diff --git a/allowedSnakeCase.cjs b/allowedSnakeCase.cjs
index 2ba2448ee2..b257daf6f7 100644
--- a/allowedSnakeCase.cjs
+++ b/allowedSnakeCase.cjs
@@ -206,8 +206,10 @@ module.exports = [
   'general_permissions',
   'get_aggregate',
   'get_aggregates_response',
+  'get_capabilities',
   'get_config_family_response',
   'get_config_nvt_response',
+  'get_features_response',
   'get_feeds',
   'get_feeds_response',
   'get_identifier',
@@ -236,13 +238,13 @@ module.exports = [
   'groups_data',
   'gsad_response',
   'has_av_duration',
-  '_has_caps',
   'has_detection',
   'has_duration',
   'has_reference',
   'has_selected',
   'has_severity_filter',
   'header_title',
+  'help_response',
   'highest_severity',
   'high_per_host',
   'host_allow',
diff --git a/src/gmp/capabilities/__tests__/capabilities.js b/src/gmp/capabilities/__tests__/capabilities.js
index 835994a957..ee6ad31798 100644
--- a/src/gmp/capabilities/__tests__/capabilities.js
+++ b/src/gmp/capabilities/__tests__/capabilities.js
@@ -215,6 +215,19 @@ describe('Capabilities tests', () => {
     }
     expect(i).toEqual(4);
   });
+
+  test('should handle features', () => {
+    const featureList = [
+      {name: 'ENABLED_FEATURE_1', _enabled: 1},
+      {name: 'DISABLED_FEATURE', _enabled: 0},
+      {name: 'ENABLED_FEATURE_2', _enabled: 1},
+    ];
+    const caps = new Capabilities(['everything'], featureList);
+    expect(caps.featureEnabled('ENABLED_FEATURE_1')).toBe(true);
+    expect(caps.featureEnabled('DISABLED_FEATURE')).toBe(false);
+    expect(caps.featureEnabled('enabled_feature_2')).toBe(true);
+    expect(caps.featureEnabled('UNDEFINED_FEATURE')).toBe(false);
+  });
 });
 
 // vim: set ts=2 sw=2 tw=80:
diff --git a/src/gmp/capabilities/capabilities.js b/src/gmp/capabilities/capabilities.js
index e65a1832b2..f8baa0e991 100644
--- a/src/gmp/capabilities/capabilities.js
+++ b/src/gmp/capabilities/capabilities.js
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
  */
 
-
 import {isDefined} from 'gmp/utils/identity';
-import {map} from 'gmp/utils/array';
+import {forEach, map} from 'gmp/utils/array';
 import {pluralizeType} from 'gmp/utils/entitytype';
+import {parseBoolean} from 'gmp/parser';
 
 const types = {
   audit: 'task',
@@ -51,16 +51,27 @@ const convertType = type => {
 };
 
 class Capabilities {
-  constructor(cap_names) {
-    this._has_caps = isDefined(cap_names);
+  constructor(cap_names, featuresList) {
+    this._hasCaps = isDefined(cap_names);
+    this._hasFeatures = isDefined(featuresList);
 
     let caps;
+    let featuresEnabled = {};
 
-    if (this._has_caps) {
+    if (this._hasCaps) {
       caps = map(cap_names, name => name.toLowerCase());
     }
 
+    if (this._hasFeatures) {
+      forEach(featuresList, feature => {
+        featuresEnabled[feature.name.toUpperCase()] = parseBoolean(
+          feature._enabled,
+        );
+      });
+    }
+
     this._capabilities = new Set(caps);
+    this._featuresEnabled = featuresEnabled;
   }
 
   [Symbol.iterator]() {
@@ -68,7 +79,7 @@ class Capabilities {
   }
 
   areDefined() {
-    return this._has_caps;
+    return this._hasCaps;
   }
 
   has(name) {
@@ -102,6 +113,10 @@ class Capabilities {
   get length() {
     return this._capabilities.size;
   }
+
+  featureEnabled(feature) {
+    return this._featuresEnabled[feature.toUpperCase()] == true;
+  }
 }
 
 export default Capabilities;
diff --git a/src/gmp/commands/__tests__/user.js b/src/gmp/commands/__tests__/user.js
index 17fe9d1ec9..fe39552f46 100644
--- a/src/gmp/commands/__tests__/user.js
+++ b/src/gmp/commands/__tests__/user.js
@@ -121,3 +121,58 @@ describe('UserCommand transformSettingName() function tests', () => {
     expect(transformSettingName(str4)).toEqual('foobar');
   });
 });
+
+describe('UserCommand capabilities tests', () => {
+  test('should get capabilities', () => {
+    const response = createResponse({
+      get_capabilities: {
+        help_response: {
+          schema: {
+            command: [
+              {
+                name: 'get_reports',
+              },
+              {
+                name: 'get_tasks',
+              },
+            ],
+          },
+        },
+        get_features_response: {
+          feature: [
+            {
+              _enabled: 1,
+              name: 'TEST_FEATURE_1',
+            },
+            {
+              _enabled: 1,
+              name: 'TEST_FEATURE_2',
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+      },
+    });
+    const fakeHttp = createHttp(response);
+    const cmd = new UserCommand(fakeHttp);
+
+    cmd.currentCapabilities().then(resp => {
+      const {data: caps} = resp;
+
+      expect(fakeHttp.request).toHaveBeenCalledWith('get', {
+        args: {
+          cmd: 'get_capabilities',
+        },
+      });
+
+      expect(caps._hasCaps).toBe(true);
+      expect(caps.mayAccess('report')).toBe(true);
+      expect(caps.mayAccess('task')).toBe(true);
+      expect(caps.mayAccess('user')).toBe(false);
+
+      expect(caps._hasFeatures).toBe(true);
+      expect(caps.featureEnabled('test_feature_1')).toBe(true);
+      expect(caps.featureEnabled('TEST_FEATURE_2')).toBe(true);
+      expect(caps.featureEnabled('TEST_FEATURE_3')).toBe(false);
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/gmp/commands/users.js b/src/gmp/commands/users.js
index 65dcc9ab98..c94c4077e7 100644
--- a/src/gmp/commands/users.js
+++ b/src/gmp/commands/users.js
@@ -162,8 +162,9 @@ export class UserCommand extends EntityCommand {
     ).then(response => {
       const {data} = response;
       const {command: commands} = data.get_capabilities.help_response.schema;
+      const featuresList = data.get_capabilities.get_features_response.feature;
       const caps = map(commands, command => command.name);
-      return response.setData(new Capabilities(caps));
+      return response.setData(new Capabilities(caps, featuresList));
     });
   }