diff --git a/package/network/services/lldpd/files/lldpd.init b/package/network/services/lldpd/files/lldpd.init
index 5b39144921f..e1e8ac9fd4a 100644
--- a/package/network/services/lldpd/files/lldpd.init
+++ b/package/network/services/lldpd/files/lldpd.init
@@ -45,12 +45,16 @@ write_lldpd_conf()
 	local lldp_mgmt_ip
 	config_get lldp_mgmt_ip 'config' 'lldp_mgmt_ip'
 
+	local lldp_syscapabilities
+	config_get lldp_syscapabilities 'config' 'lldp_syscapabilities'
+
 	# Clear out the config file first
 	echo -n > "$LLDPD_CONF"
 	[ -n "$ifnames" ] && echo "configure system interface pattern" "$ifnames" >> "$LLDPD_CONF"
 	[ -n "$lldp_description" ] && echo "configure system description" "\"$lldp_description\"" >> "$LLDPD_CONF"
 	[ -n "$lldp_hostname" ] && echo "configure system hostname" "\"$lldp_hostname\"" >> "$LLDPD_CONF"
 	[ -n "$lldp_mgmt_ip" ] && echo "configure system ip management pattern" "\"$lldp_mgmt_ip\"" >> "$LLDPD_CONF"
+	[ -n "$lldp_syscapabilities" ] && echo "configure system capabilities enabled" "\"$lldp_syscapabilities\"" >> "$LLDPD_CONF"
 
 	# Since lldpd's sysconfdir is /tmp, we'll symlink /etc/lldpd.d to /tmp/$LLDPD_CONFS_DIR
 	[ -e $LLDPD_CONFS_DIR ] || ln -s /etc/lldpd.d $LLDPD_CONFS_DIR