diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9c548fb5..551c29e9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
 
 - set CAA record flags to 0
 
+- add IMAP capabilities instead of overwriting them
+  ([#413](https://github.com/deltachat/chatmail/pull/413))
+
 
 ## 1.4.1 2024-07-31
 
diff --git a/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/dovecot/dovecot.conf.j2 b/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/dovecot/dovecot.conf.j2
index c3ec5c2a..87e3dea6 100644
--- a/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/dovecot/dovecot.conf.j2
+++ b/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/dovecot/dovecot.conf.j2
@@ -51,10 +51,7 @@ mail_server_comment = Chatmail server
 # <https://doc.dovecot.org/configuration_manual/quota_plugin/>
 mail_plugins = zlib quota
 
-# these are the capabilities Delta Chat cares about actually 
-# so let's keep the network overhead per login small
-# https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-core-rust/blob/master/src/imap/capabilities.rs
-imap_capability = IMAP4rev1 IDLE MOVE QUOTA CONDSTORE NOTIFY METADATA XDELTAPUSH XCHATMAIL
+imap_capability = +XDELTAPUSH XCHATMAIL
 
 
 # Authentication for system users.