diff --git a/indra/newview/llviewerregion.cpp b/indra/newview/llviewerregion.cpp
index cfdf5ef43..85b87ab18 100644
--- a/indra/newview/llviewerregion.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/llviewerregion.cpp
@@ -1621,7 +1621,11 @@ void LLViewerRegion::unpackRegionHandshake()
 	msg->addUUID("AgentID", gAgent.getID());
 	msg->addUUID("SessionID", gAgent.getSessionID());
 	msg->nextBlock("RegionInfo");
-	msg->addU32("Flags", 0x0 );
+
+	U32 flags = 0;
+	flags |= REGION_HANDSHAKE_SUPPORTS_SELF_APPEARANCE;
+
+	msg->addU32("Flags", flags );
 	msg->sendReliable(host);
 }
 
diff --git a/indra/newview/llviewerregion.h b/indra/newview/llviewerregion.h
index 821b87a5d..e22fc3907 100644
--- a/indra/newview/llviewerregion.h
+++ b/indra/newview/llviewerregion.h
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@
 #define WATER 2
 const U32	MAX_OBJECT_CACHE_ENTRIES = 50000;
 
+// Region handshake flags
+const U32 REGION_HANDSHAKE_SUPPORTS_SELF_APPEARANCE = 1U << 2;
 
 class LLEventPoll;
 class LLVLComposition;