diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index c0cb74d83..024ed5a9e 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ libraft_la_SOURCES = \
   src/election.c \
   src/entry.c \
   src/err.c \
+  src/flags.c \
   src/heap.c \
   src/lifecycle.c \
   src/log.c \
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ test_unit_core_SOURCES = \
   src/compress.c \
   src/configuration.c \
   src/err.c \
+  src/flags.c \
   src/heap.c \
   src/log.c \
   test/unit/main_core.c \
@@ -72,6 +74,7 @@ test_unit_core_SOURCES = \
   test/unit/test_compress.c \
   test/unit/test_configuration.c \
   test/unit/test_err.c \
+  test/unit/test_flags.c \
   test/unit/test_log.c \
   test/unit/test_queue.c
 test_unit_core_CFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS) -Wno-conversion
diff --git a/include/raft.h b/include/raft.h
index 02c64f629..cf304f69f 100644
--- a/include/raft.h
+++ b/include/raft.h
@@ -79,6 +79,11 @@ typedef unsigned long long raft_index;
  */
 typedef unsigned long long raft_time;
 
+/**
+ * Hold the features a raft node is capable of.
+ */
+typedef uint64_t raft_flags;
+
 /**
  * A data buffer.
  */
@@ -264,8 +269,9 @@ struct raft_append_entries_result
     raft_term term;            /* Receiver's current_term. */
     raft_index rejected;       /* If non-zero, the index that was rejected. */
     raft_index last_log_index; /* Receiver's last log entry index, as hint. */
+    raft_flags features;       /* Feature flags. */
 };
-#define RAFT_APPEND_ENTRIES_RESULT_VERSION 0
+#define RAFT_APPEND_ENTRIES_RESULT_VERSION 1
 
 /**
  * Hold the arguments of an InstallSnapshot RPC (figure 5.3).
diff --git a/src/flags.c b/src/flags.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d075c31d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/flags.c
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#include "flags.h"
+
+inline raft_flags flagsSet(raft_flags in, raft_flags flags)
+{
+    return in | flags;
+}
+
+inline raft_flags flagsClear(raft_flags in, raft_flags flags)
+{
+    return in & (~flags);
+}
+
+inline bool flagsIsSet(raft_flags in, raft_flags flag)
+{
+    return (bool)(in & flag);
+}
diff --git a/src/flags.h b/src/flags.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5da15ccd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/flags.h
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#ifndef FLAGS_H_
+#define FLAGS_H_
+
+#include "../include/raft.h"
+
+#define RAFT_DEFAULT_FEATURE_FLAGS (0)
+
+/* Adds the flags @flags to @in and returns the new flags. Multiple flags should
+ * be combined using the `|` operator. */
+raft_flags flagsSet(raft_flags in, raft_flags flags);
+
+/* Clears the flags @flags from @in and returns the new flags. Multiple flags
+ * should be combined using the `|` operator. */
+raft_flags flagsClear(raft_flags in, raft_flags flags);
+
+/* Returns `true` if the single flag @flag is set in @in, otherwise returns
+ * `false`. */
+bool flagsIsSet(raft_flags in, raft_flags flag);
+
+#endif /* FLAGS_H */
diff --git a/src/progress.c b/src/progress.c
index 95bcb6e94..0b342e909 100644
--- a/src/progress.c
+++ b/src/progress.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ static void initProgress(struct raft_progress *p, raft_index last_index)
     p->snapshot_last_send = 0;
     p->recent_recv = false;
     p->state = PROGRESS__PROBE;
+    p->features = 0;
 }
 
 int progressBuildArray(struct raft *r)
@@ -174,6 +175,18 @@ void progressMarkRecentRecv(struct raft *r, const unsigned i)
     r->leader_state.progress[i].recent_recv = true;
 }
 
+inline void progressSetFeatures(struct raft *r,
+                                const unsigned i,
+                                raft_flags features)
+{
+    r->leader_state.progress[i].features = features;
+}
+
+inline raft_flags progressGetFeatures(struct raft *r, const unsigned i)
+{
+    return r->leader_state.progress[i].features;
+}
+
 bool progressGetRecentRecv(const struct raft *r, const unsigned i)
 {
     return r->leader_state.progress[i].recent_recv;
diff --git a/src/progress.h b/src/progress.h
index 6eb17323a..e229fc187 100644
--- a/src/progress.h
+++ b/src/progress.h
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ struct raft_progress
     raft_index snapshot_index;    /* Last index of most recent snapshot sent. */
     raft_time last_send;          /* Timestamp of last AppendEntries RPC. */
     raft_time snapshot_last_send; /* Timestamp of last InstallSnaphot RPC. */
-    bool recent_recv; /* A msg was received within election timeout. */
+    bool recent_recv;    /* A msg was received within election timeout. */
+    raft_flags features; /* What the server is capable of. */
 };
 
 /* Create and initialize the array of progress objects used by the leader to *
@@ -122,4 +123,10 @@ bool progressMaybeDecrement(struct raft *r,
 /* Return true if match_index is equal or higher than the snapshot_index. */
 bool progressSnapshotDone(struct raft *r, unsigned i);
 
+/* Sets the feature flags of a node. */
+void progressSetFeatures(struct raft *r, const unsigned i, raft_flags features);
+
+/* Gets the feature flags of a node. */
+raft_flags progressGetFeatures(struct raft *r, const unsigned i);
+
 #endif /* PROGRESS_H_ */
diff --git a/src/raft.c b/src/raft.c
index a7017ffdf..1dc85ef56 100644
--- a/src/raft.c
+++ b/src/raft.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "convert.h"
 #include "election.h"
 #include "err.h"
+#include "flags.h"
 #include "heap.h"
 #include "log.h"
 #include "membership.h"
diff --git a/src/recv_append_entries.c b/src/recv_append_entries.c
index 54a1f18a6..c265b6361 100644
--- a/src/recv_append_entries.c
+++ b/src/recv_append_entries.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "assert.h"
 #include "convert.h"
 #include "entry.h"
+#include "flags.h"
 #include "heap.h"
 #include "log.h"
 #include "recv.h"
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ int recvAppendEntries(struct raft *r,
     result->rejected = args->prev_log_index;
     result->last_log_index = logLastIndex(r->log);
     result->version = RAFT_APPEND_ENTRIES_RESULT_VERSION;
+    result->features = RAFT_DEFAULT_FEATURE_FLAGS;
 
     rv = recvEnsureMatchingTerms(r, args->term, &match);
     if (rv != 0) {
diff --git a/src/recv_install_snapshot.c b/src/recv_install_snapshot.c
index 4f01d9a74..4f8b4b696 100644
--- a/src/recv_install_snapshot.c
+++ b/src/recv_install_snapshot.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 #include "assert.h"
 #include "convert.h"
+#include "flags.h"
 #include "log.h"
 #include "recv.h"
 #include "replication.h"
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ int recvInstallSnapshot(struct raft *r,
     result->rejected = args->last_index;
     result->last_log_index = logLastIndex(r->log);
     result->version = RAFT_APPEND_ENTRIES_RESULT_VERSION;
+    result->features = RAFT_DEFAULT_FEATURE_FLAGS;
 
     rv = recvEnsureMatchingTerms(r, args->term, &match);
     if (rv != 0) {
diff --git a/src/replication.c b/src/replication.c
index 61735c673..753beda81 100644
--- a/src/replication.c
+++ b/src/replication.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "error.h"
 #endif
 #include "err.h"
+#include "flags.h"
 #include "heap.h"
 #include "lifecycle.h"
 #include "log.h"
@@ -685,6 +686,8 @@ int replicationUpdate(struct raft *r,
 
     progressMarkRecentRecv(r, i);
 
+    progressSetFeatures(r, i, result->features);
+
     /* If the RPC failed because of a log mismatch, retry.
      *
      * From Figure 3.1:
@@ -850,6 +853,7 @@ static void appendFollowerCb(struct raft_io_append *req, int status)
 
     result.term = r->current_term;
     result.version = RAFT_APPEND_ENTRIES_RESULT_VERSION;
+    result.features = RAFT_DEFAULT_FEATURE_FLAGS;
     if (status != 0) {
         if (r->state != RAFT_FOLLOWER) {
             tracef("local server is not follower -> ignore I/O failure");
@@ -1219,6 +1223,7 @@ static void installSnapshotCb(struct raft_io_snapshot_put *req, int status)
 
     result.term = r->current_term;
     result.version = RAFT_APPEND_ENTRIES_RESULT_VERSION;
+    result.features = RAFT_DEFAULT_FEATURE_FLAGS;
     result.rejected = 0;
 
     /* If we are shutting down, let's discard the result. */
diff --git a/src/uv_encoding.c b/src/uv_encoding.c
index 3ee5cd08c..8e770f6bf 100644
--- a/src/uv_encoding.c
+++ b/src/uv_encoding.c
@@ -51,13 +51,18 @@ static size_t sizeofAppendEntries(const struct raft_append_entries *p)
            16 * p->n_entries /* One header per entry */;
 }
 
-static size_t sizeofAppendEntriesResult(void)
+static size_t sizeofAppendEntriesResultV0(void)
 {
     return sizeof(uint64_t) + /* Term. */
            sizeof(uint64_t) + /* Success. */
            sizeof(uint64_t) /* Last log index. */;
 }
 
+static size_t sizeofAppendEntriesResult(void)
+{
+    return sizeofAppendEntriesResultV0() + sizeof(uint64_t) /* 64 bit Flags. */;
+}
+
 static size_t sizeofInstallSnapshot(const struct raft_install_snapshot *p)
 {
     size_t conf_size = configurationEncodedSize(&p->conf);
@@ -141,6 +146,7 @@ static void encodeAppendEntriesResult(
     bytePut64(&cursor, p->term);
     bytePut64(&cursor, p->rejected);
     bytePut64(&cursor, p->last_log_index);
+    bytePut64(&cursor, p->features);
 }
 
 static void encodeInstallSnapshot(const struct raft_install_snapshot *p,
@@ -435,6 +441,11 @@ static void decodeAppendEntriesResult(const uv_buf_t *buf,
     p->term = byteGet64(&cursor);
     p->rejected = byteGet64(&cursor);
     p->last_log_index = byteGet64(&cursor);
+    p->features = 0;
+    if (buf->len > sizeofAppendEntriesResultV0()) {
+        p->version = 1;
+        p->features = byteGet64(&cursor);
+    }
 }
 
 static int decodeInstallSnapshot(const uv_buf_t *buf,
diff --git a/test/integration/test_replication.c b/test/integration/test_replication.c
index c0233c410..cb1f637b9 100644
--- a/test/integration/test_replication.c
+++ b/test/integration/test_replication.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "../../src/configuration.h"
+#include "../../src/flags.h"
 #include "../../src/progress.h"
 #include "../lib/cluster.h"
 #include "../lib/runner.h"
@@ -126,6 +127,40 @@ TEST(replication, sendInitialHeartbeat, setUp, tearDown, 0, NULL)
     return MUNIT_OK;
 }
 
+/* After receiving an AppendEntriesResult, a leader has set the feature flags of
+ * a node. */
+TEST(replication, receiveFlags, setUp, tearDown, 0, NULL)
+{
+    struct fixture *f = data;
+    struct raft *raft;
+    CLUSTER_BOOTSTRAP;
+    CLUSTER_START;
+
+    /* Server 0 becomes leader and sends the initial heartbeat. */
+    CLUSTER_STEP_N(24);
+    ASSERT_LEADER(0);
+    ASSERT_TIME(1030);
+
+    /* Flags is empty */
+    raft = CLUSTER_RAFT(0);
+    munit_assert_ullong(raft->leader_state.progress[1].features, ==, 0);
+
+    raft = CLUSTER_RAFT(1);
+    /* Server 1 receives the first heartbeat. */
+    CLUSTER_STEP_N(4);
+    munit_assert_int(raft->election_timer_start, ==, 1045);
+    munit_assert_int(CLUSTER_N_RECV(1, RAFT_IO_APPEND_ENTRIES), ==, 1);
+
+    /* Server 0 receives the reply to the heartbeat. */
+    CLUSTER_STEP_N(2);
+    munit_assert_int(CLUSTER_N_RECV(0, RAFT_IO_APPEND_ENTRIES_RESULT), ==, 1);
+    raft = CLUSTER_RAFT(0);
+    munit_assert_ullong(raft->leader_state.progress[1].features, ==,
+                        RAFT_DEFAULT_FEATURE_FLAGS);
+
+    return MUNIT_OK;
+}
+
 /* A leader keeps sending heartbeat messages at regular intervals to
  * maintain leadership. */
 TEST(replication, sendFollowupHeartbeat, setUp, tearDown, 0, NULL)
diff --git a/test/unit/test_flags.c b/test/unit/test_flags.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e156d9d62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/test_flags.c
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+#include "../../src/flags.h"
+#include "../lib/runner.h"
+
+/******************************************************************************
+ *
+ * flags
+ *
+ *****************************************************************************/
+
+SUITE(flags)
+
+TEST(flags, empty, NULL, NULL, 0, NULL)
+{
+    raft_flags flags = 0;
+    for (int i = 0; i < 64; i++) {
+        munit_assert_false(flagsIsSet(flags, ((raft_flags)1) << i));
+    }
+    return MUNIT_OK;
+}
+
+TEST(flags, setClear, NULL, NULL, 0, NULL)
+{
+    raft_flags flags = 0;
+    raft_flags flag = 0;
+    for (int i = 0; i < 64; i++) {
+        flag = ((raft_flags)1) << i;
+        flags = flagsSet(flags, flag);
+        munit_assert_true(flagsIsSet(flags, flag));
+        flags = flagsClear(flags, flag);
+        munit_assert_false(flagsIsSet(flags, flag));
+        munit_assert_true(flags == 0);
+    }
+    return MUNIT_OK;
+}
+
+TEST(flags, setMultipleClearMultiple, NULL, NULL, 0, NULL)
+{
+    raft_flags in = 0;
+    raft_flags out;
+    raft_flags flags = (raft_flags)(1 | 1 << 4 | 1 << 13 | (raft_flags)1 << 40 |
+                                    (raft_flags)1 << 63);
+    out = flagsSet(in, flags);
+    /* clang-format off */
+    int positions[64] = {
+        1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, // 0th and 4th
+        0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, // 13th
+        0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+        0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+        0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+        1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, // 40th
+        0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+        0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, // 63th
+    };
+    /* clang-format on */
+    for (unsigned i = 0; i < 64; i++) {
+        if (positions[i]) {
+            munit_assert_true(flagsIsSet(out, (raft_flags)1 << i));
+        } else {
+            munit_assert_false(flagsIsSet(out, (raft_flags)1 << i));
+        }
+    }
+    out = flagsClear(out, flags);
+    munit_assert_true(out == 0);
+    return MUNIT_OK;
+}
+
+TEST(flags, setMultipleClearSingle, NULL, NULL, 0, NULL)
+{
+    raft_flags in = 0;
+    raft_flags out;
+    raft_flags flags = (raft_flags)(1 << 3 | 1 << 5 | 1 << 18 |
+                                    (raft_flags)1 << 32 | (raft_flags)1 << 35);
+    out = flagsSet(in, flags);
+    /* clang-format off */
+    int positions[64] = {
+        0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, // 3rd and 5th
+        0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+        0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, // 18th
+        0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+        1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, // 32rd 35th
+        0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+        0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+        0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+    };
+    /* clang-format on */
+    for (unsigned i = 0; i < 64; i++) {
+        if (positions[i]) {
+            munit_assert_true(flagsIsSet(out, (raft_flags)1 << i));
+        } else {
+            munit_assert_false(flagsIsSet(out, (raft_flags)1 << i));
+        }
+    }
+    out = flagsClear(out, (raft_flags)1 << 32);
+    munit_assert_true(
+        out == (raft_flags)(1 << 3 | 1 << 5 | 1 << 18 | (raft_flags)1 << 35));
+    return MUNIT_OK;
+}