diff --git a/src/common/connection_handlers.py b/src/common/connection_handlers.py
index 2a5db217e..38b5c29be 100644
--- a/src/common/connection_handlers.py
+++ b/src/common/connection_handlers.py
@@ -743,6 +743,7 @@ class ConnectionDisco:
 				q.addChild('feature', attrs = {'var': common.xmpp.NS_XHTML_IM})
 
 			if node is None:
+				q.addChild('feature', attrs = {'var': common.xmpp.NS_PING})
 				q.addChild('feature', attrs = {'var': common.xmpp.NS_TIME_REVISED})
 
 			if q.getChildren():