diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c
index 08100295dfd3..a0caa6b72afa 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c
@@ -1040,9 +1040,12 @@ static int v4l_querycap(const struct v4l2_ioctl_ops *ops,
 				struct file *file, void *fh, void *arg)
 {
 	struct v4l2_capability *cap = (struct v4l2_capability *)arg;
+	struct video_device *vfd = video_devdata(file);
 	int ret;
 
 	cap->version = LINUX_VERSION_CODE;
+	cap->device_caps = vfd->device_caps;
+	cap->capabilities = vfd->device_caps | V4L2_CAP_DEVICE_CAPS;
 
 	ret = ops->vidioc_querycap(file, fh, cap);
 
diff --git a/include/media/v4l2-dev.h b/include/media/v4l2-dev.h
index acbcd2f5fe7f..5a562ad58bb9 100644
--- a/include/media/v4l2-dev.h
+++ b/include/media/v4l2-dev.h
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ struct video_device
 	/* device ops */
 	const struct v4l2_file_operations *fops;
 
+	/* device capabilities as used in v4l2_capabilities */
+	u32 device_caps;
+
 	/* sysfs */
 	struct device dev;		/* v4l device */
 	struct cdev *cdev;		/* character device */