diff --git a/src/common/connection_handlers.py b/src/common/connection_handlers.py
index f9f81b85b14a1d41ed54329ed07d281f52ed1bba..32cc3061c5d52677d58d9b6ee5696d125cd90666 100644
--- a/src/common/connection_handlers.py
+++ b/src/common/connection_handlers.py
@@ -817,7 +817,7 @@ class ConnectionVcard:
 		''' advertise our capabilities in presence stanza (jep-0115)'''
 		c = p.setTag('c', namespace = common.xmpp.NS_CAPS)
 		c.setAttr('node', 'http://gajim.org/caps')
-		c.setAttr('ext', 'ftrans')
+		c.setAttr('ext', 'ftrans xhtml')
 		c.setAttr('ver', gajim.version)
 		return p