diff --git a/backends/swiften/main.cpp b/backends/swiften/main.cpp
index 8ccbb2d69bce7625a902490e3e7d18eb6a938278..e771f5e05cb797b5fff4dc8ad197c90ce44ae5e4 100644
--- a/backends/swiften/main.cpp
+++ b/backends/swiften/main.cpp
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ class SwiftenPlugin : public NetworkPlugin, Swift::XMPPParserClient {
 				m_firstPing = false;
 				NetworkPlugin::PluginConfig cfg;
 				cfg.setRawXML(true);
+				cfg.setNeedRegistration(false);
 				sendConfig(cfg);
 			}
 			std::string d(data->begin(), data->end());