diff --git a/src/modules/mavlink/mavlink_main.cpp b/src/modules/mavlink/mavlink_main.cpp
index b72e566fed..d6ee7dd7a4 100644
--- a/src/modules/mavlink/mavlink_main.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/mavlink/mavlink_main.cpp
@@ -1056,6 +1056,7 @@ Mavlink::send_autopilot_capabilities()
 		msg.capabilities |= MAV_PROTOCOL_CAPABILITY_MISSION_INT;
 		msg.capabilities |= MAV_PROTOCOL_CAPABILITY_PARAM_FLOAT;
 		msg.capabilities |= MAV_PROTOCOL_CAPABILITY_COMMAND_INT;
+		msg.capabilities |= MAV_PROTOCOL_CAPABILITY_PARAM_ENCODE_BYTEWISE;
 		msg.capabilities |= MAV_PROTOCOL_CAPABILITY_FTP;
 		msg.capabilities |= MAV_PROTOCOL_CAPABILITY_SET_ATTITUDE_TARGET;
 		msg.capabilities |= MAV_PROTOCOL_CAPABILITY_SET_POSITION_TARGET_LOCAL_NED;