diff --git a/src/RequestProcessor.cs b/src/RequestProcessor.cs
index e39b585b..315596b6 100644
--- a/src/RequestProcessor.cs
+++ b/src/RequestProcessor.cs
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ internal StreamingMessage ProcessWorkerInitRequest(StreamingMessage request)
                 out StatusResult status);
 
             response.WorkerInitResponse.Capabilities.Add("RpcHttpBodyOnly", "true");
+            response.WorkerInitResponse.Capabilities.Add("WorkerStatus", "true");
 
             // If the environment variable is set, spin up the custom named pipe server.
             // This is typically used for debugging. It will throw a friendly exception if the