diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/upload.py b/Lib/distutils/command/upload.py
index 0afcbf2..1fd574a 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/upload.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/upload.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
         data = {
             # action
             ':action': 'file_upload',
-            'protcol_version': '1',
+            'protocol_version': '1',
 
             # identify release
             'name': meta.get_name(),
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_upload.py b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_upload.py
index 964aac7..3eecf8a 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_upload.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_upload.py
@@ -130,13 +130,14 @@
 
         # what did we send ?
         headers = dict(self.last_open.req.headers)
-        self.assertEqual(headers['Content-length'], '2161')
+        self.assertEqual(headers['Content-length'], '2162')
         content_type = headers['Content-type']
         self.assertTrue(content_type.startswith('multipart/form-data'))
         self.assertEqual(self.last_open.req.get_method(), 'POST')
         expected_url = 'https://pypi.python.org/pypi'
         self.assertEqual(self.last_open.req.get_full_url(), expected_url)
         self.assertTrue(b'xxx' in self.last_open.req.data)
+        self.assertIn(b'protocol_version', self.last_open.req.data)
 
         # The PyPI response body was echoed
         results = self.get_logs(INFO)