diff --git a/lib/Convos/Core/Connection/Irc.pm b/lib/Convos/Core/Connection/Irc.pm
index 7838813ac..53482be4e 100644
--- a/lib/Convos/Core/Connection/Irc.pm
+++ b/lib/Convos/Core/Connection/Irc.pm
@@ -136,6 +136,23 @@ sub _connect_args {
   return $self->SUPER::_connect_args;
 }
 
+sub _irc_event_cap {
+  my ($self, $msg) = @_;
+  $self->_irc_event_fallback($msg);
+
+  if ($msg->{raw_line} =~ m!\s(?:LIST|LS)[^:]+:(.*)!) {
+    $self->{myinfo}{capabilities}{$_} = true for split /\s/, $1;
+    my @cap_req;    # TODO
+    $self->_write(@cap_req ? sprintf "CAP REQ :%s\r\n", join ' ', @cap_req : "CAP END\r\n");
+  }
+  elsif ($msg->{raw_line} =~ m!\sACK\s:(.+)!) {
+    $self->_write("CAP END\r\n");
+  }
+  elsif ($msg->{raw_line} =~ m!\sNAC!) {
+    $self->_write("CAP END\r\n");
+  }
+}
+
 sub _irc_event_ctcpreply_rtcz {
   my ($self, $msg) = @_;
   my ($nick) = IRC::Utils::parse_user($msg->{prefix});
@@ -1042,6 +1059,7 @@ sub _stream {
   my $nick = $self->nick;
   my $user = $url->username || $nick;
   my $mode = $url->query->param('mode') || 0;
+  $self->_write("CAP LS\r\n");
   $self->_write(sprintf "PASS %s\r\n", $url->password) if length $url->password;
   $self->_write("NICK $nick\r\n");
   $self->_write("USER $user $mode * :https://convos.chat/\r\n");
diff --git a/t/irc-v3-capabilities.t b/t/irc-v3-capabilities.t
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bbe216343
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/irc-v3-capabilities.t
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#!perl
+BEGIN { $ENV{CONVOS_SKIP_CONNECT} = 1 }
+use lib '.';
+use t::Helper;
+use t::Server::Irc;
+use Convos::Core;
+use Convos::Core::Backend::File;
+
+my $server = t::Server::Irc->new->start;
+my $core   = Convos::Core->new;
+my $user   = $core->user({email => 'superwoman@example.com'});
+$user->save_p->$wait_success;
+
+note 'external';
+my $connection = $user->connection({name => 'example', protocol => 'irc'});
+$connection->url->userinfo('superwoman:superduper');
+$connection->save_p->$wait_success;
+
+$server->client($connection)->server_event_ok('_irc_event_cap')->server_event_ok('_irc_event_nick')
+  ->server_write_ok(":example CAP * LS * :account-notify away-notify chghost extended-join\r\n")
+  ->server_write_ok(":example CAP * LS :invite-notify multi-prefix sasl userhost-in-names\r\n")
+  ->client_event_ok('_irc_event_cap')->server_event_ok('_irc_event_cap')
+  ->server_write_ok(
+  "example 900 superwoman superwoman!superwoman\@localhost superwoman :You are now logged in as superwoman\r\n"
+)->server_write_ok(['welcome.irc'])->client_event_ok('_irc_event_rpl_welcome')
+  ->process_ok('capabilities handshake');
+
+is_deeply $connection->TO_JSON->{me},
+  {
+  nick         => 'superman',
+  capabilities => {
+    'account-notify'    => true,
+    'away-notify'       => true,
+    'chghost'           => true,
+    'extended-join'     => true,
+    'invite-notify'     => true,
+    'multi-prefix'      => true,
+    'sasl'              => true,
+    'userhost-in-names' => true,
+  },
+  },
+  'got capabilities';
+
+done_testing;