diff --git a/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/dovecot/dovecot.conf.j2 b/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/dovecot/dovecot.conf.j2
index 290596d..1fb7fd4 100644
--- a/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/dovecot/dovecot.conf.j2
+++ b/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/dovecot/dovecot.conf.j2
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ mail_plugins = quota
 # these are the capabilities Delta Chat cares about actually 
 # so let's keep the network overhead per login small
 # https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-core-rust/blob/master/src/imap/capabilities.rs
-imap_capability = IMAP4rev1 IDLE MOVE QUOTA CONDSTORE NOTIFY METADATA XDELTAPUSH
+imap_capability = IMAP4rev1 IDLE MOVE QUOTA CONDSTORE NOTIFY METADATA XDELTAPUSH XCHATMAIL
 
 
 # Authentication for system users.