diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 993276f951..d754e1b71a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 ## [8.0.2] - unreleased
 
 ### Added
+- Added an explicit get_capabilities command to gsad [#1538](https://github.com/greenbone/gsa/pull/1538)
 - Highlight result diffs at delta reports [#1513](https://github.com/greenbone/gsa/pull/1513)
 - Added HorizontalSep component for horizontal lists
   [#1506](https://github.com/greenbone/gsa/pull/1506),
diff --git a/gsa/src/gmp/commands/users.js b/gsa/src/gmp/commands/users.js
index ce3fa63622..2e2d68aac1 100644
--- a/gsa/src/gmp/commands/users.js
+++ b/gsa/src/gmp/commands/users.js
@@ -161,12 +161,12 @@ export class UserCommand extends EntityCommand {
   currentCapabilities(options = {}) {
     return this.httpGet(
       {
-        cmd: 'get_settings',
+        cmd: 'get_capabilities',
       },
       options,
     ).then(response => {
       const {data} = response;
-      const {command: commands} = data.capabilities.help_response.schema;
+      const {command: commands} = data.get_capabilities.help_response.schema;
       const caps = map(commands, command => command.name);
       return response.setData(new Capabilities(caps));
     });
diff --git a/gsad/src/gsad.c b/gsad/src/gsad.c
index 89b6678054..d25db0f90a 100644
--- a/gsad/src/gsad.c
+++ b/gsad/src/gsad.c
@@ -359,6 +359,7 @@ init_validator ()
                      "|(get_alerts)"
                      "|(get_asset)"
                      "|(get_assets)"
+                     "|(get_capabilities)"
                      "|(get_config)"
                      "|(get_config_family)"
                      "|(get_config_nvt)"
@@ -1920,15 +1921,12 @@ exec_gmp_get (http_connection_t *con, gsad_connection_info_t *con_info,
   if (!strcmp (cmd, "cvss_calculator"))
     res = cvss_calculator (&connection, credentials, params, response_data);
 
-  ELSE (new_alert)
-  ELSE (get_task)
-  ELSE (get_tasks)
+  ELSE (auth_settings)
   ELSE (edit_alert)
   ELSE (edit_config)
   ELSE (edit_config_family)
   ELSE (edit_config_nvt)
   ELSE (edit_role)
-  ELSE (auth_settings)
   ELSE (export_agent)
   ELSE (export_agents)
   ELSE (export_alert)
@@ -2061,8 +2059,14 @@ exec_gmp_get (http_connection_t *con, gsad_connection_info_t *con_info,
   ELSE (get_aggregate)
   ELSE (get_alert)
   ELSE (get_alerts)
+  ELSE (get_capabilities)
+  ELSE (get_config)
+  ELSE (get_configs)
+  ELSE (get_config_family)
+  ELSE (get_config_nvt)
   ELSE (get_credential)
   ELSE (get_credentials)
+  ELSE (get_feeds)
   ELSE (get_filter)
   ELSE (get_filters)
   ELSE (get_group)
@@ -2095,17 +2099,15 @@ exec_gmp_get (http_connection_t *con, gsad_connection_info_t *con_info,
   ELSE (get_tags)
   ELSE (get_target)
   ELSE (get_targets)
+  ELSE (get_task)
+  ELSE (get_tasks)
   ELSE (get_ticket)
   ELSE (get_tickets)
   ELSE (get_trash)
   ELSE (get_user)
   ELSE (get_users)
   ELSE (get_vulns)
-  ELSE (get_feeds)
-  ELSE (get_config)
-  ELSE (get_configs)
-  ELSE (get_config_family)
-  ELSE (get_config_nvt)
+  ELSE (new_alert)
   ELSE (ping)
   ELSE (sync_config)
   ELSE (wizard)
diff --git a/gsad/src/gsad_gmp.c b/gsad/src/gsad_gmp.c
index 76efb173ae..75630d4e69 100644
--- a/gsad/src/gsad_gmp.c
+++ b/gsad/src/gsad_gmp.c
@@ -473,11 +473,7 @@ envelope_gmp (gvm_connection_t *connection, credentials_t *credentials,
       g_free (warning_elem);
     }
 
-  g_string_append_printf (string,
-                          "<capabilities>%s</capabilities>"
-                          "%s"
-                          "</envelope>",
-                          user_get_capabilities (user), xml);
+  g_string_append_printf (string, "%s</envelope>", xml);
   g_free (xml);
 
   cmd_response_data_set_content_type (response_data, GSAD_CONTENT_TYPE_APP_XML);
@@ -18468,6 +18464,64 @@ ping_gmp (gvm_connection_t *connection, credentials_t *credentials,
                         "pong", NULL, NULL);
 }
 
+char *
+get_capabilities_gmp (gvm_connection_t *connection, credentials_t *credentials,
+                      params_t *params, cmd_response_data_t *response_data)
+{
+  entity_t entity = NULL;
+  GString *xml;
+
+  if (gvm_connection_sendf (connection,
+                            "<help format=\"XML\" type=\"brief\"/>"))
+    {
+      cmd_response_data_set_status_code (response_data,
+                                         MHD_HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
+      return gsad_message (
+        credentials, "Internal error", __FUNCTION__, __LINE__,
+        "An internal error occurred while getting the user credentials. "
+        "Diagnostics: Failure to send command to manager daemon.",
+        response_data);
+    }
+
+  xml = g_string_new ("");
+  g_string_append (xml, "<get_capabilities>");
+
+  /* Read the response. */
+  if (read_entity_and_string_c (connection, &entity, &xml))
+    {
+      g_string_free (xml, TRUE);
+      cmd_response_data_set_status_code (response_data,
+                                         MHD_HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
+      return gsad_message (
+        credentials, "Internal error", __FUNCTION__, __LINE__,
+        "An internal error occurred while getting the user credentials. "
+        "Diagnostics: Failure to receive response from manager daemon.",
+        response_data);
+    }
+
+  if (gmp_success (entity) != 1)
+    {
+      gchar *message;
+
+      set_http_status_from_entity (entity, response_data);
+
+      message =
+        gsad_message (credentials, "Error", __FUNCTION__, __LINE__,
+                      entity_attribute (entity, "status_text"), response_data);
+
+      g_string_free (xml, TRUE);
+      free_entity (entity);
+      return message;
+    }
+
+  /* Cleanup, and return transformed XML. */
+  free_entity (entity);
+
+  g_string_append (xml, "</get_capabilities>");
+  return envelope_gmp (connection, credentials, params,
+                       g_string_free (xml, FALSE), response_data);
+}
+
 /* Manager communication. */
 
 /**
diff --git a/gsad/src/gsad_gmp.h b/gsad/src/gsad_gmp.h
index e002f26f4a..a08f9341b5 100644
--- a/gsad/src/gsad_gmp.h
+++ b/gsad/src/gsad_gmp.h
@@ -733,6 +733,10 @@ char *
 delete_ticket_gmp (gvm_connection_t *, credentials_t *, params_t *,
                    cmd_response_data_t *);
 
+char *
+get_capabilities_gmp (gvm_connection_t *, credentials_t *, params_t *,
+                      cmd_response_data_t *);
+
 char *
 renew_session_gmp (gvm_connection_t *, credentials_t *, params_t *,
                    cmd_response_data_t *);