diff --git a/apps/sharebymail/appinfo/app.php b/apps/sharebymail/appinfo/app.php
index 5ef7b6f18c..c1fd39d2a2 100644
--- a/apps/sharebymail/appinfo/app.php
+++ b/apps/sharebymail/appinfo/app.php
@@ -19,6 +19,4 @@
  *
  */
 
-$settings = new \OCA\ShareByMail\Settings();
-
-\OCP\Util::connectHook('\OCP\Config', 'js', $settings, 'announceShareProvider');
+$app = new \OCA\ShareByMail\AppInfo\Application();
diff --git a/apps/sharebymail/lib/AppInfo/Application.php b/apps/sharebymail/lib/AppInfo/Application.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..98febf9dad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/sharebymail/lib/AppInfo/Application.php
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2017 Bjoern Schiessle <bjoern@schiessle.org>
+ *
+ * @license GNU AGPL version 3 or any later version
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+
+namespace OCA\ShareByMail\AppInfo;
+
+
+use OCA\ShareByMail\Settings;
+use OCP\AppFramework\App;
+use OCP\Util;
+
+class Application extends App {
+
+	public function __construct(array $urlParams = array()) {
+		parent::__construct('sharebymail', $urlParams);
+
+		$settings = new Settings();
+
+		/** register capabilities */
+		$container = $this->getContainer();
+		$container->registerCapability('OCA\ShareByMail\Capabilities');
+
+		/** register hooks */
+		Util::connectHook('\OCP\Config', 'js', $settings, 'announceShareProvider');
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/apps/sharebymail/lib/Capabilities.php b/apps/sharebymail/lib/Capabilities.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..60e309816b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/sharebymail/lib/Capabilities.php
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2017 Bjoern Schiessle <bjoern@schiessle.org>
+ *
+ * @license GNU AGPL version 3 or any later version
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+
+namespace OCA\ShareByMail;
+
+
+use OCP\Capabilities\ICapability;
+
+class Capabilities implements ICapability {
+
+	/**
+	 * Function an app uses to return the capabilities
+	 *
+	 * @return array Array containing the apps capabilities
+	 * @since 8.2.0
+	 */
+	public function getCapabilities() {
+		return [
+			'files_sharing' =>
+				[
+					'sharebymail' => ['enabled' => true]
+				]
+		];
+	}
+}