diff --git a/src/Config.cpp b/src/Config.cpp
index cea8408ba6e26aca095fac9d1057535bb65b7f97..60ed2a71b2df59dea5accac529665694883b2abc 100644
--- a/src/Config.cpp
+++ b/src/Config.cpp
@@ -319,6 +319,7 @@ void Config::updateBackendConfig(const std::string &backendConfig) {
 		("features.muc", value<bool>()->default_value(false), "")
 		("features.rawxml", value<bool>()->default_value(false), "")
 		("features.disable_jid_escaping", value<bool>()->default_value(false), "")
+		("features.send_buddies_on_login", value<bool>()->default_value(false), "")
 	;
 
 	std::stringstream ifs(backendConfig);