error occurred
+# 2 - OS not supported by this script
+# 3 - installed version of rclone is up to date
+# 4 - supported unzip tools are not available
+
+set -e
+
+# When adding a tool to the list, make sure to also add its corresponding command further in the script
+unzip_tools_list=('unzip' '7z' 'busybox')
+
+usage() { echo "Usage: sudo -v ; curl https://rclone.org/install.sh | sudo bash [-s beta] [--version VERSION] [--force]" 1>&2; exit 1; }
+
+# Check for flags
+install_beta=""
+custom_version=""
+force_flag=""
+
+# Parse arguments
+while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+    case "$1" in
+        --beta)
+            install_beta="beta "
+            shift
+            ;;
+        --version)
+            custom_version="$2"
+            shift 2
+            ;;
+        --force)
+            force_flag="--force"
+            shift
+            ;;
+        *)
+            usage
+            ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+# Create temp directory and move to it with macOS compatibility fallback
+tmp_dir=$(mktemp -d 2>/dev/null || mktemp -d -t 'rclone-install.XXXXXXXXXX')
+cd "$tmp_dir"
+
+# Make sure unzip tool is available and choose one to work with
+set +e
+for tool in ${unzip_tools_list[*]}; do
+    trash=$(hash "$tool" 2>>errors)
+    if [ "$?" -eq 0 ]; then
+        unzip_tool="$tool"
+        break
+    fi
+done  
+set -e
+
+# Exit if no unzip tools available
+if [ -z "$unzip_tool" ]; then
+    printf "\nNone of the supported tools for extracting zip archives (${unzip_tools_list[*]}) were found. "
+    printf "Please install one of them and try again.\n\n"
+    exit 4
+fi
+
+# Make sure we don't create a root owned .config/rclone directory #2127
+export XDG_CONFIG_HOME=config
+
+# === Determine Current Version ===
+if command -v rclone &>/dev/null; then
+  current_installed=$(rclone --version | head -n1 | awk '{print $2}')
+else
+  current_installed=""
+fi
+
+# Check installed version of rclone to determine if update is necessary
+version=$(rclone --version 2>>errors | head -n 1)
+if [ -z "$custom_version" ]; then
+    if [ -z "$install_beta" ]; then
+        current_version=$(curl -fsS https://downloads.rclone.org/version.txt)
+    else
+        current_version=$(curl -fsS https://beta.rclone.org/version.txt)
+        current_version=$(echo "$current_version" | grep -o 'v[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+-[a-zA-Z0-9.-]\+')
+    fi
+else
+    current_version="$custom_version"
+fi
+
+# Check if the version is already up to date
+if [ "$version" -eq "$current_version" ] && [ -z "$force_flag" ]; then
+    printf "\nThe ${install_beta}version of rclone ${version} is already installed.\n\n"
+    exit 3
+fi
+
+if [ -n "$current_installed" ] && [ -z "$force_flag" ]; then
+  echo "Rclone version ${current_installed} is installed. Replace with version ${version}? (yes/no)"
+  read -r answer
+  if [ "$answer" != "yes" ]; then
+    echo "Aborted."
+    exit 0
+  fi
+fi
+
+# Detect the platform
+OS="$(uname)"
+case $OS in
+  Linux)
+    OS='linux'
+    ;;
+  FreeBSD)
+    OS='freebsd'
+    ;;
+  NetBSD)
+    OS='netbsd'
+    ;;
+  OpenBSD)
+    OS='openbsd'
+    ;;  
+  Darwin)
+    OS='osx'
+    binTgtDir=/usr/local/bin
+    man1TgtDir=/usr/local/share/man/man1
+    ;;
+  SunOS)
+    OS='solaris'
+    echo 'OS not supported'
+    exit 2
+    ;;
+  *)
+    echo 'OS not supported'
+    exit 2
+    ;;
+esac
+
+OS_type="$(uname -m)"
+case "$OS_type" in
+  x86_64|amd64)
+    OS_type='amd64'
+    ;;
+  i?86|x86)
+    OS_type='386'
+    ;;
+  aarch64|arm64)
+    OS_type='arm64'
+    ;;
+  armv7*)
+    OS_type='arm-v7'
+    ;;
+  armv6*)
+    OS_type='arm-v6'
+    ;;
+  arm*)
+    OS_type='arm'
+    ;;
+  *)
+    echo 'OS type not supported'
+    exit 2
+    ;;
+esac
+
+# Download and unzip
+if [ -z "$install_beta" ]; then
+    download_link="https://downloads.rclone.org/v${current_version}/rclone-v${current_version}-${OS}-${OS_type}.zip"
+    rclone_zip="rclone-v${current_version}-${OS}-${OS_type}.zip"
+else
+    download_link="https://beta.rclone.org/${current_version}/rclone-${current_version}-${OS}-${OS_type}.zip"
+    rclone_zip="rclone-${current_version}-${OS}-${OS_type}.zip"
+fi
+
+echo "$download_link"
+curl -O "$download_link"
+unzip_dir="tmp_unzip_dir_for_rclone"
+
+# Unzip with the selected tool
+case "$unzip_tool" in
+  'unzip')
+    unzip -a "$rclone_zip" -d "$unzip_dir"
+    ;;
+  '7z')
+    7z x "$rclone_zip" "-o$unzip_dir"
+    ;;
+  'busybox')
+    mkdir -p "$unzip_dir"
+    busybox unzip "$rclone_zip" -d "$unzip_dir"
+    ;;
+esac
+
+cd $unzip_dir/*
+
+# Mounting rclone to environment
+case "$OS" in
+  'linux')
+    # Binary
+    cp rclone /usr/bin/rclone.new
+    chmod 755 /usr/bin/rclone.new
+    chown root:root /usr/bin/rclone.new
+    mv /usr/bin/rclone.new /usr/bin/rclone
+    # Manual
+    if ! [ -x "$(command -v mandb)" ]; then
+        echo 'mandb not found. The rclone man docs will not be installed.'
+    else 
+        mkdir -p /usr/local/share/man/man1
+        cp rclone.1 /usr/local/share/man/man1/
+        mandb
+    fi
+    ;;
+  'freebsd'|'openbsd'|'netbsd')
+    # Binary
+    cp rclone /usr/bin/rclone.new
+    chown root:wheel /usr/bin/rclone.new
+    mv /usr/bin/rclone.new /usr/bin/rclone
+    # Manual
+    mkdir -p /usr/local/man/man1
+    cp rclone.1 /usr/local/man/man1/
+    makewhatis
+    ;;
+  'osx')
+    # Binary
+    mkdir -m 0555 -p ${binTgtDir}
+    cp rclone ${binTgtDir}/rclone.new
+    mv ${binTgtDir}/rclone.new ${binTgtDir}/rclone
+    chmod a=x ${binTgtDir}/rclone
+    # Manual
+    mkdir -m 0555 -p ${man1TgtDir}
+    cp rclone.1 ${man1TgtDir}    
+    chmod a=r ${man1TgtDir}/rclone.1
+    ;;
+  *)
+    echo 'OS not supported'
+    exit 2
+esac
+
+# Update version variable post-install
+version=$(rclone --version 2>>errors | head -n 1)
+
+# Cleanup
+rm -rf "$tmp_dir"
+
+printf "\n${version} has successfully installed."
+printf '\nNow run "rclone config" for setup. Check https://rclone.org/docs/ for more details.\n\n'
+exit 0
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