diff --git a/fs/btrfs/send.c b/fs/btrfs/send.c
index edfc7ba38b33..080b12d65b0c 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/send.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/send.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include "btrfs_inode.h"
 #include "transaction.h"
 #include "compression.h"
+#include "xattr.h"
 
 /*
  * Maximum number of references an extent can have in order for us to attempt to
@@ -4368,6 +4369,10 @@ static int __process_new_xattr(int num, struct btrfs_key *di_key,
 	struct fs_path *p;
 	struct posix_acl_xattr_header dummy_acl;
 
+	/* Capabilities are emitted by finish_inode_if_needed */
+	if (!strncmp(name, XATTR_NAME_CAPS, name_len))
+		return 0;
+
 	p = fs_path_alloc();
 	if (!p)
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -4904,6 +4909,64 @@ static int send_extent_data(struct send_ctx *sctx,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Search for a capability xattr related to sctx->cur_ino. If the capability is
+ * found, call send_set_xattr function to emit it.
+ *
+ * Return 0 if there isn't a capability, or when the capability was emitted
+ * successfully, or < 0 if an error occurred.
+ */
+static int send_capabilities(struct send_ctx *sctx)
+{
+	struct fs_path *fspath = NULL;
+	struct btrfs_path *path;
+	struct btrfs_dir_item *di;
+	struct extent_buffer *leaf;
+	unsigned long data_ptr;
+	char *buf = NULL;
+	int buf_len;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	path = alloc_path_for_send();
+	if (!path)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	di = btrfs_lookup_xattr(NULL, sctx->send_root, path, sctx->cur_ino,
+				XATTR_NAME_CAPS, strlen(XATTR_NAME_CAPS), 0);
+	if (!di) {
+		/* There is no xattr for this inode */
+		goto out;
+	} else if (IS_ERR(di)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(di);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	leaf = path->nodes[0];
+	buf_len = btrfs_dir_data_len(leaf, di);
+
+	fspath = fs_path_alloc();
+	buf = kmalloc(buf_len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!fspath || !buf) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = get_cur_path(sctx, sctx->cur_ino, sctx->cur_inode_gen, fspath);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto out;
+
+	data_ptr = (unsigned long)(di + 1) + btrfs_dir_name_len(leaf, di);
+	read_extent_buffer(leaf, buf, data_ptr, buf_len);
+
+	ret = send_set_xattr(sctx, fspath, XATTR_NAME_CAPS,
+			strlen(XATTR_NAME_CAPS), buf, buf_len);
+out:
+	kfree(buf);
+	fs_path_free(fspath);
+	btrfs_free_path(path);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static int clone_range(struct send_ctx *sctx,
 		       struct clone_root *clone_root,
 		       const u64 disk_byte,
@@ -5615,6 +5678,10 @@ static int finish_inode_if_needed(struct send_ctx *sctx, int at_end)
 			goto out;
 	}
 
+	ret = send_capabilities(sctx);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto out;
+
 	/*
 	 * If other directory inodes depended on our current directory
 	 * inode's move/rename, now do their move/rename operations.